Ap Euro Renaissance/30 Years War
Jasmine Weber
Renaissance ▪ New golden age/"rebirth" ▪ Began in Italy ▪ Georgio Vasari coined the term "renaissance" ▪ Beginnings of individualism, personal recognition and less glory for God ▪ Printing press allowed the movement to spread ▪ At the time, italy was under the control of the HRE ▪ Urban underclass: popolo minuto "the people" ▪ Wealthy class: popolo grosso ▪ Ciompi Revolt: Florentine revolt of the popolo minuto. They gained control for a short period of time. ▪ Caused a rise of tyranny in other city-states ▪ Medicis: Florentine banking family, very wealthy, held power from behind the scenes ▪ Main city-states: Florence, Milan, Venice, papal states, Naples ▪ wealthy Italian merchants became patrons of the arts ▪ Italy's location was perfect for a Renaissance: perfectly between the East and West ▪ humanism was a return to classical education ▪ Francesco Petrarch: father of humanism. He learned Latin to study classical works, especially those of Cicero. He coined "Dark Ages". ▪ He, and most other humanists, leaned to secular learning but were still Catholic and religious. ▪ Plato was an inspiration for humanists ▪ They liked his belief that beauty and truth existed beyond what the senses could discover. ▪ Pico de Mirandola = Oration on the Dignity of Man. ▪ Castiglione = The Courtier. Ideal man described "Renaissance Man". ▪ Lorenzo Vallo proved the Donation of Constantine to be false and that some Bible passages were mistranslated. ▪ Some women (often in nunneries) learned to read and write ▪ Leonardo Bruni created education system for women but it left out certain aspects of a male's education ▪ Christine de Pisan = The City of Ladies. Women needed an area in which they could flourish and show their talents. ▪ chiaroscuro=shading, single-point perspective part of Renaissance art ▪ Filippo Bunelleschi created a dome (first once since the collapse of the Roman Empire) ▪ High Renaissance began in
Renaissance ▪ New golden age/"rebirth" ▪ Began in Italy ▪ Georgio Vasari coined the term "renaissance" ▪ Beginnings of individualism, personal recognition and less glory for God ▪ Printing press allowed the movement to spread ▪ At the time, italy was under the control of the HRE ▪ Urban underclass: popolo minuto "the people" ▪ Wealthy class: popolo grosso ▪ Ciompi Revolt: Florentine revolt of the popolo minuto. They gained control for a short period of time. ▪ Caused a rise of tyranny in other city-states ▪ Medicis: Florentine banking family, very wealthy, held power from behind the scenes ▪ Main city-states: Florence, Milan, Venice, papal states, Naples ▪ wealthy Italian merchants became patrons of the arts ▪ Italy's location was perfect for a Renaissance: perfectly between the East and West ▪ humanism was a return to classical education ▪ Francesco Petrarch: father of humanism. He learned Latin to study classical works, especially those of Cicero. He coined "Dark Ages". ▪ He, and most other humanists, leaned to secular learning but were still Catholic and religious. ▪ Plato was an inspiration for humanists ▪ They liked his belief that beauty and truth existed beyond what the senses could discover. ▪ Pico de Mirandola = Oration on the Dignity of Man. ▪ Castiglione = The Courtier. Ideal man described "Renaissance Man". ▪ Lorenzo Vallo proved the Donation of Constantine to be false and that some Bible passages were mistranslated. ▪ Some women (often in nunneries) learned to read and write ▪ Leonardo Bruni created education system for women but it left out certain aspects of a male's education ▪ Christine de Pisan = The City of Ladies. Women needed an area in which they could flourish and show their talents. ▪ chiaroscuro=shading, single-point perspective part of Renaissance art ▪ Filippo Bunelleschi created a dome (first once since the collapse of the Roman Empire) ▪ High Renaissance began in