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Intro to Renaissance
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Architecture of the Renaissance
Essential Standards
WHI.13 The student will demonstrate knowledge of developments leading
to the Renaissance in Europe in terms of its impact on Western
civilization by:
a. identifying the economic foundations of the Italian Renaissance;
b. sequencing events related to the rise of Italian city-states and their
political development, including Machiavelli’s theory of governing as
described in The Prince;
c. citing artistic, literary, and philosophical creativity, as contrasted with
the medieval period, including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and
Petrarch;
d. comparing the Italian and the Northern Renaissance, and citing the
contributions of writers.
Do Now
Write a definition for the word,
‘rebirth’
Lesson 1 Objectives
SWBAT identify factors that contributed to
the beginning of the Renaissance
Factors that Contributed to the
Beginning of the Renaissance
• Trade and commerce increased
• Cities grew larger and wealthier
• Newly wealthy merchants and bankers supported the
growth of the arts and learning
• The Renaissance was an age of recovery from the disasters
of the 14th century, such as the plague, political instability,
and a decline of Church power
• Recovery went hand-in-hand with a rebirth of interest in
ancient culture (e.g., ancient Greece and Rome)
• A new view of human beings emerged as people in the
Italian Renaissance began to emphasize individual ability
Do Now
Turn to your partner and answer the
following question.
Do NOT look at your notes!!!
What was one of the factors that
contributed to the beginning of the
Renaissance?
Lesson 2 Objectives
SWBAT discuss what the Renaissance was
and where it began.
SWBAT sequence events related to the
rise of Italian city-states and their political
development, including
Machiavelli’s theory of governing as
described in The Prince.
What was the Renaissance?
The Renaissance was a cultural movement
and a time of renewal (Europe was
recovering from the Dark Ages and the
Black Death/Bubonic Plague)
Renaissance means “rebirth” of classical
knowledge and “birth” of the modern
world (new intellectual and artistic ideas
that developed during the Renaissance
marked the beginning of the modern
world)
Where did the Renaissance begin?
•Italy
•Italian Cities
•Urban Societies
•Major Trading Centers
•Secular Movement
•People lost their faith in the church and began to
put more focus on human beings and material
possessions
When did the Renaissance Take
Place?
Roughly the 14th to the 17th century
How did the Crusades contribute
to the Renaissance?
Crusades (1095 – 1291) = Religiously
sanctioned military campaigns waged
by Roman Catholics against Muslims
who had occupied the near east
Increased demand for Middle
Eastern products
Stimulated production of goods to
trade in Middle Eastern markets
Encouraged the use of credit and
banking
The Black Death: Bubonic Plague
• 1330s - An outbreak of deadly bubonic plague occurred in China
• Mainly affects rodents, but fleas can transmit the disease to people
• Once people are infected, they infect others very rapidly
• Plague causes fever, painful swelling of the lymph glands, and spots
on the skin that are red at first and then turn black = Black Death
• Since China was one of the busiest of the world's trading nations, it
was only a matter of time before the outbreak of plague in China
spread to western Asia and Europe
• In 1347, Italian merchant ships returned from a trip to the Black Sea,
one of the key links in trade with China. When the ships docked in
Sicily (Italy), many of those on board were already dying of plague.
• Within days the disease spread to the city and the surrounding
countryside
Bubonic Plague Continued
• After five years 25 million people were dead--one-third of
Europe's population.
• Even when the worst was over, smaller outbreaks
continued, not just for years, but for centuries. The
survivors lived in constant fear of the plague's return, and
the disease did not disappear until the 1600s.
• The disease took its toll on the church as well. People
throughout Christendom had prayed devoutly for
deliverance from the plague. Why hadn't those prayers
been answered? A new period of political turmoil and
philosophical questioning lay ahead.
Political Ideas of the Renaissance
Niccolò Machiavelli
(1469-1527)
An Italian Philosopher and Writer based in Florence
during the Renaissance
The Prince
(Published in 1532)
Machiavelli believed:
“One can make this generalization about
men: they are ungrateful, fickle, liars,
and deceivers, they shun danger and are
greedy for profit”
Machiavelli observed city-state rulers of
his day and produced guidelines for how
to gain and maintain power.
Absolute Rule
He felt that a ruler should be willing to
do anything to maintain control without
worrying about conscience.
