The RenaissanceThe Rebirth

Term Meaning Examples

Setting the Stage

The Middle Ages Valued mainly the

church Spread

Christianity at any cost The Crusades

Experienced the bubonic plague

The Renaissance

The revival of art and learning

Lasted from 1300-1600

A celebration of life and the human spirit

The Rebirth

Getting Started Started in Italy

Why?

City States Due to overseas trade in the Crusades

Created large city-states

Who benefited? The Merchants

A large merchant class developed in each city-state Examples: Milan and Florence

The Medici one of the most powerful banking families in Florence Cosimo de Medici was the wealthiest European

and gained control over Florence in 1434 His grandson gained control after Cosimo died

and he was known as Lorenzo the Magnificent

Worldly Values Renaissance Man

All educated people were expected to create art

Baldassare Castiglione wrote the Courtier do describe the Renaissance Man

Charming Dance Witty Play Music Educated Write Poetry

Sing

Artists Michelangelo

Painter, sculptor, and poet Famous for painting the Sistine chapel

Donatello Sculptor

Carved natural postures and expressions that reveal personality

Famous for his statue of David

Artists Leonardo

Painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist Famous for his designs that include:

The parachute Diving suit Power Loom Submarine Armored Tank Construction Crane

Raphael Painter Famous for using perspective

Writers Petrarch

One of the earliest and most influential humanist Known as the father of the Renaissance Wrote Poetry

Machiavelli Humanist that sought to advise those in

government Wrote: The Prince

Political guidebook that emphasized that most people were selfish, fickle and corrupt.