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Chapter 1 The Renaissance

• (I) Meaning of the Renaissance

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• After you take a lot at this PowerPoint, pre-read
  your History Book (The Renaissance Section 26)P.
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The Renaissance

• The Renaissance
• means rebirth
• took place during the 14th-17th centuries

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Florence was an important centre of art and
learning in Italy in Renaissance times.
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The Renaissance

• great changes in art, literature, science,
  medicine and architecture

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The Renaissance
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Science
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• The European were interested again in classical
  things and Greco-Roman civilization.

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• They developed an interest in the beauty around
  them.

Sculpture and painting made during the Renaissance
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The Renaissance

• They questioned unreasonable ideas and beliefs.
• They had greater freedom.

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The Renaissance
The Renaissance first started in Italy.
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The Renaissance
Italian City-States Special Position

• made up of independent city-states
• end of feudalism
• people enjoyed greater freedom

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Florence, Venice and Genoa were cultural centres
during the Renaissance.
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Italy, Europes Centre of Art and Learning

• home of the Roman Empire
• numerous Roman remains

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The Colosseum
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The Renaissance
Italians studying Roman remains
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The Renaissance
Growth of Trade

• The Italian city-states controlled the trade in
  the Mediterranean Sea.

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The Renaissance
Florence, Genoa and Milan were rich city-states
in Italy.
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The Renaissance

• Traders and rulers were interested in art.

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The Renaissance
Lorenzo de. Medici support ed the work of
Lenoardo da Vinci (left) and Michelangelo (right).