Transcript Renaissance - Madison County Schools

Renaissance
Objectives
• Identify the values and ideas prized
during the Renaissance
• Explain the impact of Humanism
• Analyze the importance of the
printing press
Essential Question
• How did the Renaissance
revolutionize European society?
From Dark Ages to
Enlightenment
Renaissance
What was the Renaissance?
Rebirth – of art and learning
Where did it begin?
Northern Italy
When?
1300 – 1600 A.D.
Why Italy during this time period?
Italy
Why Italy?
• Cosimo de’ Medici – lead banker of
Florence
• Classical heritage – Rome and Greek
influences.
• Byzantine scholars fled to Italy bringing
Greek Manuscripts and influences
• Lack of Plague and war
Patrons of the Art
• Those who support the arts
• Included merchants, powerful families, and even
the Church
• Why are patrons
significant?
Classical and Worldly Values
Worldly Pleasures
• Humanist suggested that people can enjoy
life without offending God
• What sorts of things do we consider
enjoyable?
• Secular – worldly and concerned with the
here and now.
• In what ways can this philosophy change
society?
Northern Europe
• What countries are considered Northern
Europe?
• Recovering from Bubonic Plague and War
• Idea of Human dignity = social reform
based on Christian values
New Ideas
New Artistic Styles
• Sculpting statues, painting important
people, and three dimensional painting
• Perspective – three dimensional painting
• Humanistic art forms
• How can art impact politics, economics,
and culture?
Who are the artist?
Leonardo da Vinci
• Painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist
• “Renaissance Man”
• Studied the human
body
Last Supper
Mona Lisa
Helicopter
Human Body
Raphael
School Of Athens
David
Michelangelo
• Painter and Sculpture
Sistine Chapel
David
Renaissance Writers
Vernacular
• writing in native languages
• Wrote to express themselves or to portray
the individuality of their subjects
• How can writing in local languages help
change government?
Niccolo Machiavelli
• Wrote the Prince – examines the imperfect
conduct of humans
• Examined how a ruler can gain power
and keep it in spite of his enemies
• Ruler must be deceitful and strong in
order to do what is good for the state
• Agree? Or Disagree?
• Product of vernacular?
Christian Humanist
Humanist that gave their ideas a Christian
theme
Why combine Christianity with humanism?
Desiderius Erasmus
• wrote Praise of Folly
• Believed that in order to improve society
everyone should study the Bible
Thomas More
• wrote Utopia
• imaginary land inhabited by peacefulloving people.
William Shakespeare
• Greatest playwright of all time
• Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, A
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Elizabethan Age
• Renaissance in England – named after
Queen Elizabeth I
• Patronized the arts
• Wrote poetry and very well-educated
• Is it important that our leaders follow the
trends?
Printing Press
• Johann Gutenberg – Invented the printing
press in 1440’s
• Printed Gutenberg Bible - first full size
book printed with movable print
• People began to interpret the Bible
themselves which led to criticism of the
church
• What form of technology can we compare
this to today?