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Italian Renaissance

Italian Renaissance. “Rebirth” of classical civilization and “birth” of the modern world. The Renaissance. Greek Culture. Renaissance = REBIRTH A REBIRTH of WHAT? “Classical” Culture The Renaissance took place between 1350 CE and 1600 CE. Roman Culture.

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Italian Renaissance

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  1. Italian Renaissance “Rebirth” of classical civilization and “birth” of the modern world

  2. The Renaissance Greek Culture • Renaissance = REBIRTH • A REBIRTH of WHAT? “Classical” Culture • The Renaissance took place between 1350 CE and 1600 CE Roman Culture

  3. Why did the Renaissance begin in the Italian city-states? TRADE

  4. Trade and the Renaissance proximity • Italian city states prospered from trade due to their to the Byzantine Empire. From Asia Ottoman Empire Italian City States

  5. Trade and the Renaissance • Byzantine Empire (and, later, the Ottoman Empire) – kept alive the culture and art of the Greeks and Romans during the Dark Ages • Italian City States proximity to the Ottoman Empire resulted in trade, prosperity AND Cultural Diffusion

  6. Rebirth of “Humanism” • What is Humanism? • New way of thinking which emphasized: • Secular Themes • Put worldly and human pleasures ahead of salvation or the afterlife • Individualism • Emphasis on the DIGNITY and WORTH of the INDIVIDUAL

  7. Warning! Famous Humanist Introduced the “sonnet” – wrote about love and emotion (and Laura!) Showed the “HUMAN” side of people Petrarch (1304 CE – 1374 CE)

  8. Characteristics of Renaissance Art • Lifelike • Secular • Humanist • REVOLUTIONARY! • Moved away from flat, symbolic style used during the Middle Ages

  9. Renaissance Painting • Created Perspective to give their painting depth • More realistic Vanishing Point

  10. Da Vinci’s The Last Supper

  11. Renaissance Architecture • Returned to the Classical style of the Greeks and Romans Leonardo Da Vinci’s sketch of the Church of the Santo Spirito (Florence) The Actual Church! (check out the perspective!!!)

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  13. Renaissance Sculpture • Returned to Classical style • More lifelike and intricate • Free-standing • Showed human form in all its glory. • Example… Michelangelo’s David

  14. Warning!!! Renaissance Architect! Filippo Brunelleschi Best known for his the dome on the Cathedral of Florence

  15. The Reformation

  16. Absolutism (and the minor cases of Constitutionalism)

  17. The Scientists of the Scientific Revolution And their death defying feats of intellect.

  18. Nicolaus Copernicus • Introduced the heliocentric theory (Earth revolves around the Sun)

  19. Tycho Brahe • Set up an observatory to study heavenly bodies • Accumulated data on planetary motion

  20. Johannes Kepler • Sought mathematical proof for Copernicus’ hypotheses (theories) • Planetary Motion – planets travel in ellipses around the Sun

  21. Galileo Galilei • Developed a telescope to prove Planetary Motion • Forced by the Catholic Church to recant, then worked in secret

  22. William Harvey • Discovered circulation of BLOOD

  23. Scientific Philosophers • Francis Bacon • Helped to develop the Scientific Method • RenèDescartes • Analytical Geometry • All Truth came from Reason – “I think, therefore I am.”

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