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1、Renaissance,The word Renaissance means“rebirth”.The idea of rebirth originated in the belief that Europeans had rediscovered the superiority of Greek and Roman culture after many centuries of what they considered intellectual and cultural decline.The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned

2、the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century,beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe.Historians often argue this intellectual transformation was a bridge between the Middle Ages and the Modern era.As a cultural movement,it encompassed innovative f

3、lowering of Latin and vernacular literatures,beginning with the 14th-century resurgence of learning based on classical sources.Humanist subjects consisted of the main body of education,the praise of human,human nature,and human life turned into the key note of literature.In politics,feudalism is rep

4、laced by centralized power,nations of modern concept was formed.In economic field,this period witnessed the gradual establishment of capitalism,and the fast development of business and industry.,In religious area,the unification of the Catholic church was broken:the absolute power of religion no lon

5、ger exists;priests lost control over peoples mind;and even in countries of Catholicism believers,secular power overweighed the church.In the domain of ideology,theology gave way to science,scholasticism was challenged by humanism.In social sphere,the newly-emerging townspeople and bourgeois became r

6、ising class,which led to elevation of peoples social status through individual struggle and success.It is perhaps best known for its artistic developments.Though availability of paper and the invention of metal movable type sped the dissemination of ideas from the later 15th century,the changes of t

7、he Renaissance were not uniformly experienced across Europe.,Contents,Renaissance IdeasBirth PlaceHumanists and Artists in Italian RenaissanceRenaissance in Other European CountriesGeographic Discovery,Renaissance Ideas,HumanismIndividualismSecularism,Humanism,Humanism is a group of rational thought

8、s which focuses on human and human nature,including the value,dignity and talents of human beings,individually and collectively,and generally prefers individual thought and evidence(rationalism,empiricism),over established doctrine or faith.The purpose of humanism is to liberate human beings from th

9、e bondage of religion through the advocation of equality among human,the affirmation of this life,and the assertion of peoples right to persure property and happiness.Under the influence of humanism,scholastic education gave way to classics:rhetoric,grammar,poetry,history,Latin,Greek.,Individualism,

10、It is the basic idea and important component of humanism,it is replacement of God standard by human standard.During the Renaissance,as a political and social philosophy,it stresseed not selfishness but individual freedom and will,personnality and uniqueness,which actually establish a set of moral id

11、eas accomdating to captilism.Focus on individual thought:Renaissance humanists believed that people should be themselves and not the same as everybody else.This not only shows how humanists wanted people to follow their dreams,but also strengthens peoples inner confidence and enterprising spirit.It

12、also paves the way for individual equality.Though individualism in the Renaissance put emphasis on individual,it doesnt mean discard of social obligation and others interest.Instead,it calls for individuals service and contribution to society,thus living a positive and honest life.,Secularism,The se

13、cond key character of humanism is close correlation with realitic life and the proposal of secularism.Secularism or Secular Humanism is a way of life and thought that is pursued without reference to God or religion.“Secular”came to mean“belonging to this age,worldly.”In general terms,secularism invo

14、lves an affirmation of this-worldly realities,along with a denial or exclusion of transcendent,other-worldly realities.It is a world view and life style oriented to the profane rather than the sacred,the natural rather than the supernatural.Secularism is a nonreligious approach to individual and soc

15、ial life.It lays stress on abundance and goodliness of real life.It lead people to reevaluate the value of possession.Affected by this idea,the Renaissance culture is more secular-oriented than that in middle ages.,Birth Place of Renaissance,Society and cities changed in the 1300s.Specialization in

16、agriculture increased,resulting in more trade.Urban areas became centers of commerce,particularly in Italy.Italy did not exist as a political entity in the early modern period.Instead,it was divided into smaller city states and territories:the Kingdom of Naples controlled the south,the Republic of F

17、lorence and the Papal States at the center,the Milanese and the Genoese to the north and west respectively,and the Venetians to the east,and these city republics were devoted to notions of liberty.Italy appeared to have exited from Feudalism and its society was based on merchants and commerce.The re

18、lative political freedom they afforded was conducive to academic and artistic advancement.Likewise,the position of Italian cities made them intellectual crossroads.,Venice was Europes gateway to trade with the East,while Florence was a capital of textiles.Milan,west of Venice,is one of the richest c

