The Renaissance Chapter 12 Chapter 15 Italian Renaissance

The Renaissance Chapter 12 & Chapter 15

Italian Renaissance p Renaissance means “rebirth”, awakening. n p Philosophical and artistic movement n p p p What does this mean? Influenced by Greeks and Romans 1350 -1550? ? Florence Urbanized society Age of recovery (from the middle ages) New view of human beings emerged n Well-rounded human beings

Achievements p p p Government/Politics Arts Inventions Literature Religion

Renaissance Man What are the characteristics?

Renaissance Men Leonardo da Vinci Cosimo De Medici Lorenzo De Medici Niccolo Machiavelli Petrarch Dante Michelangelo Jan Van Eycks Martin Luther Desiderius Eraumus John Calvin Henry VII

Leonardo Da Vinci p p Renaissance man Painter, Sculptor, architect, inventor, mathematician Mona Lisa Last Supper

Da. Vinci

Niccolo Machiavelli • Italian • 1469 -1527 • (essay) The Prince: influential work on political power • How to acquire and keep political power? • Leader concerned with power and political success • Fear versus love

Michelangelo p p p (1475 -1564), Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and poet Statue of David Frescos in Sistine Chapel Helped design St. Peter’s Basilica

Michelangelo

William Shakespeare p p English poet and playwright Hamlet Romeo and Juliet Macbeth

Protestant Reformation p p p 1500’s people criticized the Church (Selfwealth, power of popes, priest behaviors) Lead to a reform movement Spilt of the Church Pope Leo X, Tetzel Martin Luther-Leader of Protestant Reformation