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Main Idea / Details
I. Italian Renaissance-Beginning

/ A. Florence
1. City-State
a. A city with its surrounding
territory forms an independent
state with different laws and ways
of life.
b. There were numerous Italian
city-states.
2. Known as the birthplace of the
Italian Renaissance.
a. renaissance is a French word
meaning rebirth- new beginning
b. Renaissance: The revival of art
and literature under the influence
of classical models in the
14th–16th centuries (1300s-
1500s).
c. It was a rebirth of culture
1. Culture is a way of life for
people in an area.
2. Includes religion, education,
food, clothing, and all parts of
living in an area.
3. Produced most of the major artists
of the Renaissance.
a. Leonardo da Vinci
b. Michelangelo
4. In the 1400s many wealthy bankers
and traders called Florence home.
5. The city-state was controlled by the
Medici family who were patrons of
the arts.
a.  Patrons are people who
financially support the arts.
B. Medici Family
C. Humanism
II Art
A. Leonardo da Vinci


/ 1. Professions
2. Art
3. Inventions
B. Michelangelo



/ 1. Early Years
2. Art
3. Sculpture:
4. Architecture
C. Raphael

/ 1. Early Years
2. Famous For
D. Donatello
/ 1. Early Years
2. Famous For
III Architecture
/ A. Filippo Brunelleschi
B. Leon Alberti
IV. Writing

/ A. Niccolo Machiavelli
B. Baldassare Castiglione
V. Northern European Renaissance
(Beginning) / A. The Great Plague
1. The plague wiped out about one-
third of the population of Europe.
2. Also knows as the Black Death
3. Was a reason for the late start of
Renaissance in the rest of Europe.
B. Art



/ 1. Albrecht Durer
a. Early Years
b. Art
c. Engravings
2. Jan Van Eyck
C. Printing Press
/ 1. Johann Gutenberg-German
D. Humanism

/ 1. Difference with Italian
a. Emphasis on religious reform
2. Humanities vs. Humanism vs.
Humanists
a. Humanism- an intellectual movement
at the heart of the Renaissance that
focused on education and the
classics.
b. Humanities- the subjects of
grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and history
1. Humanities were important to
humanists.
c. Humanists- people who believed in
humanism and the humanities.
3. Desiderius Erasmus
4. Sir Thomas More
5. Francois Rabelais
E. Writers

/ 1. William Shakespeare
2. Miguel de Cervantes