The Renaissance in Europe

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The Renaissance in Europe

• World History
• Human Legacy

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What were the events that had a negative impact
during the Middle Ages?
What were the events that had a positive impact
during the Middle Ages?
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The Renaissance begins because of

• Thriving cities
• Examples
• Increased trade
• Examples
• A wealthy merchant class
• Examples
• An influx of new ideas (Greek)
• Examples

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Humanism

• Definition An educational movement that
  emphasized individual accomplishments.
• Humanists believed that human potential is
  limitless and should be explored
• Examples today?

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New Concept of Education

• The Renaissance Man
• Accomplished in the
• the classics
• A man of civic action
• Who fits the
• description today?

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Education Literacy Spread

• Secular writers
• Dante Alighieri
• The Divine Comedy
• Giovanni Boccaccio
• The Decameron
• Baldassare Castiglione
• The Courtier
• Niccolo Machiavelli
• The Prince

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When is it acceptable to lie?
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Machiavellian characters
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A New View of Science

• New ideas about the natural world, no longer
  based on the teachings of the Church
• Copernicus and Galileo
• The universe is not geocentric

WRONG!
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Renaissance Art

• During the Middle Ages, art was created by
  anonymous artists hired by the Church
• During the Renaissance, artists worked for
  whichever wealthy patron was willing to pay them

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Who are these guys?
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles4 Renaissance
Artists
Leonardo da Vinci Santi Raphael Michaelangelo
Buonarroti Donatello
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Leonardo
Vitruvian Man
Anatomy Sketches
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The Last Supper
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Raphael
Angels
Madonna Dell Granduca
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The School of Athens
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Michelangelo
David
The Pieta
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The Creation of Adam Ceiling of the Sistine
Chapel
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Donatello
St. George
David
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Architecture

• Reflected the interest in Greek and Roman ideas
• Incorporated columns and domes

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Architects during the Renaissance

• Filippo Brunelleschi