THE RENAISSANCE

SOUTH

• Less focused on religion
• More focused on art
• Michealangelo

SIMILARITIES

• the spread of humanism
• religious significance
• access to printed materials
• emphasized art
• The church was the greatest patron

THE PRINTING PRESS

• Johannes Gutenberg (1398-1468)
• Invented moveable type printing press
• Invented a proccess for mass production
• Developed the use of oil based ink

UTOPIA

• Plato, and his book, The Republic
• Latin Translation, " Good place " or "No place".
• Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
• realistic blueprint for a working nation
• or, strictly satyrical

ERASMUS

• Humanist, Catholic preist, social critic, teacher and theologian.
• 1466-1536
• Univerity of Paris and Queen's College London.

VIRTU

• Concept theorized by Niccolo Machiavelli
• Rediscoverd at the turn of the 16th century
• Not equivalent to moral virtue
• Latin

MACHIAVELLI

• 1469-1527
• He was very interested in politics
• Castiglione: Aristocrat, Soldier, & Diplomat
• The Courtier: against Machiavelli

EDUCATION

• Trade or Classical
• Began to turn towards Humanism
• Unbalanced

PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA

• 1463-1494
• One of the best philosophers of the Renaissance
• Wrote Manifesto of the Renaissance
• Defended the 900 thesis

MARSILIO FICINO

• 1433-1499
• Rediscovered classical learning
• Latin tranlsator
• Wrote the Three Books of Life
• Graceful Speaker

FRANCESCO PETRARCH

• 1304-1374
• Philosopher, cleric, poet, & diplomatic envoy
• Had a large personal library
• Influential writer
• Considered to be "The Father of Humanism"

HUMANISM (1300-1500)

• intellectual, literary, and scientific movement
• secularism, personal independence & individual expression
• full participation in varied human relationships
• cult of beauty
• drift from medieval christianity

CHRISTIAN HUMANISM

• Thomas Aquinas
• Man in made in the image of God
• Education is the means to reform
• Individual worth
• Thought to combine classic & christian culture

CIVIC HUMANISM

• Based on the Roman Republic
• Man engaged with the world is central power
• Renaissance man: one with many talents

LEON BATISSTA ALBERTI

• Born in Genoa in 1404
• From a wealthy family
• Classical Studies
• Papal Abbreviator
• Prolific Writer

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://petrarch.petersadlon.com/petrarch.html
• www.biography.com/people/petrarch-9438891
• http://www.renaissanceastrology.com/ficino.html
• historyguide.org
• oneonta.edu

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• mb-soft.com
• http://caius-ebook.com/Utopias.htm
• http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/21cc/utopia/utopia.html
• http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2009/entries/erasmus/#LifWor
• ​http://queenslib.wordpress.com/2013/07/12/erasmus-and-queens-college/

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/dissertations/AAI3113789/
• http://www.contemplator.com/history/tmoore.html
• http://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Thomas_Moore
• http://www.ctsfw.net/media/pdfs/reynoldserasmusresponsibleluther.pdf