The Renaissance c. 1350-1600

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The Renaissancec. 1350-1600
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A Time of Rebirth

• The Renaissance came after the Middle Ages.
• Renaissance is a French word that means rebirth.
• It was a time of political, social, economic
  cultural change.
• People again became interested in Ancient Greek
  and Roman stuff.

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Why Italy???

• The Renaissance began in Florence, Italy. From
  there it spread north to the rest of Europe.
• Why?
• People were interested in Ancient Rome-Italy was
  home to Rome.
• Many Italian city-states had money.
• Wealthy merchant promoted education the arts.

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Florence

• Florence, Italy symbolized the Renaissance.
  Today it is like an outdoor museum.
• The most important family was the deMedici
  familyrich bankers--they were the Hiltons,
  Gates , Trumps, of the day!

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deMediciBling-Bling

• The deMedici family was not only rich but
  powerfulthey even controlled the government!
  Imagine Paris Hilton running the White
  House???!!!
• The most famous deMedicis were Cosimo and his
  grandson Lorenzo the Magnificent.
• They were patrons or supporters of the arts.

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Lorenzo Cosimo deMedici

• Lorenzo

• Cosimo

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This is inside of the deMedicis housenot too
shabby!!!
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Education Humanism

• People began questioning religion and turned to
  science for answers.
• The humanists believe that education should
  awaken creativity!
• The main areas of study were grammar, speech,
  poetry, history, Greek, Latin.

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Viva the Arts

• Many famous artists came from the Renaissance!
  In fact ALL of the Ninja Turtles!!

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Leonardo da Vinci

• Painted the Mona Lisa The Last Supper.
• Discovered how bones muscles worked.
• Drew plans for early flying machines
  submarines.
• Interested in science, engineering, music,
  architecture, etc. This was way ahead of his
  time. He was the True Renaissance Man.

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Works of da Vinci
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Donatello

• Donatello was a famous sculptor.
• His sculptures were very lifelike.

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Raphael

• Best known for religious art.

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and last but not least--Michelangelo

• He was a lot like da Vinci.
• His most famous works are the ceiling of the
  Sistine Chapel in Rome, The dome of St. Peters
  Cathedral in the Vatican, The David, and The
  Pietá which is in the Vatican.
• Michelangelo was a genius but was also a bit of a
  playboy a heavy drinker.

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Sistine Chapel

• Michelangelo lost some his eyesight painting this
  because the paint dripped into his eyes.

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St. PetersVatican City
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The Davidknown for being very lifelike
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The Pietá -This is in the church where the pope
was just buried

• The Pietá is
• A sculpture with
• Mary holding
• Jesus.

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Swiss Guard uniforms

• Michelangelo also designed the uniforms for the
  popes guards. They still wear these today.

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Other famous Renaissance figures

• Niccolò Macchiavelli- a writer who believed
  rulers must do whatever necessary to control the
  peopleeven if he was a Hitler-like person. He
  wrote a book about it called The Prince.
• His theory was that
• it was better to be feared
• than loved.

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Architecture

• Filippo Brunelleschi-He designed the dome of the
  cathedral in Florence.

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Europe was on the brink of MAJOR CHANGE!

• Double check that youve got it!
• Renaissance Michelangelo
• Florence da Vinci
• De Medicis Niccolò Macchiavelli
• Humanists Filippo Brunelleschi
• Donatello circa (c.)
• Raphael