Renaissance and Humanism

Renaissance and Humanism

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   • 1. Introduction
     • In the 14th and 15th centuries emerged a movement called humanism, which will go from the hand of the so-called Renaissance.
       • The term renaissance is derived from the French word meaning 'rebirth'.
   • 4. Diffusion of humanism in Europe
     • This diffusion was due to:
       • Printing press.
       • Greek’s sages, who had to leave Constantinople after its fall into the hands of the Turkish-Turks.
       • The epistolary relationship between men of European letters; and the first universities.
     • Other Europen humanist fugires:
       • Thomas More (1478-1535)
         • He visualized a perfect society in his book Utopia.
       • Martin Luther (1483-1546)
         • He was protestant reformer.
       • Nicolaus Copernicus (1473- 1543)
         • He was a polish scientist that developed the Helicenter Theory
       • François Rabelais (1494-1553)
         • He composed one of the first novels.
   • 2. Who were the humanists and what did they propose?
     • It became a way of thinking and living that revolved around a main idea: IN THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE IS MAN
     • Were the professors of language, literature, history and art, and "Humanities".
     • Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444)
       • He propose forming to the students for an active service life to the community, giving them knowledge.
   • 3. Italian Humanists
     • Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374)
       • He studied and established the text of Virgil, Livy, Cicero and San Austin.
     • Bruni and Flavio Biondo (1392-1463)
       • They were the initiators of modern historiography.
     • Nicolás Machiavelli (1469-1527)
       • He is the founder of the political science.
     • Giordano Bruno (1548-1600)
       • He defended the Heliocentric Theory.
   • 5. Humanism Traits
     • The capital ideological feature was that The man is the center of creation. It proclaims pacifism.
   • 6. Humanism today
     • Today the world is globalized and we are more of 7.3 billion human beings. Nevertheless, poverty persists for half of the population.
     • Humanism is still in force in any doctrine.
     • Humanism seeks to awaken the consciousness of the powerful, because the problems of health, employment, education and housing in various regions of the planet could be solved with very little of the wealth.
   • The creative talent of the Renaissance
     • The Renaissance is a period of renewal of art and letters and the recovery of reason.
       • Some authors stand out, such as:
         • Michelangelo Buonarroti:
           • He was an architect, sculptor and painter of the italian Renaissance.
             • Created a sculpture in marble denominated “David”.
         • Leonardo Da Vinci:
           • He dedicated much time and drawings to the knowledge of the human anatomy and proposed in universal canon of the proportions of the body, captured in a representative drawing "The man of Vitruvius"
         • Johannes Gutenberg:
           • He invented the pinting press.
             • Then he printed a copy of the Bible.

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