Download World History The Renaissance Chapter 17, Sections 1

World History
The Renaissance Chapter 17, Sections 1-2
Define Renaissance. How did the events of the late middle Ages inspire the Renaissance?
Describe how each gave Italy the advantages that made it the birthplace of the Renaissance.
Thriving cities
Wealthy merchant class
Classical traditions of Greece and
Rome
Renaissance scholars developed new outlooks on life and art.
How did humanism influence the
growth of learning?
How did ideas about piety and a
simple life change?
What role did patrons of the arts
play in the development of
Renaissance ideas?
Styles in art and literature changed as artists and writers emphasized the individual.
What effects did the emphasis on
individuals have on painters and
sculptors?
What contributions did
Michelangelo, Donatello, and
Raphael make to the artistic
world?
Why is Leonardo da Vinci a
classical example of a
Renaissance Man?
Renaissance writers produced works that reflected their time, but also used techniques that contemporary writers use.
How did writers reflect their
Renaissance values in their work?
How did the writing of Petrarch,
Boccaccio, and Machiavelli
demonstrate humanism?
As you read about the ways that Northern Europeans adapted the ideas of the Renaissance, answer each question.
What factors led to the beginning of the Renaissance in northern Europe?
Who is Johann Gutenberg, how did his invention help spread learning and Renaissance ideas?
Describe briefly how each of the following showed Renaissance influences in his work.
Albrecht Durer
Jan van Eyck
Pieter Bruegel the
Elder
Desiderius Erasmus
Thomas More
William Shakespeare
In what ways did Renaissance art connect to the past? In what ways did it break with the past?
How did printing and publishing affect social reforms?