The Renaissance In The Renaissance In ItalyItaly

What is the Renaissance?What is the Renaissance? The word The word

Renaissance means Renaissance means ““RebirthRebirth.”.”

During the Middle During the Middle Ages, people had Ages, people had lived lives centered lived lives centered around their around their villagesvillages or towns.or towns.

Their lives were Their lives were based around the based around the CatholicCatholic Church. Church.

What Changed During the What Changed During the Renaissance?Renaissance?

The Renaissance began The Renaissance began around around 13001300 and and reached its peak around reached its peak around 1500.1500.

The Renaissance marked The Renaissance marked the the transitiontransition from the from the medieval world to the medieval world to the modernmodern world. world.

Interest was reawakened Interest was reawakened in the Greek and Roman in the Greek and Roman writingswritings and and learninglearning..

During the Middle Ages, During the Middle Ages, scholars focused on scholars focused on religionreligion. Renaissance . Renaissance thinkers focused on this thinkers focused on this lifetime and the lifetime and the experience of being experience of being human.human.

This movement was This movement was called called humanismhumanism. . These new thinkers These new thinkers focused on a variety of focused on a variety of topics.topics.

The Renaissance Starts in The Renaissance Starts in ItalyItaly

Italy had the Italy had the remainsremains of Ancient Rome.of Ancient Rome.

Italy was on the Italy was on the MediterraneanMediterranean and in and in an ideal place for an ideal place for trading.trading.

The Roman Catholic The Roman Catholic ChurchChurch was based in was based in Italy.Italy.

Italy was divided into Italy was divided into citycity statesstates. .

PatronsPatrons and Powerful and Powerful FamiliesFamilies

City states were ruled City states were ruled by powerful families by powerful families and a strong and a strong merchantmerchant class. class.

The The MediciMedici family of family of FlorenceFlorence was the most was the most famous of these.famous of these.

These families served These families served as as patronspatrons of the arts. of the arts. That means they gave That means they gave moneymoney to artists. to artists.

Renaissance Art FlourishesRenaissance Art Flourishes Many artists were Many artists were

supported by powerful supported by powerful patrons.patrons.

They more topics than just They more topics than just religiousreligious themes. themes.

Artists made Artists made realisticrealistic artwork and used artwork and used perspectiveperspective..

Perspective means making Perspective means making close items larger than far close items larger than far items to make it seem items to make it seem realistic.realistic.

Artists also used Artists also used shadingshading and and correctcorrect anatomy. anatomy.

Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci He was the ultimate He was the ultimate

Renaissance man.Renaissance man. He was a painter and He was a painter and engineerengineer. .

He created famous He created famous paintings and also created paintings and also created inventions.inventions.

He was known for his He was known for his curiosity and curiosity and ingenuityingenuity..

He learned about human He learned about human anatomy by dissecting anatomy by dissecting cadaverscadavers..

The Last SupperThe Last Supper

The Mona The Mona LisaLisa

The Notebooks The Notebooks ofof Leonardo Leonardo

MichelangeloMichelangelo He was a sculptor, He was a sculptor, engineerengineer, painter, , painter, architect, and architect, and poetpoet..

He created He created marblemarble masterpieces and painted masterpieces and painted the Sistine the Sistine ChapelChapel..

He also created the design He also created the design for the for the domedome of St. Peter’s of St. Peter’s Cathedral.Cathedral.

DavidDavid

The PietaThe Pieta

The Sistine ChapelThe Sistine Chapel

The Dome of St. Peter’s The Dome of St. Peter’s BasilicaBasilica

Rafael, the School of AthensRafael, the School of Athens

The Renaissance Spreads to The Renaissance Spreads to the Rest of Europethe Rest of Europe

The Printing RevolutionThe Printing Revolution

During the Middle Ages, During the Middle Ages, books were copied by books were copied by scribesscribes and monks by and monks by hand.hand.

Around 1455, a German Around 1455, a German named Johann named Johann GutenbergGutenberg created the first moveable created the first moveable type type printingprinting press. press.

This made books much This made books much more common and much more common and much more more accessibleaccessible to the to the people.people.

The Printing PressThe Printing Press

Sir Thomas More’s Sir Thomas More’s UtopiaUtopia Thomas More was an Thomas More was an

English writer.English writer. He wrote a book about He wrote a book about

a perfect society called a perfect society called “Utopia” where “Utopia” where everyone is everyone is equalequal and and everyone lives in everyone lives in peace and harmony.peace and harmony.

We still use the word We still use the word utopia to describe a utopia to describe a perfect perfect worldworld or or society.society.

William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare

ShakespeareShakespeare was was the most important the most important literary writer during literary writer during the Renaissance.the Renaissance.

He wrote 37 He wrote 37 playsplays that are still that are still performed today.performed today.

He also greatly He also greatly enrichedenriched the the English language.English language.