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The Renaissance
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Part OneAn Introduction To The Renaissance
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What Is the Renaissance?

• The Renaissance is the rebirth of interest in
  learning and the arts that began in Italy in the
  1300s
• The Renaissance brought great advancements in
  literature, philosophy, visual art, theater, and
  architecture.

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Why Italy?

• Urban Growth
• Trade during the Crusades led to the growth of
  the Italian cites of Venice, Florence, Milan, and
  revitalized Rome

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Why Italy?

• It was home to the original Roman empire where
  learning and art had flourished before!

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Renaissance Values

• Humanism study of human beings and human
  achievement (new type of art that focused on
  people)
• The Renaissance Man
• An ideal individual who tried to master every
  area of study

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Part TwoRenaissance Art
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Leonardo da Vinci

• He was a writer, painter, sculptor, engineer, and
  an architect
• The Renaissance Man

Self-Portrait (c. 1512)
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Da Vincis Paintings
The Last Supper (1498)
Mona Lisa 1503-1505
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Da Vinci and Flight
Top Flying Machine
Left Wing for a Flying Machine
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Michelangelo

• He was a painter, sculptor, and an architect
• Most successful painter of Renaissance

Self-Portrait
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Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1508-1512)
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St. Peters Basilica by Michelangelo
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David, 1501-1504
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Raphael (1483-1520)

• Influenced by Leonardo Da Vinci
• Famous work is School of Athens

School of Athens, 1510-1511
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Part ThreeLiterature During the Renaissance
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• Niccolo Machiavelli
• The Prince, 1513
• Wrote book on how Kings gain power

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• William Shakespeare
• English writer, wrote famous plays (Romeo and
  Juliet) and added hundreds of words to the
  English language
• Focuses on human character and interaction