• Better for a ruler to be feared than to be loved
• Ruler should be quick and decisive in decision making
• Ruler keeps power by any means necessary
• The end justifies the means
• Be good when possible, and evil when necessary
Today, the term “Machiavellian”
refers to the use of deceit in
politics
Discovery Education
“The Politics of The Prince”
Lesson 3 Objectives
SWBAT
1) sequence events related to the rise of Italian citystates and their political development and
2) identify the economic foundations of the Italian
Renaissance (e.g., explain the importance of the
growth of towns, the rise of a money economy,
and the development of independent city-states
to the birth and spread of Renaissance ideas)
Italian City-States
Because Italy failed to become united during the Dark
Ages, many independent city-states emerged in Italy.
Each city-state was controlled by a powerful family and
dominated by a wealthy merchant class. Their interest
in art and emphasis on personal achievement helped to
shape the Italian Renaissance.
Example: The Medici family of Florence ranked among
the richest merchants and bankers in Europe; they
ruled Florence for over 70 years.
Major Italian
City-States
Milan
One of the richest cities, it controls
trade through the Alps.
Venice
Located on the Adriatic Sea, it is a
major trade route between Asia &
Europe.
Florence
Controlled by the Medici Family, who
became great patrons of the arts.
Milan
Venice
Genoa
Florence
Genoa
Had Access to Trade Routes
Rome
Headquarters of the Catholic
Church
All of these cities:
• Had access to trade routes connecting
Europe with Middle Eastern markets
• Served as trading centers for the
distribution of goods to northern Europe
Rome
Do Now: Turn to partner and
answer this question. Do NOT
use your notes!!!
How did Italian city-states influence the
Renaissance?
Centralized Power
One governing authority (ex. U.S. Federal
Government; principals) controls power
over several smaller entities (ex. State
governments; teachers)
Reminder
Renaissance means “rebirth” of interest in
ancient culture (Greece and Rome)
28.4 The Influence of Italian City-States
Do Now: Turn to partner and
answer this question:
How does trade help spread culture, ideas,
beliefs, etc.?
28.3 The Growth of Trade and Commerce
Do Now: Turn to partner and
answer the following question
Why do you think art was so influential
during the Renaissance?
Lesson 4 Objectives
SWBAT cite artistic, literary, and
philosophical creativity, as contrasted with
the medieval period, by:
1. Learning about the elements of classical,
medieval, and Renaissance art
2. Identifying the period – classical,
medieval, or Renaissance – in which six
artworks were created
The Renaissance produced new ideas that
were reflected in the arts, philosophy, and
literature.
Patrons, wealthy from newly expanded
trade, sponsored works which glorified
city-states in northern Italy. Education
became increasingly secular.
Lesson 5 Objectives
SWBAT:
1. Cite artistic, literary, and philosophical
creativity, as contrasted with the medieval
period, including Leonardo da Vinci,
Michelangelo, and Petrarch
2. Compare the Italian and the Northern
Renaissance, and citing the contributions
of writers
Renaissance artists embraced some of the ideals
of ancient Greece and Rome in their art.
The purpose of art would no longer be to glorify
God, as it had been in Medieval Europe. Artists
wanted their subjects to be realistic and focused
on humanity and emotion.
New Techniques also emerged.
Art and Patronage
Italians patrons (financial supporters) were willing to spend a
lot of money on art
– Art communicated social, political, and spiritual values
and therefore, the consumption of art was used as a
form of competition for social & political status.
What was different in the Renaissance?
Realism
Perspective
Emphasis on individualism
Geometrical arrangement of figures
Light and shadowing
Softening of edges
Artist able to live from commissions
Characteristics of Renaissance Art
1. Realism &
Expression
Expulsion from the Garden
Masaccio
1427
First nudes since classical times.
2. Perspective
The Trinity
Perspective!
Perspective!
Perspective!
Perspective!
Perspective!
Masaccio
1427
Perspective!
Perspective!
First use
of linear
perspective!
What you are, I
once was; what I
am, you will
become.
4. Emphasis on Individualism
Batista Sforza & Federico de Montefeltre:
The Duke & Dutchess of Urbino
Piero della Francesca, 1465-1466.
5. Geometrical Arrangement of Figures
Leonardo da Vinci
1469
The figure as
architecture!
