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The Renaissance 1350 - 1550

The Renaissance 1350 - 1550. Italian Renaissance: “Rebirth” 1350 - 1550. Where: Venice, Italy Mostly “urban” society City-states Secularism (secular) Economic boom = materialism & growing upper- middle class Interest in ancient ideas—esp. Rome & Greece Focus on Man- “ Renaissance Man”.

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The Renaissance 1350 - 1550

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  1. The Renaissance1350 - 1550

  2. Italian Renaissance: “Rebirth”1350 - 1550 • Where: Venice, Italy • Mostly “urban” society • City-states • Secularism (secular) • Economic boom = materialism & growing upper- middle class • Interest in ancient ideas—esp. Rome & Greece • Focus on Man- “Renaissance Man”

  3. Changes brought by the Renaissance • Art • Literature: Vernacular • Architecture • Science • Governmental ideologies • Religion & ?ing church– • Papal Schism “The Great Schism” 1378 – 1417 • 2 claimed title of Pope • Avignon ,France VS Rome

  4. Humanism • emphasis on classic lit & art • Greek & Roman emphasis • Petrarch= Father of Ren. (late 1300’s) • Planted seeds of Ren • searched for lost manuscripts • emphasis on loyalty to state

  5. Renaissance Italy • No central monarch/ruler

  6. 3 Major City-states • Emerged due to trade & location: 1. Venice 2. Florence 3. Milan

  7. Ventian Trade Routes

  8. Wealthy Italian Power Families • Milan: Visconti then Sforza • Venice: ruled by Doge (position not name) • Florence: Medici (BRIEFLY Savonarola) • Savonarola • Bonfires of the Vanities • Heresy = execution (1498) More Medici!

  9. Savonarola

  10. The Patrons • Wealthy supporters – Arts • Medici & other wealthy families

  11. The Italian Wars: late 1400s’s toearly 1500’s • Jealous monarchs look @ Italy • French King Charles VIII heads to Italy • Spain (Charles I) asked to help Naples • Peninsula war grounds 30 yrs • 1527: Sack of Rome • ends wars, • Spain dominant force

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