Unit 1 Renaissance + Northern

Topic 1: Italian Renaissance

Italian Renaissance: a movement of rebirth of antiquity especially Greco-Roman

Petrarch: Father of Renaissance and Humanism
Humanism: The idea that god’s greatest creation is humans and value the accomplishments of human beings and their unlimited potential
Philology: Search of the history and development of languages. Questioning authority of church
Renaissance education: studia humanities (liberal studies)
Secularism Believing more secular and a shift away from the church
Individualism: Idea of individual accomplishments separated from community
Civic Humanism: idea that people needed to be educated and participate in government and political behavior
- Caused by: Admiration of Humanism and Renaissance ideas
- Baldassare Castiglione: wrote the book of courtier and described how a gentleman and a lady should act in society. Believed that educated man should have many talents
Renaissance art: Style that portrayed the world as natural, not symbolic. Aspects: Geometric, linear perspective, naturalism, humane, individualism.

Topic 2: Northern Renaissance

Northern Renaissance: Spread from Italian Renaissance and obtained a more religious frame, naturalistic but more human centered

Christian Humanist: development from Northern Renaissance. More religious form of humanism that wanted a more humane form of the church due to church corruptions.
Erasmus: Christian humanist that wrote Praise the Folly (a ruler should be kind and loved) and criticized aspects of church
Northern Renaissance art: Depictions of more religious, drama, distortion, realism, and everyday life.

Topic 3: Printing press

Printing press: Developed by Guttenberg that spread ideas of the Renaissance and education