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Page 1: Italian renaissance

The Italian Renaissance

Chapter 1 Section 1

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Why Italy?

• Proximity to Byzantines and Mediterranean

• Roman Ruins• Alps isolation• Italian city states remained the

economic center• Affluence

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Humanism

• Shift in thinking from religious to secular

• Renewal of classical thinking• Emphasis on the individual • Renewed emphasis on education

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Humanist Literature• Focus on personal feelings

–Petrarch, Boccaccio (Decameron)

• Ambition and Success–Castiglione, Machiavelli (The Prince)

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Italian Gov’t• Wealthy families ruled city states• Wars were costly-practiced diplomacy• No central gov’t

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Florence

• Center for the Renaissance• Medici Family• Supported the arts• Savonarola preached anti-

Humanism

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Rome

• Pope and cardinals used wealth to rebuild and beautify Rome

• Put political goals ahead of religious ones

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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

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Architecture

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Sculpture

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Painting