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AP Euro 2011-2012
Renaissance
Mr. Burrell
Objectives:
1. Analyze the Renaissance as either a distinct period or as a continuation of the Middle Ages
2. Explain why the Renaissance began in Italy
3. Examine the unique character of Renaissance Italian politics
4. Describe several characteristics of the Renaissance in Italy
5. Discuss patrons of the arts in the Italian Renaissance and the impact of the arts
6. Identify principal artists and their works in the Renaissance and explain how it differed from
Medieval art
7. Give at least two examples of how Renaissance education revealed the Renaissance character
8. Analyze passages of Machiavelli’s The Prince and consider how it affected the politics of the
time
9. Estimate to what extent women had a Renaissance
10. Identify and explain the beliefs of the northern humanists including Erasmus, Thomas More,
Rabelais
11. Distinguish the painting schools of the Italian and Northern Renaissance
12. Describe the term “New Monarchs”
13. Discuss the political history of Italy, France, England, and Spain during the 1450-1550 period.
Relate to K-N-N-N-MC-MC-MC, etc
Calendar:
Mon 8/22
Continue work on World Problems, themes, and Sophomore Project
HW: Read Kagan 316-321 stop at “Humanism” section
Tue 8/23
H.O. Homework Packet & Discuss
Discuss Service Awards, E-Media, and such
Watch Invisible Children video
HW: Read Burckhardt’s thesis on why Renaissance was a distinct period at
http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/history/historian/Jacob_Burckhardt.html
Visit our blog page at pioneerapeuro.blogspot.com/
Wed 8/24
H.O. Sophomore Project Packet
Review Middle Ages, discuss Burckhardt’s thesis, Define Renaissance
HW: Read Kagan 321-327 stop at “Renaissance Art” section
Read excerpts (end of this packet) from Palmer and Merriman on humanism
Study Hall – Reading skills workshop
Thu 8/25
Discuss Humanism & Scholasticism
HW: WE ARE MOVING AROUND THE CHAPTER!!!
Read Kagan 331-335 “Italy’s Political Decline...”
Fri 8/26
Define City States, Debate Machiavelli
HW: Read Kagan 327-331 “Renaissance Art”
Create outline notes from reading (327-331) to turn in (Do not put in notebook)
Mon 8/29
Art introduction and discussion
HW: Go to www.artchive.com and click the picture of the Mona Lisa go to bottom and
click Mona Lisa again, look up renaissance art and pick four artists and look at
some of their work. Be sure to read some descriptions why they are renaissance
pieces
Tue 8/30
Finish with art discussion (including architecture)
HW: Read Kagan 335-341
Wed 8/31
Define New Monarchs, compare actions, Create and compare K-N-N-N chart
HW: Look up http://galileo.rice.edu/lib/student_work/florence96/index.html and read
about life in Renaissance Italy. Be sure to read about Machiavelli, the Medicis,
and Brunelleschi. If you still have energy, check out the main website
(http://galileo.rice.edu/index.html) for tons of information on Galileo’s life.
Study Hall – Discuss study techniques, show how to use study guide, review for exam
Thu 9/1
Continue work with New Monarchs
HW: Look through guided questions and try answering some
Peruse some of the websites given to you
Fri 9/2
Compare Northern Renaissance with Southern Renaissance
HW: Read Kagan 342-350
Create Cornell notes from reading (342-350) to turn in (Do not put in notebook)
Mon 9/5
No School – Labor Day
Tue 9/6
The Impact of Exploration
HW: Review and prepare for exam on Thursday
Visit the Service Learning website at www.phsservicelearning.org
Wed 9/7
Outreach Fair – (9:00-12:30 – we will talk in class about this)
HW: Study for Exam
Discuss with parents/guardians and decide on world problem topic and
community service you may want to do.
