The Renaissance: Its Origins and Content

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The Renaissance Its Origins and Content

• WHG 5.3.5

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Geography

• Originates in Europe, specifically trade cities
• Many of which in Italy
• Italy had developed individual kingdoms
• After breakup of Byzantine Empire

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The Time and the People

• Renaissance Rebirth, approximately 1350-1550
• Trade partnership with Ottoman Empire vastly
  increases wealth
• Re-studying of Greek and Latin as major languages
  of society
• Growth of Humanism Study of ancient language,
  poetry, philosophy, art, etc. (Humanities)
• Belief switches to a more secular view
• Secular Worldly
• Creation of more material goods thanks to
  increased wealth

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The Church

• Overall power is decreasing
• Why couldnt you have saved us from the plague?
• Still influential in society
• People are not turning into atheists
• Theyre just curious as to how things work
• Material wealth allows for experimentation with
  new products
• Telescope
• Microscope
• Printing Press

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The Art

• Reflects societal thought
• Artists begin to make the human body appear more
  life-like and real
• Brighter colors are being utilized
• Sculptures begin to show humans as looking like
  real humans
• Paintings attempting to show real-life scenes as
  if you would have actually been there
• Frescos Paint on wet plaster great
  illustration of perception