19、ities,it controls trade through the Alps.During the Renaissance,money and art went hand in hand.The wealth such business brought to Italy meant large public and private artistic projects could be commissioned and individuals had more leisure time for study.Besides,presence of antiquity was stronger

20、in Italy than elsewhere in Europe.,Humanists and Artists in Italian Renaissance,HumanistsArtists,Humanists,Leonardo Bruni(1370-1444)Lorenzo Valla(1407-1457)Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola(1463-1494)Niccolo Machiavelli(1469-1527),Leonardo Bruni(1370-1444),Brunis most notable work is History of the Flor

21、entine People,in which he glorified the republican system of Florence and its cultural achievement,attributed the prosperity of Florence to businessmen,politicians and cultural artists rather than churches and theologians.By doing this,he broke the Medieval tradition of treating history as Gods will

22、,thus this book has been called the first modern history book.Bruni was the first historian to write using the three-period view of history:Antiquity,Middle Ages,and Modern,which laid the conceptual groundwork for a tripartite division of history.While it probably was not Brunis intention to secular

23、ize history,the three period view of history is unquestionably secular and for that Bruni has been called the first modern historian.,Lorenzo Valla(1407-1457),Lorenzo Valla was an Italian humanist,rhetorician,educator,and most important linguist.He is best known for his textual analysis that proved

24、the Donation of Constantine was a forgery.The Donation of Constantine is an eighth-century forgery which supported the papacys claim to supreme political authority in western Europe.,Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola(1463-1494),Giovanni Pico della Mirandola was an Italian Renaissance philosopher.He is f

25、amed for writing the famous Oration on the Dignity of Man,which has been called the“Manifesto of the Renaissance”,and a key text of Renaissance humanism.Pico believed that man is Gods masterpiece,a unique being,and that man had the free choice to shape his destiny.The greatest dignity of humanity is

26、 the boundless power of self-transformation.,Niccolo Machiavelli(1469-1527),Niccol di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was an Italian historian,politician,diplomat,philosopher,humanist and writer.He was regarded as a founder of modern political science,and more specifically political ethics for his masterpi

27、ece,The Prince.His political theory is based on his dim view of human nature.Under his theory that“the end justifies the means”,ruler must do whatever necessary,even if cruel,to maintain political power without worrying about conscience.He also advises rulers to separate morals from politics.His ide

28、as became foundation for later political philosophy.,Renaissance Art,The art is a reflection of the new humanist spirit.Medieval art and literature focused on the Church and salvation.Renaissance art and literature focused on individuals and worldly matters,along with Christianity.,Renaissance Artis

29、ts,Renaissance Artists embraced some of the ideals of Greece and Rome in their art.They wanted their subjects to be realistic and focused on humanity and emotion.New Techniques also emerged:Frescos:Painting done on wet plaster became popular because it gave depth to the paintings.Sculpture emphasize

30、d realism and the human form.Architecture reached new heights of design.,Leonardo Da Vinci(1452-1519),True Renaissance ManHis paintings are still studied and admiredWrote out ideas,filling 20,000 pages of notesHis interests,enthusiasm boundlessHighly talented in all fields Scientist,inventor,enginee

31、r and naturalistDissected Corpses,Mona Lisa,The Last Supper,Notebooks,Michelangelo,Studied anatomy Sculpture communicates grief,love,acceptance,immortalityMarble statue of DavidMost famous painting,artwork on ceiling of Sistine ChapelScenes from Old Testament(Genisis)considered one of greatest achie

32、vements in art history,David,Michelangelo created his masterpiece David in 1504.,Sistine Chapel,About a year after creating David,Pope Julius II summoned Michelangelo to Rome to work on his most famous project,the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.,Raphael(1483-1520),Man of great sensitivity and kindnes

33、sDied at the age of 37Most famous work is The School of Athens in the Vatican PalaceAlso well known for many paintings of the Madonna,mother of Jesus,Pythagoras,Plato and Aristotle,Socrates,Renaissance in Other European Countries,Renaissance in other European countries mainly refers to Renaissance i

34、n northern European nations,such as France,Germany,Spain and Britain.The fast development of European society promoted ideological and cultural communications.So Renaissance thoughts were widely spreaded.Growing wealth in northern Europe supported Renaissance ideas.Differnet from Italian humanists,w

