The Renaissance began in Italy in the 15th century and was characterized by a revival of interest in classical learning. Wealthy patrons funded artists in cities like Florence, where figures like Lorenzo de' Medici supported the work of sculptors, painters, and writers. Engineers like Brunelleschi made architectural innovations, such as designing the dome of Florence Cathedral without internal supports. Michelangelo was one of the period's great artists, producing famous works like his David sculpture and paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The printing press helped spread new ideas rapidly during this period of cultural and intellectual rebirth.

1. The Renaissance

2. The Renaissance started in Italy

3. Characteristics of Renaissance
• Rise of merchant
class.
• Patrons paid for
art.
• Development of
painting
techniques such as
perspective and
more realistic art.

4. What is Renaissance?
It’s rebirth! Scholars and learned people wanted to study
the manuscripts from Greece and Rome, thinking those
civilizations were great and worthy of study again.
They wanted to imitate
the buildings, science discoveries
language and writing styles
of the Romans and Greeks.

5. Florence, Italy
• Famous center for the Medici
family.
• Lorenzo the Magnificent lived
there.
• Patron of artists, sculptors,
writers.
• The Duomo – a domed church.
• Bruncelleschi created this and
it was the greatest work of
engineering up to that time!

6. Brunelleschi’s
Duomo in Florence
• One of Brunelleschi’s
most important works.
• Brunelleschi built the
dome without interior
supports to hold up
the heavy stone and
bricks.

7. St. Peter’s Basilica

8. Built over a period of 120 yrs. Many artists, were involved including
Michelangelo.

9. Michelangelo’s
Pieta
• Michelangelo was a
master of many
artistic abilities, but he
often protested that
he was a sculptor.
• Sculpted out of
marble.

10. Michelangelo’s
David
• Sculpted out of
marble.
• Pay attention to
the detail in the
sculpture.

11. Michelangelo’s
The Sistine Chapel
• It took Michelangelo
almost 4 ½ years to
complete the ceiling
alone.
• The wall behind the
alter is features a
painting entitled The
Last Judgment, which
was Michelangelo’s
last major work.

12. Michelangelo’s
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
• The frescoes
include more
than 300
figures!

13. Michelangelo’s
The Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
(The Creation of Adam)
• Michelangelo painted scenes from the Old
Testament on the ceiling, this is God giving life to
Adam.

14. “The Last
Judgment”
was
painted
above the
altar of
the
Sistine
Chapel in
his later
life.

15. The Printing Press was
invented!

16. Gutenberg Bible
• The first printed book created in 1452.
• It was cheaper and took less time to make.
• Spread new literature and ideas and
inventions.

17. Renaissance Printers and Manuscripts

18. Galileo
• Studied astronomy.
• Created the
telescope.
• Proved Earth
orbited the Sun.
• Arrested for
suggesting it!
• Father of modern
science!

19. Quiz
• What does Renaissance mean?
• What were they copying?
• Who designed this?
• What is this called?
• Name a work by Michelangelo.
• Why did ideas spread quickly?
• Who discovered the Earth goes around
the Sun?