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THE INTELLECTUAL RENAISSANCE IN ITALY. The Italian Renaissance 1. individualism 2. secularism Italy in the 14 th and 15 centuries is the cultural leader of Europe Renaissance Italy was a product of 1. wealthy society 2. urban society 3. lay society. ITALIAN RENAISSANCE HUMANISM.
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THE INTELLECTUAL RENAISSANCE IN ITALY • The Italian Renaissance 1. individualism 2. secularism • Italy in the 14th and 15 centuries is the cultural leader of Europe • Renaissance Italy was a product of 1. wealthy society 2. urban society 3. lay society
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE HUMANISM • Intellectual/literary movement • Based on the study of classical literary works of ancient Greece and Rome • Humanists studies the LIBERAL ARTS grammar rhetoric poetry moral philosophy/ethics history
THE EMERGENCE OF HUMANISM • Petrarch = the father of humanism • Consider the middle ages a dark age • Interest in classical antiquity • Search for forgotten or lost latin manuscripts and works of antiquity
HUMANISM IN 15TH CENTURY ITALY • “civic humanism” • Cicero as a model • Growing interest in classical Greek civilization • LORENZO VALLA
HUMANISM AND PHILOSOPHY • Interest in the works of Plato • Christianity + Platonism = NEOPLATONISM • Hermeticism • PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA – 1. one of the great humanists 2. author of – Oration on the Dignity of Man 3. unlimited human potential
EDUCATION IN THE RENAISSANCE • Humanist idea – education can change people • “liberal studies” = the liberal arts • Humanist schools geared to elites • Practical preparation for life -> produce complete citizens -> participate in civic life • Humanist schools = classics + Christianity = model for elite schooling up to the 20th century
HUMANISM AND HISTORY • Humanist began to see history as divided into 1. ancient world = classical world = antiquity 2. the Middle Ages = the dark ages 3. their time = a time of rebirth • Secularizing the writing of history -> relying on documents and evidence, removing religious explanations and miracles • Causation in history -> not God, human forces
THE IMPACT OF PRINTING • Printing was invented in the time of the Renaissance • Transformed the intellectual life and thought • JOHANNES GUTENBERG = the movable type printing press 1445-1450 • Gutenberg bibles • Printing spread rapidly across Europe 1. by 1500 – 1000 printers 2. 40,000 titles 3. half were religious, half secular 4. big business 5. encouraged spread of knowledge 6. created a lay reading public