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The Renaissance, 1300-1600

The Renaissance, 1300-1600. Essential Question 2 : What were the defining characteristics of the Renaissance?. Defining Characteristics. Humanism Focus on human /social matters (love, anger, joy, govt. etc.) Emphasizes human potential Focused on values/culture/knowledge of Greeks/Romans.

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The Renaissance, 1300-1600

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  1. The Renaissance, 1300-1600 Essential Question 2: What were the defining characteristics of the Renaissance?

  2. Defining Characteristics • Humanism • Focus on human/social matters (love, anger, joy, govt. etc.) • Emphasizes human potential • Focused on values/culture/knowledge of Greeks/Romans

  3. Defining Characteristics • Secularism • Belief that comfort, pleasure, knowledge of worldly subjects I is not sinful • Emphasized life in the “here and now,” deemphasized importance of afterlife and the spiritual subjects

  4. Defining Characteristics 3. Importance of Artwork • Art seen as way of expressing humanist topics/themes a. Greek/Roman subjects (Mythology) b. Individual portraits c. Subjects of the physical world • New techniques developed a. Perspective b. More humanist subjects/styles c. use of oils • Architecture a. Copies building design of Greeks/Romans (geometric shapes, simplicity, balance, columns, domes)

  5. Defining Characteristics • New Types of Literature • Focused on human concerns, values, problems, self-expression • Wrote in the vernacular (local language) • Francesco Petrarch= poet/writer; sonnets to Laura (love, human interest); “Father of Renaissance” • Niccolo’ Machiavelli= The Prince (1513) a. Sees human behavior “as it really is” b. Advises rulers how to control their people c. Advocates being wise, stern, deceptive, “whatever it takes” in order to achieve the desired result “The ends justifies the means”

  6. Defining Characteristics 5. The “Renaissance Man” • A Renaissance man is one who has a wide variety of knowledge and skill in a wide variety of subjects • Best Example: Leonardo da Vinci Painter, sculptor, inventor, musician, philosopher, scientist, writer • Baldassare Castiglione’s The Courtier • Be able to speak/read Latin and Greek • Knowledge of history, poetry, science

  7. Characteristics of the Renaissance • Humanism – man is a wonderful creature whose potential is limitless • Secularism - importance of worldly knowledge and experiences • Art - artwork emphasized human themes, realistic look, classical myths • Literature – writers concerned with human concerns: love, anger, friendship; wrote in vernacular • The “Renaissance Man”- knows/ does lots of things well

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