italian renaissance
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The Italian Renaissance
Chapter 1 Section 1
Why Italy?
• Proximity to Byzantines and Mediterranean
• Roman Ruins• Alps isolation• Italian city states remained the
economic center• Affluence
Humanism
• Shift in thinking from religious to secular
• Renewal of classical thinking• Emphasis on the individual • Renewed emphasis on education
Humanist Literature• Focus on personal feelings
–Petrarch, Boccaccio (Decameron)
• Ambition and Success–Castiglione, Machiavelli (The Prince)
Italian Gov’t• Wealthy families ruled city states• Wars were costly-practiced diplomacy• No central gov’t
Florence
• Center for the Renaissance• Medici Family• Supported the arts• Savonarola preached anti-
Humanism
Rome
• Pope and cardinals used wealth to rebuild and beautify Rome
• Put political goals ahead of religious ones
Renaissance Arts
• Humanist ideas influenced artists to make art more individualistic
• Biblical and Classical themes mixed• Wealthy of Italy became great patrons
of the arts• New techniques and approaches
ArchitectureGOTHIC RENAISANCE
Architecture
Sculpture
Painting