The Dreyfus Madonna
with the
Pomegranate
6. Light & Shadowing/Softening Edges
Sfumato:
Chiaroscuro:
use of light
and shade
Ginevra de' Benci, a
young Florentine
noblewoman who, at
the age of sixteen,
married Luigi
Niccolini in 1474.
gradual
blending of
one area of
color into
another
without a sharp
outline
Born in 1475 in a small town near Florence, is
considered to be one of the most inspired men
who ever lived; he was a sculptor, painter,
engineer, architect, and poet.
David
Michelangelo
created his
masterpiece
David in
1504.
The Biblical
shepherd,
David (who
killed Goliath)
recalls the
harmony and
grace of
ancient Greek
tradition
 15c
What
a
difference
a
century
makes!
16c 
Sistine Chapel
About a year after creating
David, Pope Julius II
summoned Michelangelo to
Rome to work on his most
famous project, the ceiling
of the Sistine Chapel.
Depicts the biblical history of
the world from the Creation to
the Flood
Creation of Eve
Separation of Light and Darkness
Creation of Adam
The Last Judgment
Pieta 1499
Marble Sculpture
Captures the sorrow of the Virgin
Mary as she cradles her dead son,
Jesus on her knees
Moses
1452-1519
Painter, Sculptor,
Architect,
Mathematician,
Engineer
Mona Lisa
(1503-1506)
The Last Supper
(1495-1498)
Jesus and his apostles on the night
before the crucifixion
Notebooks
Leonardo da Vinci dissected corpses
to learn how bones and muscles work
Raphael
Painter
1483-1520
Perspective
The School of Athens
Subjects are mainly
secular, but can be
religious
Figures look idealized,
but can also look like
everyday ordinary people
Bodies are active
Clothed or unclothed
1510 Fresco
Vatican City
Faces are expressive
Detail
An imaginary gathering of great thinkers
and scientists
Pythagoras
Plato and Aristotle
Socrates
Raphael (back)
Euclid
Zoroaster & Ptolemy
Northern Renaissance
The Renaissance in northern Europe (outside Italy)
• There was increased cultural exchange between
European countries
• Printed materials helped to spread ideas
• Centralization of political power made the
northern Renaissance distinct from the Italian
Renaissance (e.g., nation-states instead of Italian
city-states)
Growing wealth in Northern Europe
supported Renaissance ideas.
•
• Northern Renaissance thinkers merged
humanist ideas with Christianity.
• The movable type printing press and the
production and sale of books (Gutenberg
Bible) helped disseminate ideas and allowed
more people to become educated.
•Cultural and educational reform
The study of classical culture (ancient Greece and
Rome), in contrast with the study of things related to
the church and religion
• Celebrated the individual
•Was supported by wealthy patrons (financial
supporters)
Literature flourished during the Renaissance and
spread Renaissance ideas, which can be greatly
attributed to Johannes Gutenberg.
In 1455 Gutenberg printed the first book produced
by using moveable type, The Bible, and started a
printing revolution that would transform Europe.
Literacy rates
increased
Petrarch
Poet, Humanist
scholar
Francesco Petrarch
1304-1374
Assembled Greek and
Roman writings
Wrote:
Sonnets to Laura
(Love poems in the
Vernacular)
Influenced William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
1564-1616
• English poet and playwright
• Well-known plays include:
Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet
• Influence and Impact on the Renaissance:
He expanded the dramatic potential of characterization (his
characters were very complex), plot, language (creative), and genre
Erasmus
(1466-1536)
Dutch humanist
Pushed for a Vernacular form of the
Bible
“I disagree very much with those who are
unwilling that Holy Scripture, translated into
the vernacular, be read by the uneducated . .
. As if the strength of the Christian religion
consisted in the ignorance of it”
Wanted to reform the Catholic
Church
Wrote: The Praise of Folly
Used humor to show the immoral and
ignorant behavior of people, including
the clergy. He felt people would be
open minded and be kind to others.
Sir Thomas More
(1478-1535)
English Humanist
Wrote: Utopia
A book about a perfect
society in which men and
women live in harmony,
there is no private
property, no one is lazy, all
people are educated and
the justice system is used
to end crime instead of
executing criminals
Important to Remember
• Accomplishments in the visual arts –
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael
• Accomplishments in literature (sonnets,
plays, essays) – Petrarch, Shakespeare
• Accomplishments in intellectual ideas
(humanism) – Erasmus
“Renaissance Man”
Bibliography
Images from:
Corbis.com
Web Gallary of Art
www.wga.hu