Chapter 13

The Renaissance

Renaissance1300-1500Transition from

medieval times to modern world

Time of change in political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of life

A time to think

HumanismScholars emphasized

studying worldly subjects

HumanitiesGrammar, rhetoric,

poetry, and historyFrancesco Petrarch

Poet/scholarAssembled a library

of Greek and Roman manuscripts

ItalyRenaissance began

in ItalyReasons

Church based thereLocationTrade routes

(Muslim knowledge)City-States

Italy’s City-StatesCity-states controlled

by powerful familiesDominated by

wealthy merchant classFinancially

supported the arts

Leonardo da VinciRealismMona LisaThe Last SupperBotany, anatomy,

optics, music, architecture, and engineering

MichelangeloSculptor, engineer,

painter, architect, and poet

DavidPietaDome of St. Peter’s

Cathedral in RomeSistine Chapel in

Rome4 years to complete

RaphaelMadonna, the

mother of JesusThe School of Athens

Niccolo MachiavelliWrote a guide for

rulers on how to gain and maintain power

The PrinceAny means

necessary to gain power

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