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02/20/17- Monday
Standards: MWH- 1.2, 1.5
Objective: I can explain why Italy was the
birthplace of the Renaissance and identify the
values and ideas prized by the Renaissance.
BR: With your partner, make a list of everything
you know about the Renaissance and the
Reformation.
Why Study the Renaissance?
Why study it?
• Paintings, sculpture, and architecture of the
Renaissance are still admired today
• People still argue about the best way to obtain and
keep power (Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince)
• People still debate how to create the perfect society
(Thomas More’s Utopia)
• Shakespeare’s plays continue to be popular
• Mass production of books began with the printing
press
• Protestant and Catholic Reformations changed
Christianity for eternity
Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance Italy’s Advantages
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The Renaissance
• Renaissance—an explosion of creativity in art, writing, and
thought—from 1300-1600
• Hope to bring back the culture of Rome and Greece after
surviving the Plague
Why is Italy the birthplace?
Three advantages for Italy as the birthplace of
the Renaissance were:
1. They had thriving city-states
2. A wealthy merchant class
3. Classical heritage of Greece and Rome
1. City-States
• Crusades started trade and helped cities to grow
• The city-states were urban and allowed people to come
share ideas and goods
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1.Why should we study about the
Renaissance?
2.What is the Renaissance?
3.Why were Italy’s city-states an
advantage to help the Renaissance?
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2. Merchants and the Medici
• A wealthy merchant class develops in city-states
• Merchants dominate politics and business
• More emphasis on individual achievement
• Banking family, the Medici, controls Florence; birth of
modern banking
3. Renaissance Scholars turn to Ancient Greece and Rome
• inspired by the ruins of Rome
• Studied ancient Latin manuscripts preserved by
monasteries
• When Turks conquered Constantinople, the scholars fled to
Rome with the Greek manuscripts
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1.What were the three reasons
why Italy was the birthplace of
the Renaissance?
2.How did the Medici family in
Florence, Italy gets such control
in government?
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Classical and Worldly Values
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Classics Lead to Humanism
• Studying manuscripts from Greece and Rome led to
Humanism—intellectual movement focused on human
potential and achievements
• Humanists studied classical texts, history, literature,
philosophy and called them The Humanities
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Worldly Pleasures
• Renaissance society was secular—worldly (opposite of the
Middle Ages)
• Wealthy enjoyed fine food, homes, clothes b/c they were
not able to during the Middle Ages
http://youtu.be/4mgSPiAiBjU?list=PLA34FA73F9D67043A
Patrons of the Arts
• Patron—a financial supporter of artists
• Church leaders spend money on artworks
to beautify cities
• Wealthy merchants also patrons of the
arts
02/21/17- Tuesday
Standards: MWH- 1.2, 1.5
Objective: I can explain the characteristics of a
Renaissance man and woman, and create a
drawing using perspective.
BR: What do you have to do to be called a ‘patron’
of the arts?
Get your textbook!
The Renaissance Woman
• Upper-class, educated in classics, charming
• Expected to inspire art but not create it
• Isabella d’Este, patron of artists, wields power in Mantua
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http://youtu.be/0CRX_mqpzdU
The Renaissance Man
• Excels in many fields: the classics, art, politics, combat;
expected to create art
• Should be charming, smart, well-educated in the classics—
sing, dance, play music and write
• Baldassare Castiglione’s The Courtier (1528)--teaches how to
become a “universal” person
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The Renaissance Revolutionizes Art
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRrKohW
dpeQ
Artistic Styles Change
• Artists use realistic style copied from classical art, often to
portray religious subjects
• Painters use perspective—a way to show three dimensions
on a canvas
Realistic Painting and Sculpture
• Realistic portraits of prominent citizens
• Sculpture shows natural postures and expressions
• The biblical David is a favorite subject among sculptors
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Using a blank sheet of paper,
create a picture showing the use
of perspective. It doesn’t have
to be perfect!!
Exit Ticket
1. Why was Italy the birthplace of the Renaissance?
2. How was the Middle Ages different from the Renaissance?
3. Which time period would you rather have lived in? Why?
4. How can we compare the Renaissance Humanistic thought
to today’s humanistic thinking?
5. Why did church clergy and wealthy merchants become
patrons of the arts?
6. What are the characteristics of a Renaissance Man and
Renaissance Woman? How are they different from today?
7. In what ways did art change?
8. How do you describe perspective?
02/22/17- Wednesday
Standard: MWH-1.2, MWH-1.5
Objective: I can analyze an excerpt from “The Prince” by Machiavelli
and discuss whether it is better to be feared or loved as a leader.
BR: Entrance Ticket: Answer the Questions. You have 10 minutes!!
1. What was the time period of the Renaissance?
2. What is a patron? What does one need to be a patron?
3. What technique in art creates 2D art?
4. What does secular mean?
5. Where did the idea of Humanism come from during the Renaissance?
6. Why did the Renaissance start? How was it different from the Middle
Ages?
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Leonardo, Renaissance Man
•Leonardo da Vinci—painter, sculptor, inventor,
scientist
•Paints one of the best-known portraits in the world:
the Mona Lisa
•Famous religious painting: The Last Supper
http://youtu.be/Pir_H7kf_JU
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Raphael Advances Realism
•Raphael Sanzio, famous for his use of
perspective
•Favorite subject: the Madonna and child
•Famous painting: School of Athens
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Anguissola and Gentileschi
•Sofonisba Anguissola: first
woman artist to gain world
renown
•Artemisia Gentileschi paints
strong, heroic women
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Renaissance Writers Change Literature
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New Trends in Writing
•Writers use the vernacular—their native language
•Self-expression or to portray individuality of the
subject
Petrarch and Boccaccio
•Francesco Petrarch, humanist and poet; woman
named Laura is his muse; father of Renaissance
Humanism
•Boccaccio is best known for the Decameron, a series
of stories
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Petrarch
Boccaccio
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Machievelli Advises Rulers
•Niccolò Machievelli, author of political guidebook,
The Prince
•The Prince examines how rulers can gain and keep
power
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Vittoria Colonna
•Woman writer with great influence
•Poems express personal emotions
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1. Why was it important that writers began writing in
vernacular?
2. Why do you think Machiavelli’s writings remain popular
today?
3. How is the humanism of the Renaissance reflected in the
art? Explain.
4. In your opinion, should leaders be feared or loved?
Why?
5. According to Machiavelli, how does a leader gain
popularity with the followers?
HW: Write one half page about whether you think it is
better to be feared or loved as a leader by your
followers.