35、ho turned to Greek-Roman classicism directly,northern Renaissance thinkers merged humanist ideas with Christianity.So the northern Renaissance was marked by strong secular characters.,Renaissance in France,Frequent wars with Italy(1515-1547)brought back a large number of arts and books of Italian Re

36、naissance,which enlarged French peoples horizon and helped dissemination of Renaissance ideas.In 1530,the establishment of The French Academy signified the beginning of French Reaissance,after that a group of literaturers and scholars gathered to study Greco-Roman culture.Calvinism was also an aspec

37、t of French Renaissance,but it will be elaborated in the Religious Reformation.,LawJurist:Jean BodinThe first man who systematically elaborate on national sovereignty,which became the foundation of western politics.,Literature,Novelist:Francois Rabelais Gargantua and Pantagruel is a popular novel th

38、at stands at the beginning of French novels.Poets:the French Renaissance“Pliade”a group of radical young noble poets Defense and Illustration of the French Language maintained that French was a worthy language for literary expression and advocated the use of French,thus made contribution to unificat

39、ion of France and formation of French poem.Essayist:Michel Montaigne EssaisHe writes about his disgust with the religious conflicts of his time,reflecting a spirit of skepticism and belief that humans are not able to attain true certainty,which imposed effect on later Descartes.,Renaissance in Germa

40、ny,Renaissance in Germany started from the study of ancient linguistics.Humanists first care concerned with whether the religious doctrines reaching them were credible or not.So they put emphasis on research of language and translations.Thus many German humanists were linguists.The key figures of Ge

41、rman Renaissance were Desiderius Erasmus and artist Albrecht Durer.,Desiderius ErasmusThe Praise of FollyAn ironicial work on ignorance of religious church.Greek editions of the New Testament In the middle ages,churches and priests explianed The Bible and its predictions randomly,this book provides

42、an authoritative version for later peoples correct research on The Bible.Albrecht DurerThe greatest artist of the Northern RenaissanceThe Apocalypse series,Renaissance in Spain,Under the influence,Spainish literature entered into its golden period,with great achievements in novel and drama,picaresqu

43、e novel was created in this period.LitterateurMiguel de Cervantes SaavedraHis influence on the Spanish language has been so great that the language is often called the language of Cervantes.His most important work Don Quixote belongs to picaresque novel.DramaMost popular cultural activity.,Renaissan

44、ce in Britain,Novel Thomas More UtopiaPoetry Edmund Spenser The Faerie Queene Qualities of capitalistsEssay Francis Bacon To express humanism and materialism through essays,Drama Thomas Kyd The Spanish Tragedy Christopher Marlowe The Jew of MaltaBoth were members among“university talents.”William Sh

45、akespeare Greatest writer in the English language and the worlds pre-eminent dramatistAlso called Englands national poet,Reasons for Geographic Discovery,The Renaissance coincided with the Age of Exploration in European history.The Age of Discovery,along with its contemporary Renaissance movement,ca

46、n be seen as a bridge between the Middle Ages and the Modern era,triggering the early modern period and the rise of European nation-states.There are many reasons for it:1)Economic motivation2)The Medieval geographic view and existance of series of myth relating to sea islands3)Religion4)Improvement

47、of voyage and shipbuliding skills5)Capitalists enterprising spirit,Process,Portuguese exploration 1487:Discovery of the Cape of Good Hope(Africa)proving false the view that had existed since Ptolemy that the Indian Ocean was land-locked.1497:Vasco da Gama discovered the route directly from Europe to

48、 India encouraged Europeans resolution and confidence,leading to further eastern expansion to South eastern Asia,Japan,and even China;occupied Macao of China in 1553.Spanish Exploration 1492:Christopher Columbus discovered an area he thought to be the“West Indies”,which turned out to be the United S

49、tates leading to European colonization of the America,Significance,1)It ended state of closure in Europe.2)It imposed positive influence on development of natural science by breaking Ptolemaic world view.And led to biological achievement in Europe,even later Darwinism.3)It introduced many exotic pla

50、nts and products to Europe,such as corn,potato,tomato,tobacco and chocolate from America,tea from Asia,and so on,which caused transformation on European life style.4)European economy changed essentially due to geographic discovery,for its trading center transferred from the Mediterranean sea to the