The document provides an overview of the Renaissance period in Europe, including its origins in Italy and key developments. It discusses how classical knowledge was brought to Europe through trade with the East. Humanism emerged as a new philosophy with a focus on ethics, civic matters, and the dignity of man. The Renaissance spread classical ideals of beauty, knowledge, and human potential through the patronage of wealthy Italian families and the work of artists and writers such as Botticelli, Michelangelo, da Vinci, and Petrarch. The printing press also helped disseminate new ideas.

7. City-States of Renaissance Italy

16. Pico della Mirandola

26. Birth of Venus Sandro Botticelli ca. 1485-6

27. Michelangelo’s Pieta’ 1498-9

28. Pieta’ detail of Mary’s Face

29. Michelangelo. David. Detail of Face. 1501-4

31. Michelangelo Buonarotti; Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, completed between 1508 and 1512.