Renaissance The Rebirth of Europe Renaissance an explosion of art and learning o Started in Italy Lasted 1300 1600 Traded with the east o Discovery of ancient manuscripts from Greece Rome caused Europeans to develop new ideas Thriving cities Wealthy merchant class Classical heritage intellectual movement focused on human potential achievements movement away from religious things to worldly things Humanism Secularism Patron Realism Vernacular a financial supporter of artists tried to show life how it was the native language The Renaissance Man o Excels in many fields o Based on Castiglione s The Courtier 1528 The Renaissance Woman o Upper class educated in classics charming o Expected to inspire art but not create it o Many were patrons Artists of the High Renaissance o Michelangelo Buonavvoti o Donatello di Niccolo di Betto Bardi o Leonardo di Vinci o Raphael Sanzio Most important invention of the Renaissance was the printing press o Invented by Johann Gutenberg Printing press increased literacy rates Legacy of the Renaissance o Humanism o Secularism o Art o Books o Literacy o Education
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