Renaissance: Revolution
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Renaissance: Revolution
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Renaissance: Revolution. The Renaissance. “Rebirth” 14 th – 17 th century (1300s – 1600s) Began in Italy in the mid-1300s Reached its height in the 1500s Revolution = Change: political , social, economic, & cultural. Why Italy?. Reawakened interest in the culture of Ancient Rome - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Renaissance: Revolution
The Renaissance• “Rebirth”• 14th – 17th century (1300s – 1600s)• Began in Italy in the mid-1300s• Reached its height in the 1500s• Revolution = Change: political, social, economic, & cultural
Why Italy?• Reawakened interest in the culture of Ancient Rome• Wealthy, powerful merchant class• Italian city-states survived the Middle Ages
(Florence, Milan, Venice, Genoa, Rome, and Naples)• Florence gifted poets, artists, scholars, and
scientists• The Medici Family – became the richest merchants and bankers in Europe– gained control of Florentine government in 1434– money translated into cultural and political power
Lorenzo de Medici
• clever politician• held Florence together
during difficult times• generous patron
(financial supporter) of the arts
• Poets, artists and philosophers frequently visited the Medici palace
Mona LisaLeonardo da Vinci
The Last SupperLeonardo da Vinci
HelicopterLeonardo da Vinci
La PietaMichelangelo
Creation of Adam (Sistine Chapel)Michelangelo
DavidMichelangelo
David (bronze)Donatello
School of AthensRaphael
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Miguel de Cervantes
William Shakespeare
Niccolo Machiavelli
Nostradamus
Martin Luther
Johannes Gutenberg
Claudio Monteverdi
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Samuel de Champlain
Hernan Cortes
Charles V
Henry VIII
Elizabeth I
