1. The Italian Renaissance
Chapter 1
Section 1

2. Why Italy?
• Proximity to Byzantines and
Mediterranean
• Roman Ruins
• Alps isolation
• Italian city states remained the
economic center
• Affluence

3. Humanism
• Shift in thinking from religious to
secular
• Renewal of classical thinking
• Emphasis on the individual
• Renewed emphasis on education

4. Humanist Literature
• Focus on personal feelings
– Petrarch, Boccaccio (Decameron)
• Ambition and Success
– Castiglione, Machiavelli (The Prince)

5. Italian Gov’t
• Wealthy families ruled city states
• Wars were costly-practiced diplomacy
• No central gov’t

6. Florence
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Center for the Renaissance
Medici Family
Supported the arts
Savonarola preached antiHumanism

8. Rome
• Pope and cardinals used wealth to
rebuild and beautify Rome
• Put political goals ahead of religious
ones

9. 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

10. GOTHIC
Architecture
RENAISANCE

11. Architecture

12. Sculpture

13. Painting