Renaissance About 1500 CE

A period of European history, lasting from about 1300 to 1600, during

which renewed interest in classical culture led to far reaching changes in art, learning, and views of the world.

The Renaissance

1300 to 1600 CE

From looking at this map, what country did the Renaissance start in?

Italy

Beginning in the 1430s, this family would use their

fortune to maintain absolute control over the

internal affairs of Florence.

Medici1430s

He invented the printing press in 1440, he forever

changed the lives of people in Europe and, eventually,

all over the world

1440

During the Renaissance, an ideal individual strove to master almost every

area of study. A man who excelled in many fields

was praised as a “universal man.” later

ages called such people “______________”

Renaissance men

This self portrait is by an excellent example of a renaissance man. Who is

he?

Leonardo da Vinci

April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519

What is the name of this work and who painted it?

1495-1497 CE

The Last Supper, Leonardo Da vinci

What is the name of this work and who was the sculptor?_______________

1501-1504 CE

Statue of David, Michaelagelo

What is the name of this work and who painted it?_______________

1503-1506 CE

Mona Lisa, da Vinci

Where is the location of this fresco and who painted it?

Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo

1508-1512 CE

What are the characteristics of Renaissance Art?

1510-1511 CE

School of Athens, Rafael

• Perspective• Secular• 3-Dimensional• Classical influences

A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and

focused on human potential and achievements.

humanism

A person or group who supports artists, especially financially.

patron

Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual

matters

secular

During the Renaissance, artists used this technique

that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat

surface.

perspective

The every day language of people in a region or country. During the

Renaissance writers chose write in this rather than

using Latin.

vernacular

In his book The Prince, he supported absolute power of the ruler.

1505 CE

Machiavelli

He maintained that the ends justifies the

means

Machiavelli also advised that one should do good if possible, but do

evil when necessary.

In his humanistic/Christian book Praise of Folly, he poked fun at greedy merchants, heartsick lovers, quarrelsome scholars, and pompous priests.

1509 CE

Erasmus

The writer believed in a Christianity of the heart,

not one of ceremonies and rules. He thought that in order to improve society,

all people should study the

Bible.

• In this book Utopia, he wrote about an imaginary land inhabited by a peace loving people. Greed, corruption, war, and crime were weeded out, and there was no need for money.

1516 CE

He is widely regarded as the greatest playwright of all time. He produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613. His plays include the tragedies Macbeth, King Lear, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and the comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream.__________________

Best work 1589 and 1613 CE

William Shakespeare