Italian renaissance
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The Italian Renaissance
Chapter 1 Section 1
Why Italy?
• Proximity to Byzantines and Mediterranean
• Roman Ruins
• Alps isolation
• Italian city states remained the economic center
• Affluence
Humanism
• Shift in thinking from religious to secular
• Renewal of classical thinking
• Emphasis on the individual
• Renewed emphasis on education
Humanist Literature• Focus on personal feelings
–Petrarch, Boccaccio (Decameron)
• Ambition and Success–Castiglione, Machiavelli (The Prince)
Italian Gov’t• Wealthy families ruled city states
• Wars were costly-practiced diplomacy
• No central gov’t
Florence
• Center for the Renaissance
• Medici Family
• Supported the arts
• Savonarola preached anti-Humanism
Rome
• Pope and cardinals used wealth to rebuild and beautify Rome
• Put political goals ahead of religious ones
Renaissance Arts
• Humanist ideas influenced artists to make art more individualistic
• Biblical and Classical themes mixed
• Wealthy of Italy became great patrons of the arts
• New techniques and approaches
ArchitectureGOTHIC RENAISANCE
Architecture
Sculpture
Painting