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Title: The European Renaissance


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The European Renaissance
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I. Beginnings
  • Late Middle Ages people began to question
    popular traditions and institutions, including
    the Church
  • New ideas about art, religion, and philosophy
    began to take hold
  • Renaissance means rebirth, refers to a
    revival in art and learning
  • Began in Italy, eventually moved north, lasted
    from 1300-1600
  • Why did it begin in Italy? 3 reasons
  • More urban (more cities) than rest of Europe
    more people more/better exchange of ideas

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I. continued
  • Wealthy merchant class merchants and
    businessmen became as or more powerful than
    nobles
  • Patrons of the arts supported artists
    financially, became a way to display wealth and
    power
  • Example the Medici family of Florence, Italy
  • Connection to ancient Greece and Rome
  • Renaissance scholars looked to the works and
    ideas of ancient Greeks and Romans for
    inspiration

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II. New Outlook On Life
  • Scholars started thinking in new ways
  • Humanism an intellectual movement that focused
    on human potential and achievements
  • Based on the study of classical Greek texts
  • Society was becoming more secular worldly,
    rather than spiritual and concerned with the here
    and now
  • The Renaissance Man/Woman
  • Men should be well educated and excel in many
    different areas of learning, should be a skilled
    fighter
  • Women were expected to be educated and charming.
  • Inspire art, but not encouraged to create it

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III. Changes in Art Literature
  • Renaissance artists continued to use religion as
    inspiration, but used realistic styles based on
    classical Greek and Roman ideas
  • Developed perspective shows three dimensions on
    a flat surface
  • New emphasis on the individual
  • Common for wealthy and prominent citizens to have
    their portrait done by a well-known artist
  • Writers began writing in the vernacular their
    native language, instead of Latin

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IV. The Renaissance Spreads North
  • Northern Renaissance began in 1400s
  • Began in Flanders (now part of France and
    Netherlands), quickly spread to England, France,
    Germany
  • Many Italian artists/scholars left Italy because
    of war, headed north bringing their ideas with
    them
  • Wealthy northern merchants and monarchs (kings
    and queens) became patrons of the arts
  • Many artists and writers worked to reform society
    based on these new ideas
  • Focus on education of the individual

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IV. Continued
  • Moveable type used to spread ideas quickly
  • 1300s, moveable type reached Europe from China
  • 1440s Johann Gutenberg creates the first
    European printing press, can print whole books
    quickly and cheaply
  • Bible was first book to be printed using these
    new techniques (1455)
  • Books became cheap enough that almost anyone
    could buy them
  • not limited to just nobility and church
    officials

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V. Impact of the Renaissance on Society
  • This period of time marked many changes from the
    ideas of the early Middle Ages in both art and
    everyday life
  • Some changes in society
  • Printing press made information more widely
    available
  • Learning and education became more commonplace
  • People began to question/change traditional
    political and religious structures

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5-Minute Response
  • How did the artists and thinkers of the
    Renaissance help change society as a whole?

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Perspective Renaissance vs. Medieval Art
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Spread of Renaissance Ideas
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