Download the renaissance - Rowan County Schools

Bell Work (5 minutes)
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Using your electronic device or a
dictionary, define the following:
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Renaissance
Humanism
Secular
Lorenzo de Medici
Makeup tests
Learning Targets:
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I can explain the changes in society and
in cities that stimulated the beginning
of the Renaissance.
I can describe ideas that formed the
foundation for the Italian Renaissance.
I can examine and analyze a primary
source document.
RENAISSANCE:
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Historical period in Europe
from about 1300-1600 where
a renewed interest in the
classical culture of Greece
and Rome led to changes in
art, learning, and worldviews.
Humanism/Classicism
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Education centered around the study of
the Latin classics.
Studied these classics to understand
human nature rather than only to
understand God.
Focus on the humanities – grammar,
rhetoric, poetry, history, etc…
Secularism
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A basic concern with the material world
instead of the spiritual world. “Worldly”
Attention on improving life in the here
and now, but did not abandon religion.
More focus on education, business,
wealth
More leisure time, art patronage, etc…
Another Theme of the
Renaissance
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Individualism:
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Went against Christian humility of the
Middle Ages.
Uniqueness, Personality
Confidence in ability to achieve greatness
Genius, development of full potential
Quest for glory
Lorenzo de Medici
(Lorenzo the Magnificant)
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Statesman/businessman
Patron of the arts
Ruled Florence with his brother
Unofficial ruler when brother assonated
Excerpt from Boccacio’s
Decameron
Florence
Why did the Renaissance
occur? And why did it start in
Italy? (Discuss with a
neighbor)
Why did the Renaissance occur?
And why did it start in Italy?
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Increased trade with Asia and other
regions
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Growth of large, wealthy city-states in
Italy
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Italy – crossroads in Mediterranean Sea
Rest of Europe – still rural
Renewed interest in the classical
learning of ancient Greece and Rome
Why the Renaissance began in
Italy (cont)…
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Rise of rich and powerful merchants,
who became patrons of the arts
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Ex: Medici family in Florence
Increased desire for scientific and
technical knowledge
Desire to beautify cities
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Ancient ruins from the Roman Empire
Trade Route Map
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Answer questions on the back of the
paper related to the trade route map
(10 minutes)
If you need colored pencils or crayons
you are welcome to do so
Letter by Lorenzo de Medici
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4th Period
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5 groups of 3
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Group
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5th Period
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3 groups of 4 and 2 groups of 5
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Group
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Bell Work
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Using your notes from yesterday, answer the
following:
Describe 2 events/happenings/reasons that
led to the Renaissance.
Choose 1 of the themes of the Renaissance
and list the detail that you remember most
about it.
Learning Targets
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I can summarize important new ideas of
the Renaissance.
I can identify and explain new art
techniques of the Renaissance.
I can apply knowledge of Renaissance
art techniques to identify Renaissance
paintings.
Cupola, or DOME
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The crowning jewel of the Florentine
cityscape
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Brunelleschi invented a new way to
construct the dome.
Studied ancient roman buildings and
came up with his own ideas how
ancient elements could be utilized.
Perspective: The linear
representation of distance and
space on a flat surface.
 How? By making distant objects
smaller than those close to the
viewer. Gives the illusion of
depth.
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1 point perspective
2 point perspective
3 point perspective
or “Birds Eye” or “Worms Eye”
The Last Supper
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/leonardo-last-supper.html
Examples of Perspective
Botticelli 1445-1510
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Birth of Venus is 5’ 8 7/8”x 9’
Based on traditional mythology
Venus is the goddess of love and arises
from the sea on a shell
Adoration of the Magi
Botticelli self portrait
Andrea Mantegna 1431-1506
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A polished artist by the age 17
He mastered form and anatomy
Excelled in working with perspective
especially foreshortening
Foreshortening
Dead Christ By:
Andrea Mantegna
The use of perspective to represent a single object
extending back in space at an angle to the picture
plane.
Dead Christ
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Strong realism and unusual perspective
creates a fascinating image
Look into Christ’s face and at the same
time see the holes in his hands and feet
DaVinci
Vitruvian Man
Called “The Universal Renaissance
Man”
•Michelangelo and Raphael were influenced by
him
•Painted a small number of pictures, but wrote
on every aspect of human endeavor, including
the arts and sciences.
•Paired art with science and created many
anatomy drawings
Fresco
A technique of painting on the plaster surface
of a wall or ceiling that is still damp so the
pigments become fused with the plaster as it
dries.
Leonardo da Vinci
The Last Supper
Sfumato
Meaning “toned down” or “Vanished in
Smoke”
Madonna and child with
Saint Anne
Leonardo used sfumato with
success in this piecepainting through glazes and
producing a dreamlike effect.
Contrapposto
A stance of the human body
where one leg bears the weight.
David
Verrocchio
David
Donatello
David
Michelangelo
Using IPads
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We will go on a scavenger hunt
Our goal will be to utilize knowledge of
the Renaissance and art techniques
from the period to identify Renaissance
paintings
When you finish raise your hand so that
I can check your work – You may then
explore on your Ipad.