What is the Renaissance? Unit 1 - Chapter 10 Kagan 10 th Edition What is the Renaissance? 1)A time of rebirth centered in Italy Focus on the Classics ancient Greece and Rome art, literature, science, philosophy, civic responsibility What is the Renaissance? 2) A time of transition: from medieval --to modern What is the Renaissance? 3) A time of powerful families: Medicis, Borgias, dEste 4) A time of great architects: What is the Renaissance? Il duomo Florence - Brunelleschi San Lorenzo Florence - Brunelleschi Ghiberti Baptistry doors What is the Renaissance? 5) A time of great artists: Giotto Michelangelo Della Robbia Donatello Paolo Uccello Leonardo Raphael Mosaccio Fra Angelico What is the Renaissance? 6) A time of new ideas I brought it about that humanism, which among the Italians... Savored of nothing but pure paganism, began nobly to celebrate Christ. A prince should have no other aim, and no other thought than war and its methods and practices. I die the kings good servant, but Gods first. Erasmus Castiglione The Courtier (Description of the true Renaissance man) Shakespeare Machiavelli Thomas More What is the Renaissance? 7) A time of new inventions Observation is everything Start with what you can see and learn from what you discover. Johann Gutenburg f = ma What is the Renaissance? 8) A time of science and exploration Henry the Navigator Columbus Magellan Astrolabe Copernicuss Universe Galileo Galilei & Telescope What is the Renaissance? 9) A time of great religious change Martin Luther Meister Eckhard Erasmus von Rotterdam Calvin