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The Renaissance: The rebirth of learning, art, & literature which focused on the “Classics” (works from Greece and Rome)
Where did the Renaissance start? It started in Italy and moved north into Europe (known as the Northern Renaissance)
Why did the Renaissance start in Italy? Italy was very wealthy from trading with Muslim Empires and the Far East.
Patron: A wealthy person who pays for an artist’s work. The de Medici family was the wealthiest patron family in Italy._________________________________________________________
Leonardo da Vinci: Artist (Mona Lisa, The Last Supper) Inventor (helicopter, tank, submarine) Fresco : mural on a wall Wrote his notes backwards so no one
could read them.
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Renaissance Review
Michelangelo: Sculptor (The David) Artist (the ceiling of the Sistine
Chapel, The Creation of Adam)
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Johannes Gutenberg: Invented the moveable type printing press Known for the Gutenberg Bible (printed 200
copies) Allowed for books to be copied quickly (used
to be done by hand by monks) and cheaply
Gutenberg Bible
William Shakespeare: English playwright (Romeo & Juliet, Othello,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream) Sonnets (poems) Wrote in the vernacular (every day
language)
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Desiderius Erasmus: Humanist Humanism : A system of values and beliefs
that is based on the idea that people are basically good and that problems can be solved using reason instead of religion
Focused on the secular (worldly, not religious) aspects of life
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