The Renaissance

The Bridge Between the Middle Ages and the Modern Era

The Renaissance• Renaissance means= REBIRTH• The REBIRTH of Europe• Marked by a time period of great

creativity and learning. • Begins in Italy because:

1. Great interest in Ancient Rome 2. Italian city-states were wealthy and had the money to spend from trading.

Humanism• In the early 1300’s, Italians began to

study Greek and Roman writers.

• Leads people to study: Art

• Artists created great works of art.

• Patrons- gave artists money to work.

Individuals Take Charge

• People started believing in the ability of humans to do great things.

• As a result, individuals develop confidence, and people start to work to create better cities and countries.

Renaissance Ideas in Action• Johann Gutenberg -creates the

Printing Press, which increases the production of books.

• As a result, ideas of the Renaissance are spread throughout Europe.

• Books are written in vernacular, an everyday language that all people could understand.

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Changes in Renaissance Society

• Farmers leave manors and move to cities.

• Increases the importance of the nuclear family: MOTHER, FATHER, CHILDREN.

• A middle class of merchants and craft workers forms.

• Women are taught to read and write.

Examples of People Who Impacted the

Renaissance

Florence, Italy was the center of the Renaissance

Leonardo Da Vinci

The Mona Lisa

A True Renaissance ManDa Vinci was an Italian artist,

painter, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor and writer!

Vesalius• Vesalius was an

anatomist, physician and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy.

• He studied the internal body, by cutting open dead people.

Christopher Columbus

• Christopher Columbus was a navigator, colonizer and explorer.

• Columbus molded the future of European colonization and encouraged European exploration of foreign lands for centuries to come.