Mister Richardson's
World History Class

OUTLINE

Chapter 10: The Renaissance

I. Characteristics of the Renaissance

1. Contrast with the Middle Ages
2. Focus on Man
   • Humanism
3. Revival of learning
   • Humanities

II. Course of the Renaissance

1. The Medici Family
   • patrons
2. Thought and Literature
   1. Italian Writers
      1. Francesco Petrarch
      2. Baldassare Castiglione
      3. Niccolo Machiavelli
   2. Northern European Writers
      1. Desiderius Erasmus
      2. Thomas More
      3. Miguel de Cervantes
      4. William Shakespeare
3. Visual Arts
   1. Early Italian Painters
      1. Giotto di Bondone
         
      2. Masaccio
      3. Sandro Botticelli
   2. High Renaissance Painters
      1. Leonardo da Vinci
      2. Raphael
      3. Michelangelo
   3. Venetian Painters
      1. Titian
      2. Tintoretto
   4. Northern European Artists
      1. Albrecht Durer
      2. Han Holbein
      3. Jan van Eyck
      4. Bruegel
   5. Renaissance Architects & Sculptors
      1. Lorenzo Ghiberti
      2. Filippo Brunelleschi
      3. Donatello
      4. Michelangelo
4. Music
   1. Josquin Depres
   2. Palestrina

III. Consequences of the Renaissance

1. Postive
   1. 1. Spirit of inquiry
   2. 2. Revived interest in literature, languages, & history
   3. 3. Movable-type printing
   4. 4. Education
   5. 5. Importance of the individual
2. Negative
   1. Lessened moral restraints
   2. Increased corruption in the church
   3. Return of pagan ideas