Transcript The Renaissance

The Renaissance
• The learner will be able to: analyze the origin of
the Italian & Northern Renaissances, in order to
understand the evolution of culture within
Europe.
– Guided Instruction
– Document Analysis
WarmUp #1
• 1. Analyze the map on pg. 436 & answer the
questions regarding European trade in the
1300’s.
• 2. Read the “Causes of the Renaissance”
(quick fact box) on pg. 439 & write 1 concise
sentence explaining, in your own words,
why the Renaissance began.
The Italian Renaissance: 1350-1500
• Renaissance = “rebirth”
– looking back to Greco-Roman times for inspiration
• began in Italy & spread north to rest of Europe
• Characteristics:
– urban: city-states are most powerful
– secular (non-religious) outlook
– emphasized human ability
• high regard for individual accomplishment (Renaissance
Man: someone good at everything = Leonardo da Vinci)
Humanism
• humanism: emphasis
on human intellect &
capability
• Petrarch: father of
Renaissance humanism
• grew into the study of
the humanities (i.e.
literature, history, art)
Italian City-States
• Venice, Florence & Milan:
most powerful city-states
• Venice: traded all over
Mediterranean
• Florence: banking hub
– controlled by de Medici
family
– cultural center for Italy
– Lorenzo de Medici: great
patron of the arts
• a wealthy individual who
pays to have art created
Niccolo Machiavelli
• Machiavelli: politician in Florence
– lost favor & exiled
– wanted to return
– wrote book of statecraft dedicated to the de Medicis
• the Prince: how to gain & keep power
• Machiavelli believed good leaders should be
amoral: do best for the city regardless of if it is
morally right or wrong
– “by any means necessary”
Machiavelli & The Prince
• Men judge generally
more by the eye than by
the hand: for everyone
can see & few can feel.
Everyone sees what you
appear to be…few really
know what you are.
Machiavelli: the Prince
Medieval Art
• very flat
• lots of symbolism
• religious themes (primarily)
Renaissance Art
• developed perspective = 3 dimensions on flat
surfaces
• used geometry to show distance, light & space
• studied human anatomy for figures
• very realistic
• Brunelleschi: the de Medici’s architect
– designed churches more for the human worshipper
than for God who was being worshipped
Brunelleschi’s Dome
Renaissance Artists
• “the ninja turtles”
– Leonardo da Vinci: painter, inventor, poet,
philosopher, body dissector etc. (The Last Supper,
Mona Lisa etc.)
– Michelangelo: painter, sculptor, architect, etc.
(ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, David = perfectly
proportional)
– Raphael: painter (Madonna and Child, School of
Athens = balance, harmony & order)
– Donatello: sculptor with realistic style
– Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Opening
Leonardo da Vinci
Donatello
Michelangelo
Raphael
The Renaissance
John Green's Crash Course #22:
"The Renaissance: Was It A Thing?"
In-CLASS ASSESSMENT
• 1. What does the word “renaissance” mean? What language is the
word derived from?
• 2. What are the three main city-states where the Italian Renaissance
was founded & located?
• 3. What is a “Renaissance Man”? Give an example.
• 4. Name the text written by Machiavelli. According to him, good
leaders should be __________________.
• 5. Name 4 most prominent Renaissance artists (i.e. “the ninja turtles”).
HOMEWORK: The Prince
• Read the section from The Prince & do a
“SOAPSTone” on a separate piece of paper.
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Speaker (author)
Occasion (time & place)
Audience (who was it written to, then…)
Purpose (why was it written, then…)
Significance (why is it important today?)
Tone
• Write a paragraph, on whether it is better for a
parent/teacher/principal/president to be feared OR
loved.