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Chapter 13
The Renaissance
Renaissance1300-1500Transition from
medieval times to modern world
Time of change in political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of life
A time to think
HumanismScholars emphasized
studying worldly subjects
HumanitiesGrammar, rhetoric,
poetry, and historyFrancesco Petrarch
Poet/scholarAssembled a library
of Greek and Roman manuscripts
ItalyRenaissance began
in ItalyReasons
Church based thereLocationTrade routes
(Muslim knowledge)City-States
Italy’s City-StatesCity-states controlled
by powerful familiesDominated by
wealthy merchant classFinancially
supported the arts
Leonardo da VinciRealismMona LisaThe Last SupperBotany, anatomy,
optics, music, architecture, and engineering
MichelangeloSculptor, engineer,
painter, architect, and poet
DavidPietaDome of St. Peter’s
Cathedral in RomeSistine Chapel in
Rome4 years to complete
RaphaelMadonna, the
mother of JesusThe School of Athens
Niccolo MachiavelliWrote a guide for
rulers on how to gain and maintain power
The PrinceAny means
necessary to gain power
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