Transcript Renaissance 2014

Renaissance
The word Renaissance means
“rebirth.”
This time period was a
cultural R E B I R T H of
Europe.
Began on the Italian
Peninsula in the
mid-1300s.
Works of Great Importance
Artists, architects, scholars, and writers – created
important sculptures, paintings, buildings, and
pieces of literature
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
William
Shakespeare
Leonardo da Vinci
He was an artist,
scientist, and inventor.
The Last Supper
The Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
He studied human anatomy and physiology and
was fascinated with flight.
Flying Machine
Vitruvian Man
Leonardo da vinci
Michelangelo
He was an artist, sculptor, and architect. One of
his most famous paintings was actually the ceiling
of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
The hand of God
giving life to Adam
Michelangelo
He designed St. Peter’s
Basilica in Vatican City
David
Michelangelo
Pietà
St. Peter's
Basilica,
Vatican City,
Rome, Italy
Shakespeare
He was a poet & playwright.
He wrote famous pieces like
Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet,
and Macbeth
Shakespeare
He wrote both
comedies and
tragedies.
One of his most
famous tragedies
was called Julius
Caesar.
Shakespeare
“Et tu, Brute?”
This painting is called The Death of Julius Caesar.
Reformation
definition: a movement to change the practices
within the Catholic Church
Christianity = Catholicism
Martin Luther
A German Monk that
protested the practices
of the Catholic Church.
•wealth and corruption
of church officials
•policy of “selling
indulgences”
Wrote and posted his 95 theses (a long list) –
attacking the practices of the church
Martin Luther
He and his followers were called “protestants”
because the protested the Catholic Church.
Martin Luther
He was excommunicated
from the Catholic Church
(they kicked him out).
Martin Luther
PROTESTANTS!
The Black Plague
This epidemic disease killed 30-60% of the
population of Europe by its peak in 1350!
Mass grave in Italy.
Plague Today
Plague is a disease that is
transmitted from infected
animals, usually by fleas, to
humans. Plague then may be
transmitted from humans to
others by direct contact or by
touching or breathing droplets
that contain the bacterium.
Untreated plague causes much
suffering and deaths in humans.
Plague Today
The plague is an
infectious disease
that is caused by the
bacterium Yersinia
Pestis. The bacteria
is transmitted to
humans from the
fleas of infected rats.
Also called the “Bubonic Plague.” It is name comes
from the characteristic feature of buboes (painfully
enlarged lymph nodes) in the groin, armpits, neck, and
elsewhere.
Plague Today
The Bubonic Plague
can cause gangrene
(tissue death) of the
fingers, toes, and nose.
Plague Today
Other symptoms
include headache,
fever, chills, and
weakness.
Also called Black Death and Black Plague.
Renaissance Notes
Michelangelo
When? ________ - ________
He was an artist, _______________, and ________________.
What does the word Renaissance mean? _________________
He painted the ceiling of the
This time period was a ______________
_____________ of Europe.
______________ ______________
in Rome.
Where? In Europe, specifically on the
____________ peninsula.
He designed _____ ____________
Basilica in Vatican City.
What happened?
Artists, ________________, scholars, and ________________
He sculpted the famous statue of
- created important _____________, paintings, _____________,
____________.
and works of _______________.
Shakespeare
Leonardo da Vinci
He was a poet and a __________________.
He was an artist, _______________, and ________________.
He wrote numerous
plays like:
Name 2 of his most important paintings:
He wrote both ________________ and ________________.
One of his most famous
tragedies was titled:
________________
He also studied human _________________ and was
fascinated with __________________.
________________
Reformation:
Definition:
The Plague:
What caused the plague?
Who was Martin Luther?
This epidemic disease
He wrote a list of ______ things that were wrong with the
Catholic Church.
killed _____ - _____% of
the population of Europe.
His followers were called:
“_______________________”
The Bubonic Plague can cause _______________ (tissue death)
of the ______________, _____________, and ___________.
Martin Luther was ___________________________ from the
Catholic Church. That means they _______________ him out.
Because of Martin Luther, we now have Protestant Christian
sects such as:
Other symptoms include _________________, fever, chills, and
_____________________.
The Plague is also called _______________ ____________
and ______________ ________________.