Western Civ the Renaissance

Petrarch "Father of Italian Renaissance Humanism"

Did more than any other individual in the 14th century to foster development of the moment. His interest led him on quest for forgotten Latin manuscripts and set in motion a ransacking of monastic libraries throughout Europe.

What does Burckhardt describe Italy as?

Burckhardt describes Italy as the birthplace of the modern Renaissance.

How did the Renaissance in Europe differ from the Middle Ages?

From the end of the Roman Empire and the 15th century (the middle Ages) was characterized as dark because of lack of classic culture.

The intellectual Renaissance: Individualism and secularism (261-263)

Individualism and secularism were two characteristics of the Italian Renaissance. They were the most noticeable in the intellectual and artistic realms. Italian culture had matured by the 14th century. For the next two centuries, Italy was the cultural leader of Europe. The new Italian culture was primarily the product of a relatively wealthy, urban lay society. The most important literary movement associated with the Renaissance was humanism.

The Impact of Printing

One of the most important technological innovations of western civilization. It had an immediate impact on European Intellectual Life and thought. What was new was repeatable printing with moral metal type. Gutenberg bible was the first true book in the west produced from movable type. New printing capability spread rapidly throughout Europe in the second half of the 15th. 50 % of books were religious. Became one of the largest industries in Europe. Encourages development of scholar research.

Renaissance and Black Death

Renaissance was a new era where the changes that took place improved what the Black Death effects left behind.

One work of Davinci

The last supper- In this work of Art you can see the gesture and movement that portrays characterization and natural;list.

What were the features of the Renaissance in Europe?

The main features of the Renaissance in Europe was a new era A period of significant, political, economic, artistic, and intellectual change. It was considered the age of rebirth after the horrific 14th century. The age of the Renaissance is a period of restored arts and letters.

Michael Angelo

The statue of David- the beauty of the human body,

Significance of Giotto's Lamentation

The work of Giotto asked the first clear innovation in the 14th century. Painting , making him a forerunner (ancestor) of the Early Renaissance. The fresco was part of a series done on the walls of the Arena Chapen in Padual begun in 1305. The figures (bodies) in picture are drawn three dimensional. He painted on crucification of Jesus, peoples mourning over him, and Desus life

Edication in the Renaissance

Wrote treatises in education and opened schools based on their ideas. Liberal Arts was the key to true freedom. Purpose of liberal education was to produce individuals who followed a path of virtue and wisdome and possessed the rhetorical skills. They also stressed physical education. Not a lot of females in education but the few that were did not learn mathematics. Humanist education was thought to be a practical preparation for life and create a complete citizen,

Renaissance thinkers intensely interested in what?

in the Greco-Roman culture of the ancient world- Renaissance witnesses a revived interest in individual ability.

The artistic Renaissance Da Vinci

was one of the great Italian Renaissance artist. Imitated nature in art (naturaleza). The search for naturalism to persuade outlooks on the reality of the object or event through art.