Renaissance
What is the Renaissance?
Humanism and the Printing Press
JOHANNES GUTENBERG 1455
FRANCESCO PETRARCH
Machiavelli’s The Prince
• “Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good. Hence a prince who wants to keep his authority must learn how not to be good, and use that knowledge, or refrain from using it, as necessity requires.”
• Machiavelli in The Prince
Where and Why
• Venice• Milan• Rome (Papal States)• Florence• Naples
The Renaissance Spreads North
ERASMUS
COMPARING RENAISSANCE
ITALIAN
• INSPIRED BY ROMAN RUINS
• IDEAL FORMS
NORTHERN
• INSPIRED BY NATURE
• OBSERVATION/REALITY
Accomplishments of the Renaissance (443; 446-47)
NAME FIELD ACCOMPLISHMENT
Donatello Sculptor “David”; 1st Renaissance sculptor
Raphael
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Sir Thomas More
William Shakespeare
Christine de Pisan
Jan van Eyck
Donatello
RaphaelSchool of AthensPainter, architect
Leonardo
“The Last Supper,” “The Mona Lisa”Painter, architect, engineer, etc.
Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel, “Pieta,” “David”Painter, sculptor, architect, poet
Sir Thomas More“Utopian”Author, Churchman
William Shakespeare
100s of plays and sonnetsPlaywright, author
Christine de Pisa“City of Women,”author
Jan van EyckDeveloped “Flemish School”painter
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