Renaissance: Italy and Northern Europe Ch 1 & 2 Italy I. Why was Italy the Center of the Renaissance (3 reasons) A. City-States City had become very wealthy due to trade B. Merchants and the Medici 1. Merchants felt they deserved power. (Individual Achievement) 2. Medici Family spread wealth throughout Florence C. Looking to Greece and Rome Inspiration from Rome and re-reading Latin transcripts II. Classical and New Values A. Humanism Focus on Human Achievement and Potential B. Worldly Pleasures Expensive clothes, nice art, large houses C. Church Leaders spent large sums of money on art D. Renaissance Man Master all areas of study E. Renaissance Woman Inspire art, not create it III. Renaissance Art A. Perspective 3D art B. Donatello Realistic sculptures in Natural Poses C. Michelangelo Sistine Chapel, David D. Leonardo da Vinci Sculptor, Painter, Scientist Inventor E. Raphael Famous 4 use of Perspective. Followed the other 3 IV. Renaissance Writers A. Boccaccio Decameron (pg 42) B. Machiavelli How to be King: (The Prince) Its better to be feared than loved C. Colonna Female writer who expressed her feelings of love in poems