Renaissance by ioanna sourafi

1. RENAISSANCE
Ιωάννα Σουραφή

2. Overview
 The Renaissance is a period in European history marking
the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering
the 15th and 16th centuries. It occurred after the Crisis of the
Late Middle Ages and was associated with great social
change. In addition to the standard periodization, proponents
of a "long Renaissance" may put its beginning in the 14th
century and its end in the 17th century. The Renaissance was
a cultural movement that profoundly affected European
intellectual life in the early modern period. Beginning in Italy,
and spreading to the rest of Europe by the 16th century, its
influence was felt
in art, architecture, philosophy, literature, music, science, tech
nology, politics, religion, and other aspects of intellectual
inquiry. Renaissance scholars employed the humanist
method in study, and searched for realism and human
emotion in art.

3. Humanism during Renaissance
 During the 14th
century, a cultural
movement called
humanism began to
gain momentum in
Italy. Among its many
principles, humanism
promoted the idea
that man was the
center of his own
universe, and people
should embrace
human achievements
in education, classical
arts, literature and
science.

4. The Medici family
The Medici family is one of
the most powerful and
influential groups in
European history. They
innovated new banking
systems and laid the
groundwork to make
Florence a cultural hotspot.
Through their political
strategy and patronage of
major artists like
Michelangelo, they created
the High Renaissance.
Such an extended family
has a lot to talk about.
Below are five highlights
that outline the influence of
the Medici family over
hundreds of years.

5. The Medici Family Influence Lasted 500
Years, Producing Popes, Queens, And
Artists
 Their Art Patronage Earned Them The Nickname
“Godfathers of the Renaissance”
 They Set A Peaceful State For Art To Flourish
 Lorenzo De’ Medici Allowed Michelangelo To Live
With Him Like His Own Son
 Donatello Made Statues Symbolic Of Medici Values
 Leonardo Da Vinci Studied In Their Network
 Even the Enemies and Conspiracies Against Them
Inspired Fascinating Work
 Machiavelli Wrote The Prince To Get On Their Good
Side
 They Stimulated Science, Music, And Fashion

6. 10 most famous artists and their
paintings
10 TINTORETTO The Last Supper
(1594) 9 TITIAN Venus of Urbino (1538)

7. 8 ALBRECHT DÜRER Melencolia I
(1514)
7 HIERONYMUS BOSCH
The Garden of Earthly Delights (1515)

8. 6 GIOTTO The Kiss of Judas
(1306)
5 SANDRO BOTTICELLI The Birth of
Venus
(1486)

9. 4 DONATELLO The Bronze
David (1440s)
3 RAPHAEL The School of Athens
(1511)

10. 2 MICHELANGELO David (1504) 1 LEONARDO DA VINCI Mona Lisa
(1517)

11. Renaissance religion
Humanism encouraged Europeans to
question the role of the Roman
Catholic church during the
Renaissance.
As more people learned how to read,
write and interpret ideas, they began
to closely examine and critique
religion as they knew it. Also, the
printing press allowed for texts,
including the Bible, to be easily
reproduced and widely read by the
people, themselves, for the first time.
In the 16th century, Martin Luther, a
German monk, led the Protestant
Reformation – a revolutionary
movement that caused a split in the
Catholic church. Luther questioned
many of the practices of the church
and whether they aligned with the
teachings of the Bible.
As a result, a new form of Christianity,
known as Protestantism, was
created.

12. End of renaissance
 The demise of the Renaissance was the
result of several compounding factors.
 By the end of the 15th century, numerous
wars had plagued the Italian peninsula.
Spanish, French and German invaders
battling for Italian territories caused
disruption and instability in the region.
 Changing trade routes led to a period of
economic decline and limited the amount
of money that wealthy contributors could
spend on the arts.
 Later, in a movement known as the
Counter-Reformation, the Catholic church
censored artists and writers in response to
the Protestant Reformation. Many
Renaissance thinkers feared being too
bold, which stifled creativity.
 Furthermore, in 1545, the Council of Trent
established the Roman Inquisition, which
made humanism and any views that
challenged the Catholic church an act of
heresy punishable by death.
 By the early 17th century, the Renaissance
movement had died out, giving way to the
Age of Enlightenment.

13. Sources
 https://www.history.com/topics/renaissance/ren
aissance
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance#Reli
gion
 https://www.thecollector.com/the-medici-family-
legacy/
 https://learnodo-newtonic.com/famous-
renaissance-artists