Transcript Renaissance means “rebirth”. It refers to the period that followed

The Italian Renaissance
6-5 The student will demonstrate an understanding of
the development and the impact of the Renaissance on
Europe and the rest of the world.
Renaissance
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**Renaissance means “rebirth”. It refers to the period that
followed Europe’s Middle Ages.
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**Money for the Renaissance came from trade.
One big idea that came from this
time is that all humans were important
no matter how much money they had
and deserved an education.
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Renaissance Education
How the Renaissance Began
**Increased trade with Asia
brought wealth to Italian trade
cities, leading to the Renaissance.
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The growth of wealthy trading
cities in Italy led to a rebirth of
the arts and learning called the
Renaissance.
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Silk & Spice Trade
Trading Centers
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**Four northern Italian cities became trading centers.
 Florence
 Genoa
 Milan
 Venice
**The cities of Milan &
Florence were manufacturing
centers. Venice & Genoa
were port cities on the
Mediterranean Sea, where
the goods & services flowed.
Bustling Port of Venice
Italian City-States
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Look at the map & find the
major trading cities in Italy.
Can you list the four major
cities?
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Florence
Genoa
Milan
Venice
Banking & The Medici Family
Bankers kept money for
merchants all over Europe
& made money by charging
interest, a fee that lenders
charge people who borrow
money from them.
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**The Medici family were
the greatest of the Florence
bankers. They were the
richest family in Florence.
Their fortune gave them
political power as well.
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“Money-Changer & his Wife”
Marinus van Reymerswaele (1539)
The Medici Family
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**Cosimo Medici wanted Florence to be the most beautiful
city in the world. He hired artists to decorate his palace.
**He also valued education,
built libraries & collected books.
His workers needed to read, write,
& understand math.
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The Medici family were patrons
of the arts.
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**Patrons are sponsors &
supporters of the arts. They would
give money to support the artists
or have the artists create works.
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Cosimo de Medici
The Medici Family
Giuliano de Medici
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This is a portrait of
Giuliano de Medici by
Raphael. There are several
portraits of the Medici
family because they were
patrons of the arts.
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What is a patron?
Humanism
During the Middle Ages, people were
devoted to religious study.
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**By the 1300s, scholars began to
study subjects such as history, literature,
public speaking, & art. These subjects
were called the humanities, and they led
to the thinking and learning known as
humanism.
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Humanism is a way of thinking &
learning that stresses the importance
of human abilities & actions.
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“Virtruvian Man”
Leonardo Da Vinci
Changes from Humanism
**Art & literature had only been
based on religion, but now they
would focus on humans, politics,
religion, & various styles of writing
& art.
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**Artist began painting portraits,
anatomy of the human body was
being studied & human intelligence
was recognized, an interaction
between subject & ruler began,
ordinary people (sons of middle
class families) were educated.
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Michelangelo’s “David”
Advances in Literature
**Another BIG change was
books were being published in
the language the people spoke.
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**Vernacular is the term given
when the author writes in the
language the people use so they
can read it.
“De Humani Corporis Fabrica”
(Anatomy Book) Vesalius, 1555
New Studies
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Anatomy was one new subject
that was being studied by
people during this time.
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What are some other subjects
that were studied? What were
these called?
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Anatomical Drawings
Review
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Renaissance means rebirth.
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Money in the Italian Renaissance came from trade.
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The big idea from this time is
that all humans were important
no matter how much money they
had or who they were.
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Education became the means
to a better life.
Florence Cathedral