Renaissance

1. PART 1

2. A New Way of Life
• Emphasis on effort, talent,
and creative genius as basis
of merit rather than heredity
Bust of Michelangelo, Daniele da Volerra, 1565,

3. A New Way of Life
• Emphasis on effort, talent,
and creative genius as basis
of merit rather than heredity
• Newly rich merchants
supported the arts as a
means of publicising their
power
Adoration of the Magi (1475) by Sandro
Botticelli.

4. A New Way of Life
• Emphasis on effort, talent,
and creative genius as basis
of merit rather than heredity
• Newly rich merchants
supported the arts as a
means of publicising their
power
Bronze doors of Florence’ Baptistery,
designed by Lorenzo Ghiberti

5. A New Way of Life
• Emphasis on effort, talent,
and creative genius as basis
of merit rather than heredity
• Newly rich merchants
supported the arts as a
means of publicising their
power
Dome of Florence Cathedral,
designed by Filippo Brunelleschi

6. A New Way of Life
• Emphasis on effort, talent,
and creative genius as basis
of merit rather than heredity
• Newly rich merchants
supported the arts as a
means of publicising their
power
• Increasing focus on secular
world of human affairs rather
than salvation
The Money Changer and His
Wife (1514), by Quentin Matsys

7. A New Way of Life
• Emphasis on effort, talent,
and creative genius as basis
of merit rather than heredity
• Newly rich merchants
supported the arts as a
means of publicising their
power
• Increasing focus on secular
world of human affairs rather
than salvation
• Opportunistic nature of
urban life released citizens
from old hierarchies and gave
rise to individualism
The Money Changer and His
Wife (1514), by Quentin Matsys

8. PART 2

9. Calvinist Reform - 1536
• Doctrine of Depravity: Augustinian
view that humans are essentially
sinful

10. Calvinist Reform - 1536
• Doctrine of Depravity: Augustinian
view that humans are essentially
sinful
• Doctrine of predestination: Since
God is all-knowing, he already
knows who is going to heaven and
who is destined for hell; good works
will not earn you passage to heaven

11. Calvinist Reform - 1536
• Doctrine of Depravity: Augustinian
view that humans are essentially
sinful
• Doctrine of predestination: Since
God is all-knowing, he already
knows who is going to heaven and
who is destined for hell; good works
will not earn you passage to heaven
• Rationalisation of religion: the
‘beauty’ and ‘magic’ of religious
rituals distracts worshippers from
developing a private relationship
with God

12. Calvinist Reform - 1536
• Doctrine of Depravity: Augustinian
view that humans are essentially
sinful
• Doctrine of predestination: Since
God is all-knowing, he already
knows who is going to heaven and
who is destined for hell; good works
will not earn you passage to heaven
• Rationalisation of religion: the
‘beauty’ and ‘magic’ of religious
rituals distracts worshippers from
developing a private relationship
with God
• Emphasised the importance of hard
work and financial success as a sign
that you had been ‘chosen’