The Renaissance study guide

Renaissance Art

-greatest masterpieces -realistic scenes and imagery -painters showed the rugged Italian countryside -PERSPECTIVE was heavily used -reflected ideas of Christian humanism northern and Italian renaissance art was different

What caused the northern renaissance

-ideas often carried from Northern European students who studied in Italy who went to Germany, France, England etc. -printing press helped spread ideas faster -by late 1400's printing press were in several European nations

What are the humanities

-people who turned to Classical Greek and Roman literature to study -critical approach to learning and scholarship -strong importance on education -person should lead a meaningful life

Leonardo da Vinci

Architect, engineer, painter, sculpture, and scientist study is anatomy helped him make realistic human figures

Erasmus

Dutch priest interested in classical learning questions church focuses on the fundamentals of Christ

Shakespeare

English author who invented new language and new poetry more open minded and questioned authority of monarchy

Albrecht Durer

German artist who was realistic and used wood or copper true renaissance man first to do a oriented illustration

Francesco Petrarch

Humanists and famous scholar who wrote poetry Petrarch thought classical writers were committed in public and private life

Johannes Gutenberg

Invented the printing press in Germany. Printed a copy of the Bible in German

Italian and northern renaissance comparison

Italian -more idealistic, formal, religious art - interest in greek and Roman literature -more focused on ancient stuff Northern -more realistic, every day life, religious art -literature ideas were from European students who studied in Italy -expanded on more moderen stuff -more modern Christianity Both -both art was religious, depth, human emotion(northern more) -both studied realism but italian was more theory while northern studied it

Causes of the Italian Renaissance

Italy's geographic location - ruins from Roman Empire - crusades and trade bringing them in contact with the Byzantine civilization - trade in Asia and Africa helped Italians learn about Arab and African achievements

"A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests" who said that?

Machiavelli

Michelangelo

Painter who panted the Sistine chapel

What's the renaissance

Rebirth of both philosophical and artistic movement renewed interest in Ancient Greek ands Roman literature and life many advances in arts and sciences

Baldassare Castiglione

Said you must be well rounded to be a true renaissance man

What three conditions were necessary for a "golden age"

Wealth, stable government, ideas to build on

Machiavelli

Wrote the prince and thought a ruler should only be concerned with political success and power looked the ancient Roman's as models