-Comes from French, Meaning “Rebirth”
-Cultural movement from 14th to 17th century
-Philosophical, artistic movement which begins in Italy.
-New Developments: Printing Press by Gutenberg, Science with Galileo, new emphasis on thinking and questioning.
The Scholars:
-Early Scholars/Italian scholars were fascinated with the ancient world
-devoted their lives to the pursuit of knowledge and thinking.
The Writers:
-Francesco Petrarch- 1304-1374
-Romantic Poet, saw writing as a love
-Inspired by many works of Shakespeare
Niccolo Machiavelli-
-wrote controversial book, The Prince
-lack of virtue, how government should keep people in line.
The Artists:
-Medieval paintings focused on religion.
-Backgrounds often religious* (on quiz)
-Renaissance painters depicted real life like figures in their paintings.
-Backgrounds where usually country side or where the artist lives.
(La Primavera, painting from Renaissance, over 500 hundred identified plant species in this work.)
The High Renaissance:
-Late 1400’s, early 1500’s
-Da Vinci-Painter, sculptor, and scientist.
-Michelangelo-Sistine Chapel, David.
-Rafael-Frescos in Papel chambers.
The Northern Renaissance:-
-the spread of ideas from Europe to the north*
-printing press allows books to be spread to wide audience
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