Renaissance

Causes:

1) Printing Press

2) Humanism Emerges

3) Desire for Discovery

new manner of thinking and approaching the world

4) Death, Life, and Money

earliest expression of the Renaissance and is described as both a product and a cause of the movement

challenged the Catholic Church, allowing the new thinking to develop.

5) War and Peace

Major Renaissance Artists and Writers

Famous Artworks or Art Pieces

books could be mass produced for far less money and time than the old handwritten methods

Ideas could be spread through libraries, booksellers, and schools in a way that wasn't possible before

Leonardo da Vinci

page was more legible than the elaborate script of books written longhand

Michelangelo

encouraged the study of literature

Sandro Botticelli

Leonardo da Vinci
Famous Italian painter, sculptor, inventor and scientist.
Famous paintings include the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

writing about his own lust for discovering texts that had previously been ignored

The courts and monasteries of Europe had long been repositories of old manuscripts and texts.

Raphael Sanzio

As literacy spread and a middle class began to emerge, seeking out, reading, and spreading classical texts became commonplace.

Artistic Styles from the Renaissance

Renaissance art is the painting, sculpture and decorative arts of the period of European history, emerging as a distinct style in Italy in about 1400 in parallel with developments which occurred in philosophy, literature, music, and science.

Michelângelo
Famous Italian painter, sculptor, architect and poet.
Famous for painting The Creation of Adam and sculpting David

. Renaissance art, perceived as the noblest of ancient traditions, took as its foundation the art of Classical antiquity, but transformed that tradition by absorbing recent developments in the art of Northern Europe and by applying contemporary scientific knowledge.

the Black Death swept across Europe, killing a third of the population

he survivors found themselves better off financially and socially, with the same wealth spread among fewer people

This new wealth was often was spent lavishly on arts, culture, and artisanal goods, much like the rulers above them had done before them.

the merchant classes of regional powers like Italy saw a great increase in their wealth from their role in trade

The end of the Hundred Years War allowed Renaissance ideas to penetrate in the nations involved as resources once consumed by war instead were funnelled into the arts and sciences

Raffaello Sanzio
Italian painter and architect.
Famous for The Sistine Madonna

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Filipino Brunelleschi
He was a designer and an architect, considered to be the first modern engineer.
Famous for his work on the duomo in the Florence Cathedral

The Sistine Madonna

Mona Lisa

The Birth of Venus

The Last Supper

Davi

Pietà

Madona del Prato

Mars and Venus

Human anatomy

Human anatomy

Perspective

Human anatomy

Greco-roman culture

Relegious

Religious

Sandro Boticceli
Italian painter of the Renaissance.
Famous for painting the Primavera and Birth of Venus

Consequences

It brought about a transition from the medieval to the modern age.

ands of the monarchy were strengthened

the end of the old and reactionary medieval spirit, and the beginning of the new spirit of science, reason and experimentation.

The end of a feudal anarchy

looked up to the monarchy to ensure peace and order, political stability and economic prosperity.

culture of the Christian people was enriched

Renaissance weakened the church, which could not occupy the position of unquestioned authority

Printing press was developed

Northern Renaissance

It was interested in the ancient past and believed that it was a guide to the present day.

concerned with humanism and its values.

The french invasion of Italy is seen as the beginning of the

The french invasion of Italy is seen as the beginning of the Italian Renaissance

The french army marched trough Italy with little resistance

The invasion of Charles VII changed the development of italy

Had a profound impact on Italian society and politics

Was lead to a series of wars that greatly weakened the Italian City-States

Books and other ideias could be published

Ideas were spread faster and

Since is was not very expensive, people out of the government and rich families could publish and spread their ideais

Revolutions and ideias could come from the lower classes

Perspective

3 dimentional

Contrast

Realism

More realistic view of the world

Portrayed stuff like they actually looked like

Seccular

More of the real world in stead of the spiritual world

Machiavelli

Concerned of what was politically efective

Innovated perspective

Gentileschi

Portrayed strong woman

Petrarch

Most influential humanist