Why is it important to understand the Italian Renaissance?
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The Italian Renaissance is best known for its achievements in painting, architecture, sculpture, literature, music, philosophy, science and technology, and exploration.
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The Italian Renaissance (Italian: Rinascimento [rinaʃʃiˈmento]) was a period in the Italian history that covered the 15th (Quattrocento) and 16th (Cinquecento) centuries, spreading across Europe and marking the transition from the Middle Ages to Modernity. Proponents of a "long Renaissance" argue that it began in the 14th century (Trecento) and lasted until the 17th century (Seicento). The French word renaissance (rinascimento in Italian) means "rebirth" and defines the period as one of cultural revival and renewed interest in classical antiquity after the centuries labeled the Dark Ages by Renaissance humanists. The Renaissance author Giorgio Vasari used the term "Rebirth" in his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects in 1550 but the concept became widespread only in the 19th century, after the works of scholars such as Jules Michelet and Jacob Burckhardt.
Italian Renaissance
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Clockwise from top:
Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci
A view of Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance
The Doge's palace in Venice
St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, the most renowned work of architecture of the Renaissance
Galileo Galilei, Tuscan scientist and father of the experimental method
Machiavelli, author of The Prince
Christopher Columbus, Genoese explorer and colonizer whose voyages initiated the European colonization of the new world
Creation of Adam by Michelangelo
Date
14th century – 17th century
Location
Italian city-states
Participants
Italian society
Outcome
Transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern era
Renaissance spreads to the rest of Europe
Development of capitalism, banking, merchantilism and accounting: beginning of the European Great Divergence
Explorers from the Italian maritime republics serve under the auspices of European monarchs ushering the Age of discovery
Rediscovery of Humanism and Greco-Roman culture
Renaissance literature, painting, sculpture, architecture and music have profound impact on the evolution of the arts
Renaissance wars lead to significant changes in the history of diplomacy and warfare
Italian universities play a significant role in the beginning of the scientific revolution
Increase of Papal temporal power leads to the Reformation, the Counter-Reformation and the European wars of religion.
The Renaissance began in Tuscany (Central Italy), and was centred in the city of Florence.[1] Florence, one of the several city-states of the peninsula, rose to economic and political prominence by providing credit for European monarchs and laying down the groundwork for capitalism and banking.[2] The Renaissance later spread to Venice, heart of a mediterranean empire and in control of the trade routes with the east since the participation in the crusades and the voyages of Marco Polo, where the remains of ancient Greek culture were brought together and provided humanist scholars with new texts. Finally the Renaissance had a significant effect on the Papal States and Rome, largely rebuilt by Humanist and Renaissance popes (such as Alexander VI and Julius II), who were frequently involved in Italian politics, in arbitrating disputes between competing colonial powers and in opposing the Reformation.
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