The INTELLECTUAL RENAISSANCE IN ITALY

1. The INTELLECTUAL RENAISSANCE IN ITALY

2. Petrarch Father of Modern Humanism Wearing the Poet’s Crown conferred upon him by the Roman Senate in 1341

3. Cicero – Roman statesman and intellectual The model for civic humanism

4. Leonardo Bruni Italian statesman, humanist, historian First to use the term humanism First to gain a thorough knowledge of classical Greek

5. Lorenzo Valla Papal Secretary Humanist Significant contributor to classical scholarship His Elegances of the Latin Language became the standard text for proper Latin – he hoped to restore Latin to its position over the vernacular

6. Plato’s Academy The Florentine Platonic Academy was an informal discussion group dedicated to the study of Plato - members considered themselves a modern form of Plato’s Academy

7. MarsilioFicino • Leader of the Florentine Platonic Academy • Dedicated his life to the study of Plato & his philosophy • Commissioned by Cosimo Medici to translate • Plato’s works • Attempted to synthesize Christianity and • Platonism • Neoplatonism – based on 2 primary ideas • 1, Neoplatonic hierarchy of substances • 2. The theory of Platonic love • Hermeticism a set of philosophical • and religious beliefs • Term derived from the name of the • Greek God Hermes – God of Knowledge • Ficino translated Greek manuscripts • 2 types of writing: • 1. The occult sciences • 2. Theological and philosophical beliefs & speculations • *A new view of humankind emerged

8. Giovanni Pico dellaMirandola Oration on the Dignity of Man – a statement on the unlimited human potential “The Manifesto of the Renaissance”

9. Christine de Pizan Europe’s first professional woman writer Laura Cereta

10. Johannes Gutenberg Printing press Circa 1440