Renaissance and Reformation

The time period between the 1350s and 1550s when there was a "rebirth" of ideas and thinking throughout Europe, mostly in Italy.

• Renaissance
• Secular
• Humanism
• Perspective

Being interested in the world and individuals instead of mainly focusing on religion

• Renaissance
• Secular
• Humanism
• Perspective

The belief taken from the Greeks and Romans that individuals and human society were important and valuable.  A balance between faith and reason.

• Renaissance
• Secular
• Humanism
• Perspective

A method of drawing and painting which makes object appear dimensional.  This was perfected during the Renaissance and makes objects look like they are different distances  from the observer.

• Renaissance
• Secular
• Humanism
• Perspective

Independent relations within Italy with their own government and ways of life that often competed with each other.
Major examples:
VeniceMilan
Rome
Florence
Genoa

• Italian city-states
• Greek city-states

-sculptures
-frescoes
-statues
-paintings

• Art of the Renaissance
• Architecture of the Renaissance
• Advancements of the Renaissance
• Artists of the Renaissance

The buildings and structures were very elaborate with many details and unique features.  Many ideas were taken from past cultures.
-columns
-arches
-domes

• Literature of the Renaissance
• Architecture of the Renaissance
• Advancements of the Renaissance
• Artists of the Renaissance

-Painting Press
-Telescope
-Studied medicine and the human body

• Literature of the Renaissance
• Art of the Renaissance
• Advancements of the Renaissance
• Artists of the Renaissance

-DaVinci
-Michelangelo
-Raphael

• Literature of the Renaissance
• Art of the Renaissance
• Architecture of the Renaissance
• Artists of the Renaissance

Renaissance writers focused on the works of Greeks and Romans. In the beginning works were written in Latin and then as time went on they were written in a language the people spoke. Many books and poems could be published due to the printing press.
Religious writings
Books
Poems

• Literature of the Renaissance
• Art of the Renaissance
• Architecture of the Renaissance
• Advancements of the Renaissance