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European Renaissance and
Reformation
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European Renaissance and
Reformation, 1300-1600
• Renaissance
– Rebirth
• Of What?
– Art and Learning
• Reformation
– A movement for
religious reform
• What did this lead to?
– Founding of Christian
churches that did not
accept the pope’s
authority
Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance
• Educated men and women of Italy hoped to
bring back to life the culture of classical
Greece and Rome, Why?
• In striving to bring back the past they created
something new
• Led to innovative styles of art and literature
• Led to new values such as the importance of
the individual
1. What transformation takes place
during the Renaissance?
• Renaissance = rebirth
• During the Middle ages Europe
suffered from both war and plague.
• Those who survived wanted to
celebrate life and human spirit
• The Middle Ages could not prevent
war or relieve suffering
– People questioned the church
– In northern Italy writers and artists
began to express this new spirit
• 1300-1600
• Wanted to bring back life of Greece
and Rome, but created something
new and AWESOME!
• What did the create?
• Eventually spread from northern
Italy to the rest of Europe
?
Map of Europe 1500
2. What do the terms humanism and
secular mean?
• Humanism
– An intellectual movement
that focused on human
potential and achievements.
• Humanities classes
– History
– Literature
– philosophy
• Secular
– Worldly rather than spiritual
(religious) and concerned
with the here and now
• A person can enjoy life (what
they wear etc…) without
offending God
– Material luxuries
– Good music
– Fine foods
• What has this lead to?
3. Who were some of the leading
artists who sparked the Renaissance?
• Artists
– Leonardo da Vinci
• interested in how things worked
• movement of muscle and veins
– Mona Lisa
– The Last Supper
– Michelangelo
• Built the statue of David portraying
the biblical hero just before battle
• Graceful yet Strong
• Writers
– Niccolo Machiavelli
• Studies imperfect conduct of
human beings
• Teachers one how to gain power
and keep it in spite of his
enemies
– What is this like today?
– Writing in the vernacular or
native tongue?
Famous art of the time . . . Can you
name them?