CHAPTER 7: THE RENAISSANCE

PROJECT

By Jeniffer Rivera, Kaelyn Williams and Jessica

Kaizerman

PART 1: THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

The Italian Renaissance of

the city-states brought a

rebirth earning and art to

Europe. From the years 1350

to 1550 in European history

are called Renaissance,

because there was a

“rebirth” of interest of art

and learning.

In the Renaissance,

people became more

“secular”. Secular

means that they

were more interested

in this world than

religion or getting to

heaven.

THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

There are three reasons of

why the Renaissance began in

Italy. The first reason is that

Italy’s city-states had become

really wealthy. The second

reason is that Italy had a lot

of history about their

ancestors (romans). The third

reason is that had the money

to pay for their workers.

When the

Renaissance was

beginning the city-

states were really

powerful, which is

why people paid for

the art.

THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

PART 2: THE RISE OF ITALY'S CITY-STATES

THE RISE OF ITALY'S CITY-STATES

Since no ruler was strong

enough to unite Italy, the

country divided by itself.

The cities became self

dependent and fought

with each-other, and

stayed. Later every city-

state of Italy became

really wealth and rich.

Because the city-

states were wealth

the king from other

countries left the

city-states alone so

they could borrow

more money in the

future.

THE RISE OF ITALY'S CITY-STATES

THE RISE OF ITALY'S CITY-STATES

The city-states

obtained all their

wealth through the

business of trading.

They also succeed

because Italy was

located were most of

the trade routes were

located.

The city-states

traded many goods

with different

nations. The

crusades brought

Arab merchants with

Italian city-states.

Later, business for

Italian merchants

continued to grow.

THE RISE OF ITALY'S CITY-STATES

PART 3: RENAISSANCE ART

RENAISSANCE ART

When the medieval artists

depicted the birth of Jesus,

they wanted to remind

Christians about their belief

that Jesus was born to save

the world. Renaissance

artists differentiated their

work from medieval artist in

many ways.

The artists in the

time of the

Renaissance also

tried to show people

emotions,

Renaissance painters

also used new

techniques, the most

innovative was

perspective.

RENAISSANCE ART

RENAISSANCE ART

Perspective is a method

that makes a drawing or

painting look

dimensional. To be able

to make their paintings

look more realistic, the

artists used a technique

called Chiaroscuro.

Chiaroscuro softened

edges by using light and

shadows instead of stiff

outlines to separate

objects. In Italian chiaro

means “clear or light” and

oscuro means “dark”. This

created more drama or

emotion in a painting.

RENAISSANCE ART

PART 4: BOTTICELLI, RAPHAEL,

MICHELANGELO

BOTTICELLI, RAPHAEL,

MICHELANGELO

Sandro Botticelli was born

around in 1445, Botticelli

became a famous artist in

Florence. Botticelli

sometimes painted on wet

plaster with water called

fresco, that in Italian means

“fresh”. In 1481 Botticelli

painted three frescoes for the

pope in the Sistine Chapel.

Raphael Sanzio

worked at the same

time as Leonardo Da

Vinci, but Raphael

was much younger.

As a young man,

Raphael worked with

ease and grase and

became known as

one of Italy’s best

painters.

B OT TICELLI , RAPHAEL, MICHELANGELO

BOTTICELLI, RAPHAEL,

MICHELANGELO

Michelangelo Buonarroti

painted, sculpted ad

designed buildings. He

painted one of the most

best-known Renaissance

works the celling of the

Sistine Chapel in Rome.

Although he

painted many

outstanding works,

Michelangelo was

a sculptor at heart.

BOTTICELLI, RAPHAEL, MICHELANGELO

PART 5: LEONARDO DA VINCI

LEONARDO DA VINCI

Leonardo Da Vinci was

born in April 15, 1452 I

Vinci, Italy to a woman

named Caterina.

Leonardo Da Vinci was a

Italian renaissance

polymath: painter,

sculptor, architect and a

lot more. Leonardo was

considered to be one of

the greatest painters of

all times.

Leonardo Da Vinci’s

most popular

painting is the

Monalisa. He was

also one of the best

Renaissance

scientist, inventor

and engineer. Most

of what we know

about Leonardo

comes from his

notebooks.

LEONARDO DA VINCI

LEONARDO DA VINCI

By the time Leonardo

was 15 years old, his

father knew his son

had an artistic talent.

By 1472, Leonardo

had became a master

in of the painters

guild of Florence.

In 1516, Leonardo

accepted an

invitation to live in in

France. The king

admired Leonardo

and gave him

freedom to pursue

his interests.

LEONARDO DA VINCI

PART 6: THE INVENTION OF THE

PRINTING PRESS

THE INVENTION OF THE PRINTING

PRESS

The printing press

was created in the

early 1450s by

Johannes Gutenberg.

The printing press

was the key of

humanist ideas

throughout Europe.

The printing press

used a movable

metal that typed.

This invention made

it possible to print

book much more

quickly than written

the by hand.

THE INVENTION OF THE PRINTING PRESS

THE INVENTION OF THE PRINTING

PRESS

The printing press

was a large

improvement to

Europe. The Chinese

people had invented

blocks with letters but

the Europeans has the

whole alphabet.

The first book that

Johannes Gutenberg

printed was the

Bible. The printing

press helped Europe

to spread many

different types of

literature.

THE INVENTION OF THE PRINTING PRESS

PART 7: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

William Shakespeare was

in 26 April 1564, he was

an famous English poet

and writer. He did 28

plays and 154 sonnets.

During his career

William Shakespeare

translated the plays into

major languages.

When William was 18, he got

married to Anne Hathaway.

He also had three children

with Anne, named Susann,

Harnet, and Judith. Some of

Shakespeare and most

famous comedies are: a

Midsummer Night’s Dream,

Twelfth Night, and Much Ado

About Nothing.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

These plays and some of

his other playwrights,

made him well-known in

England such as Romeo

and Juliet. In 1594 the

first William Shakespeare

play, Titus Andronicus,

was published.

Shakespeare wrote a lot

until his death in 1616.

Seven years after his death,

the first complete collection

of his work appeared. This

really big book has 35 plays

and was so expensive that

only rich people could

afford that book.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

PART 8: RENAISSANCE SPREADS TO

NORTHERN EUROPE

RENAISSANCE SPREADS TO

NORTHERN EUROPE

In the late 1400s, the

Renaissance spread to

northern Europe. The

northern Renaissance

refers to the art in places

we know today as Belgium,

Luxemburg, Germany, and

Netherlands.

The northern artists used

different art methods than

the Italian artist did. One

of the methods the Italian

artists developed was the

oil painting. This was

developed in Flanders.

This a region that is in

northern Belgium today.

RENAISSANCE SPREADS TO NORTHERN EUROPE

RENAISSANCE SPREADS TO

NORTHERN EUROPE

These oil painting let

the artists paint very

small detail in their

drawings. Also the

northern artists

wanted their works t

have a grater realism.

In fact Jan van Eyck

was a master of oil

painting. He learned

how to mix colors

and bled them

togheter. Some

thought the colors in

his work sparkled

like jewels or stained

glass.

RENAISSANCE SPREADS TO NORTHERN EUROPE

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