Title: Introduction to the Renaissance
1Introduction to the Renaissance
2What is the Renaissance?
- A time of rebirth centered in Italy
- Focus on the Classics ancient Greece and
Rome art, literature, science, philosophy,
civic responsibility
3What is the Renaissance?
- 2) A time of transition from medieval --to
modern
4What is the Renaissance?
- 3) A time of powerful families Medicis
5What is the Renaissance?
- 4) A time of great architects
San Lorenzo Florence - Brunelleschi
Il duomo Florence - Brunelleschi
Ghiberti Baptistry doors
6What is the Renaissance?
- 5) A time of great artists
Michelangelo
Leonardo
Fra Angelico
Mosaccio
Donatello
Raphael
Giotto
Della Robbia
Paolo Uccello
7What is the Renaissance?
Machiavelli
A prince should have no other aim, and no other
thought than war and its methods and practices.
Thomas More
Castiglione
Erasmus
I die the kings good servant, but Gods first.
The Courtier (Description of the true Renaissance
man)
I brought it about that humanism, which among
the Italians. . . Savored of nothing but pure
paganism, began nobly to celebrate Christ.
Shakespeare
8What is the Renaissance?
- 7) A time of great religious change
Meister Eckhard
Martin Luther
Calvin
Erasmus von Rotterdam
9What is the Renaissance?
- 8) A time of new inventions
Johann Gutenburg
Observation is everything
Start with what you can see and learn from what
you discover.
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10What is the Renaissance?
- 9) A time of science and exploration
Henry the Navigator
Copernicuss Universe
Columbus
Magellan
Galileo Galilei Telescope
Astrolabe