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The Renaissance

The Renaissance. Italy’s Advantages. Renaissance —a “rebirth” or revivial of creativity in art, writing, and thought Humanism —intellectual movement focused on human achievements Secular – worldly rather than spiritual; concerned with the here and now. Classical and Worldly Values.

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The Renaissance

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  1. The Renaissance

  2. Italy’s Advantages • Renaissance—a “rebirth” or revivial of creativity in art, writing, and thought • Humanism—intellectual movement focused on human achievements • Secular– worldly rather than spiritual; concerned with the here and now

  3. Classical and Worldly Values • Patrons of the Arts • Patron—a financial supporter of artists • Church leaders spend money on artworks to beautify cities • Wealthy merchants also patrons of the arts • The Renaissance Man • Excels in many fields: the classics, art, politics, and combat • Baldassare Castiglione’s (pictured right)The Courtier (1528) teaches how to become a “universal” person

  4. Classical and Worldly Values • The Renaissance Woman • Upper-class, educated in classics, charming • Expected to inspire art but not create it • Isabella d’Este, patron of the artists, wields power in Mantua

  5. Renaissance Writers Change Literature • Machiavelli Advises Rulers • Niccolo Machievelli, author of a political guidebook, The Prince • The Prince examines how rulers can gain and keep power (p. 478)

  6. Renaissance Writers Change Literature • Vittoria Colonna • Woman writer with great influence • Poems express personal emotions

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