The Renaissance

1300-1650

The Renaissance in Italy Why Italy? The Medicis

Florence, Italy Lorenzo the Magnificent Patrons of the arts

Defining the Renaissance Creativity and change

Politics Society Economy Culture

New Worldview Humanism

Golden Age of the Arts Art reflected

humanistic concerns Rules of perspective Women artists Change in architecture

Three Geniuses of Renaissance Art

Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa The Last Supper

Michelangelo Pieta’ David Sistine Chapel

Raphael Madonna paintings The School of Athens

Italian Renaissance Writers Castiglione

Handbooks about social ideals Machiavelli

The Prince

Artists of the Northern Renaissance Albrecht Durer

Engravings “German Leonardo”

Flemish Painters Jan van Eyck Hubert van Eyck Peter Bruegel Peter Paul Rubens

Northern Humanists Erasmus

Priest Called for a version of

the Bible in the vernacular

Thomas More Utopia

Writers for a New Audience Francois Rabelais William Shakespeare Cervantes

Don Quixote

The Printing Revolution Johann Gutenburg 1450

1st printing press 1456 1st complete Bible Moveable type

Printing Revolution Printed books More readily More readers