THE RENAISSANCE

WHERE THE RENAISSANCE BEGAN AND WHY THERE

• The renaissance started in Italy.
• It started in Italy because of the geological location. It was positioned on the Mediterranean Sea and recieved both goods and new ideas.

Humanism

• A cultural movement that moved away from being closed minded and revived interest in Greek and Roman thought.

Leonardo de Vinci

• The Mona Lisa
• The Last Supper
• Madonna of the Yarnwinder
• The Baptism of Christ
• The Annunciation
• The Vitruvian Man
• Lady with an Ermine
• Embryo in the Womb
• Head of a Young Woman

RAPHAEL

• A famous painter in the early 1500's
• Painted:
• The School of Athens
• Sistine Madonna
• Transfiguration and many other famous paintings

Michelangelo's Paintings

• Sistine Chapel ceiling
• David
• Pieta
• The Creation of Adam
• The Last Judgment
• Battle of Cascina

Sistine Chaple

GUTENBERG PRINTING PRESS

• Johannes Gutenberg made it in 1440
• He adapted the screw presses and other existing technologies to make a printing system

Utopian School

• 35-45 minute lunch
• 6 or 7 minute passing period
• Nap time
• Start school at 10:00
• Snack machines(healthy)
• Off campus lunches(Juniors and Seniors only)
• Slightly less strict dress code
• Different class schedule every day of the week
• Not be required to have a Tech credit

Donatello

• Donatello was a famous sculptor from the early 1400's some of his more famous works are:
• David
• The Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata
• Saint Mark
• Judith and Holofernes
• St. George

PEACE OF AUGSBURG

• Called the Augsburg Settlement.
• Was a treaty between Charles V and the Schmalkaldic League on September 25, 1555

Theocracy

• A government ruled by religious leaders that claim Gods authority

PROTESTANT REFORMATION

• The Protestant Reformation was the 16oo's religious, political, intellectual and cultural disturbance that split Catholic Europe.

Martin Luther

• Martin Luther changed Christianity when he began the Protestant Reformation in the 1600's in Europe.
• He became a monk and rebelled against the Catholic Church

Medici Family

• The Medicis were a wealthy, politically powerful Florentine family in the 14th century.
• They helped make Florence a cultural center

Modern Day Renaissance Men

• Paul David Hewson(Bono)
• Brad Pitt
• Ryan Gosling
• Steve Jobs

MACHIAVELLI-THE PRINCE

• An Italian politicial philosopher who wrote The Prince
• The book is about how a Prince should obtain and maintain power

William Shakespeare

• Shakespeare made an enormous contribution to English literature through his work on plays

CALVINISM-PREDESTINATION

• Calvinism defines predestination as "God's eternal decree, by which he compacted with himself what he willed to become of each person. For ... eternal life is foreordained for some, eternal damnation for others."

St. Peters Basilica