What is the Renaissance?

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What is the Renaissance?

• A. Mean a rebirth in the arts, literature, and
  sciences.
• B. Begins in the Northern part of Italy

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C. Causes

1. Ancient Roman ruins remind Italians of how great
   Italy once was.
2. Contacts with the Byzantine Empire opens up trade
   
3. Trade with Africa and Asia opens up new ideas in
   science and medicine
4. Italian scholars look to ancient Greek and Roman
   books
5. Beginning of the humanists studied classic
   literature and questioned how things work!

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II. Writers/Artists

• A. Machiavelli and Petrach begin a movement in
  classical education studying Greek and Roman
  books
• B. Artists start to create lifelike human
  figures and scenes
• C. Painters introduce perspective make distant
  objects more smaller than those in the front

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• D. 2 famous Renaissance Painters
• 1. Leonardo da Vinci The Mona Lisa The
  Last Supper
• 2. Michelangelo The Sistine Chapel

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III. Renaissance Spread

• A. Why? Students in Northern Italy bring their
  ideas over the Alps to Northern Europe.
• B. Invention of the Printing Press Gutenburg
• C. Northern Renaissance Writers
• 1. Erasmus Used the critical method to
  study ancient literature and the bible
• 2. Erasmus Argued for a return to
  spirituality
• 3. Thomas More Criticized governments
  as corrupt and believed private ownership of
  property caused conflicts

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III. Continued. . .

• 5. William Shakespeare Introduced human
  reality and emotions to his plays
• D. NORTHERN RENAISSANCE ARTISTS
• 1. Ideas from Italy spread to N. Europe
• 2. New Art Ideas oil on canvas, human
  expression, lively landscape scenes

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