Finish Renaissance Map
Study Hall - Review for Exam, focus on vocabulary
Thu 9/8
Renaissance Map is due
Unit I Exam on the Renaissance – Multiple Choice
Fri 9/9
Outreach Fair Worksheets are due / Must have Sophomore Project Topic selected
AP Unit I Review Sheet
Chapter 10 – Renaissance & Discovery
Renaissance, Italian City-States, Guelf, Ghibelline, grandi, popolo grosso, middle-burgher,
popolo minuto, Ciompi Revolt, Cosimo de' Medici, Signoria, Lorenzo de' Medici (the Magnificent),
Despotism, podesta, condottieri, Sforza Family, humanism, studia humanitatis, Leonardo Bruni, Manuel
Chrysoloras, Francesco Petrarch, Letters to the Ancient Dead, Africa, Lives of Illustrious Men, Dante
Alighieri, Divine Comedy, Giovanni Boccaccio, Decameron, Pietro Paolo Vergerio, educational
reforms, Baldassare Castiglione, Book of the Courtier, Christine de Pisan, The Treasure of the City of
Ladies, Pico della Mirandola, Florentine Academy, Platonism, Oration on the Dignity of Man, Lorenzo
Valla, Donation of Constantine, Civic Humanism, [virtù], Leonaro Bruni & Leon Battista Alberti,
Medieval Arts, role reversal with laity, Renaissance Art, chiaroscuro, linear perspective, [fresco],
Giotto, Masaccio, Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Last Supper, Raphael, The School of
Athens, Michelangelo Buonarroti, David, Sistine Chapel, mannerism, EI Greco, Slave trade, causes of
boom, rules with slaves
Treaty of Lodi, Ludovico il Moro, Borgia Pope Alexander VI, Louis XI, Charles VIII (r. 14831498), Ferdinand of Aragon, Maximilian I, League of Venice, Louis XII (r. 1498-1515), pope Alexander
VI, Romagna, Cesare Borgia, Pope Julius II, "Warrior Pope", Holy League, Francis I (r. 1515-1547),
Concordat of Bologna, Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince, pope Clement VII (r. 1523-1534), Emperor
Charles V, Clement VII,
English Parliament, Estates General, Spanish Cortes, Ferdinand & Isabella of Spain, Gabelle,
Alcabala, Taille, Charles VII, Charles the Bold, Burgundian Empire, battle of Nancy, Louis XI,
Maximilian I, moors, Hermandad, Thomas de Torquemada the Inquisition, Joanna the Mad, Catherine
of Aragon, Christopher Colombus, House of Lancaster, Richard II, Henry VI, House of York, Edward
VI, War of the Roses, Tudor rule of England, Richard III, Battle of Bosworth Field, Henry VII, Court of
Star Chamber, Charles IV, Golden bull, Maximilian I, Reichstag
Northern Renaissance, printing press, vellum, Johann Gutenberg, Desiderius Erasmus, Adages,
Colloquies, philosophia Christi, Index of Forbidden Books, German reforms, The Reuchlin Affair,
English reforms, Thomas More, Utopia, Spanish reforms, Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros,
Complutensian Polygot Bible
Prince Henry "the Navigator", Bartholomew Dias, Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci,
Ferdinand Magellan, Aztecs, Hernan Cortes, Incas, Francisco Pizarro, Bartolome de Las Casas,
cinquistadores, hacienda, peninsulares, creoles, encomienda, repartimiento
Unit I – Guiding Questions
1. What was Jacob Burckhardt's interpretation of the Renaissance? What criticisms have been
leveled against it?
2. Why did the Renaissance first begin in Italy?
3. Why was Florence at the heart of the Italian Renaissance?
4. What role did the Medici family play in Renaissance Florence?
5. Regarding humanism:
- What are the characteristics of humanism?
- How was it different from medieval scholasticism?
- Why is Petrarch considered to be the "Father of Humanism"
- What was the goal of a "liberal arts" education? What core subjects were taught?
- What is meant by the term "civic humanism"?
6. According to Castiglione, what are the basic attributes of the Renaissance courtier?
7. How did the values of this courtier influence the development of a modern aristocratic class in
Western Europe?
8. List the qualities of a "Renaissance Man", the l'uomo universale.
9. List the basic beliefs of the Neo-Platonists. How did their beliefs differ from the civic humanists?
10. How were humanists responsible for secularizing and professionalizing the writing of history?
{historiography}
11. What were the distinctive characteristics of Renaissance art and architecture? How were they
different from medieval art and Gothic architecture?
12. What new artistic techniques were introduced by Renaissance artists?
13. In what ways did Renaissance art and philosophy reinforce each other?
14. How did Renaissance art reflect the political and social events of the period?
15. How did the artists of the Italian Renaissance incorporate the new intellectual and cultural trends
of their time into their art?
16. Why did the French invade Italy in 1494? How did this event trigger Italy's political decline?
How did the ideas of Niccolo Machiavelli signify a new era in Italian civilization?
17. How do you account for the fact that people in northern Europe seemed to be more concerned
about daily devotion and the state of their relationship with God than those in the south?
18. What were the characteristics of the art of the Northern Renaissance? How did it reflect the
societies of Northern Europe?
19. How was the Northern Renaissance different from that in Renaissance Italy?
20. What is meant by the term "Christian Humanism"?
21. What were the major themes expressed in the works of Rabelais, Erasmus, More, Montaigne,
and Cervantes?
22. How do Shakespeare's works reflect Renaissance ideals?
23. How did the development of the printing press contribute to the Renaissance?
24. A common assumption is that creative work proceeds best in periods of calm and peace. Given
the combination of political instability and cultural productivity in Renaissance Italy, do you
think this assumption is valid?
25. What factors led to the voyages of discovery? Why were the Portuguese interested in finding a
route to the East? Why did Columbus sail west across the Atlantic in 1492?