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Renaissance and Humanism

Renaissance and Humanism. Humanism--- What was it all about? the study of classical values ; a human being is good by nature God should not be the centre of thinking: attention on humanity and this world. Why in Italy?. The prosperity of towns

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Renaissance and Humanism

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  1. Renaissance and Humanism Humanism--- What was it all about? the study of classical values ; a human being is good by nature God should not be the centre of thinking: attention on humanity and this world

  2. Why in Italy? • The prosperity of towns • The princes and rulers of Italian city-states surrounded themselves with artists and humanists( founded academies, schools and ordered works of art) • Relics of classical antiquity in Italy → the Rebirth of ancient culture, also creating something new..

  3. Renaissance Writers; some examples • Dante ( 1265-1321) Divine Comedy; travels beyond the grave, meetings with Vergilius, at last reuniting with his beloved Beatrice in paradise • Petrarch ( 1303-74); Sonets to Laura • Boccaccio ( 1313-75); Decameron • Geoffrey Chaucer( 1343-1400) ; Canterbury Tales • Cervantes (1547-1616); Don Quijote

  4. ..Writers.. • William Shakespeare (1585-1614); Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth • Sceptic • Unhappy people • Tragedies and comedies Thomas More (1478-1535); Utopia - A theory of ideal state; six-hour working day, property should be shared, all religions accepted, rulers should be elected by the people life should be simple..

  5. The impact on society/ on the whole world.. • Rise of capitalism • Rise of political thought; Emergence of modern states ( collapse of feudalism) • Transformation of knowledge of universe; earth is not the centre… • Revolution of Religion; Reformation • Expansion of Europe With the help of printing universal knowledge could be shared by wider public…

  6. Tizian; Venus of Urbino1538

  7. Mona Lisa/ Da Vinci

  8. Botticelli : Spring

  9. Botticelli: Birth of Venus

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