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The RenaissanceTHE END

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Vocabulary Power 1. Renaissance- “Rebirth”--- period of the expansion of classical knowledge from Greece and Rome

2. Usury- practice of charging interest on loans

3. Interest- charge for borrowing money

4. Secularize- everything of the world not dealing with religion

5. Florence, Genoa, Venice- north Italian city- states.


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6. Machiavelli- Italian who wrote The Prince outlining how rulers should run their government.-- Absolute Power

7. Treatise- an article or book on a subject

8. Leonardo Da Vinci- painter who created The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa *** Known as the Renaissance Man


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9. Michelangelo- Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and sculpted David

10. Petrarch- Renaissance writer that wrote poetry called sonnets and humanist

11. Humanism- Intellectual movement that focused on the individual and worldly matters rather than religious.


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12. Patron- financial supporter of the arts

13. Erasmus- Author who wrote The Praise of Folly

14. Thomas More- Wrote Utopia about an ideal place of peace-loving people

16. Moveable Type Printing Press- Invented by Joahann Gutenburg helped spread Renaissance ideas


Economic Foundations of the Renaissance

The Crusades stimulated trade by introducing Europeans to many desirable products

Trade promoted frequent contacts with the Byzantine and Muslim Empires

New economic institutions developed


Economic Effects of the Crusades

Increased demand for Middle Eastern products

Stimulated production of goods to trade in Middle Eastern markets

Encouraged the use of credit and banking


Important Economic Concepts of the Renaissance

Church rule against usury and the banks’ practice of charging interest helped to secularize northern Italy.

Letters of credit served to expand the supply of money and expand trade

New accounting and bookkeeping practices (use of Arabic numerals) were introduced


Wealth of Italian City-States and Machiavelli

Wealth accumulated from European trade with the Middle East led to the rise of Italian city-states. Wealthy merchants were active civic leaders.


Florence, Venice and Genoa


Florence, Venice, Genoa

Had access to trade routes connecting Europe with Middle Eastern markets

Served as trading centers for the distribution of goods to northern Europe

Were initially independent city states governed as republics


Machiavelli’s The Prince

An early modern treatise (writing) on government

Supported absolute power of the ruler

Maintains that the end justifies the means

Advises that one should do good if possible, but do evil when necessary


Ideas of the Renaissance

The Renaissance produced new ideas that were reflected in the arts, philosophy, and literature

Patrons, wealthy from newly expanded trade, sponsored works which glorified city states in northern Italy.

Education became increasingly secular


Renaissance vs. Medieval

Medieval art and literature focused on the Church and salvation

Renaissance art and literature focused on individual and worldly matters, along with Christianity


Medieval ArtRenaissance Art


Artistic and Literary CreativityLeonardo Da

Vinci

The Last Supper

Mona Lisa


Artistic

Michelangelo

Sistine Chapel Celing

David


Literature

Petrarch created sonnets, epic poetry, scholarly prose, and was a humanist


Humanism

Celebrated the individual

Stimulated the study of Greek and Roman literature and culture

Was supported by wealthy patrons


Northern Renaissance

With the rise of trade, travel, and literacy, the Italian Renaissance spread to northern Europe. Art and Literature changed as people of different cultures adopted Renaissance ideas


Italian Renaissance Spreads North

Growing wealth in Northern Europe supported Renaissance ideas

Northern Renaissance thinkers merged humanist ideas with Christianity

The moveable type printing press invented by Johann Gutenberg and the production and sale of books (Gutenberg Bible) helped disseminate ideas.


Printing Press


Erasmus- wrote The Praise of Folly (1511)- made fun of the people during the time (greedy merchants, arrogant priests, foolish scholars)

Sir Thomas More- Utopia- an ideal place of peace loving people (1516)

Northern Renaissance artists portrayed religious and secular subjects


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