The Renaissance Review

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The Renaissance review

The Renaissance saw the rebirth of...

1. Pagan religious values
2. Greek and Roman knowledge and art
3. Realistic art
4. The Catholic church

Where did the Renaissance start?

1. In the Low Countries
2. In the Ottoman empire
3. In France
4. In Italy

Why did it start in Italy?

1. Because Italy was very peaceful
2. Because Italy was wealthy and had Roman ruins
3. Because Italy had a lot of art schools
4. Because Italians could read Latin

Renaissance (1400-1600)

- Rebirth of Greek and Roman culture

- Observing and studying humans and nature

- Realism in art: perspective, depth, human form (nudity)

- No longer only ordered by the church and by kings

Renaissance (1400-1600)

- Rebirth of Greek and Roman culture

- Observing and studying humans and nature

- Realism in art: perspective, depth, human form (nudity)

- No longer only ordered by the church and by kings

Italian city-states

- Florence, Milan, Venice, Genoa, etc.

- Rich through trading on the Mediterranean Sea

- Many remains of the Roman era still visible

- Rich people wanted to show their wealth through art

Where did this knowledge come from?

The knowledge was

1. Rediscovered via ancient texts found in Rome
2. Introduced by fleeing Eastern Roman scholars
3. Always there, just never used
4. Largely made up by Italian artists

When did the Middle-Ages end?

1. In 1453 when the Ottomans conquered Constantinopel
2. In 1492 when Columbus reached the 'New World'
3. in 1345 when Petrarch discovered old letters from Cicero
4. As soon as people came up with the word 'Middle-Ages'

The Middle-Ages

- Memento mori

- Church is all powerful

- Art is used to tell stories about Christianity

The 'what' was more important than the 'how'

- No background

- No clear emotions

Why 'memento mori'?

1. Because people looked forward to dying and going to heaven
2. Because people died very young
3. Because having fun in life was thought to be sinful
4. Because the earthly life was less important than the afterlife

How did Renaissance Italians 'seize the day'?

1. By not listening to the church anymore
2. By partying every day
3. By showing their wealth with fancy clothes and art
4. By having pizza for breakfast

Humanism

What was Renaissance Humanism?

1. People started treating animals more humanely
2. A philosophy of putting the human experience central
3. A religion in where humans were gods
4. A subgroup of artists who only drew humans

Humanists

- Looked at ancient bible texts

- Discovered a lot of errors in translations

- Argued for change within the Church

- Used Latin as a universal scholarly language

Why study man and nature?

- Focus on the natural instead of on the supernatural

- Describing and studying the human body and nature

- Education and knowledge helps understand God better

How did the new knowledge spread throughout Europe?

1. Via speedy reprints made with the printing press
2. Via travelling artists and scholars
3. Via trade between Italy and the rest of Europe
4. Via all of these ways

Is this an example of Medieval or Renaissance art? Give arguments

Middle-Ages

Renaissance

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