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The Renaissance
Unit 9
Unit 9 The Renaissance (Ch. 15 and 16.1-2)
SSWH9 The student will analyze change and
continuity in the Renaissance and Reformation.
a. Explain the social, economic, and political changes that
contributed to the rise of Florence and the ideas of Machiavelli.
b. Identify artistic and scientific achievements of Leonardo da
Vinci, the “Renaissance man,” and Michelangelo.
c. Explain the main characteristics of humanism; include the
ideas of Petrarch, Dante, and Erasmus.
d. Analyze the impact of the Protestant Reformation; include the
ideas of Martin Luther and John Calvin.
e. Describe the Counter Reformation at the Council of Trent and
the role of the Jesuits.
f. Describe the English Reformation and the role of Henry VIII
and Elizabeth I.
g. Explain the importance of Gutenberg and the invention of the
printing press.
SSWWH10 The Student will analyze the impact of the age of
discovery and expansion into the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
a.
Explain the roles of explorers and conquistadors; include Zheng He,
Vasco de Gama, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, James
Cook, and Samuel de Champlain.
b. Define the Columbian Exchange and its global economic and cultural
impact.
c. Explain the role of improved technology in European exploration;
include the astrolabe.
SSWH13 The student will examine the intellectual, political,
social, and economic factors that changed the world view of
Europeans.
a. Explain the scientific contributions of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and
Newton and how these ideas changed the European world view.
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Video: Introduction to Renaissance
Early 1300s
Began in Italy
Renaissance –or “rebirth”
A philosophical and artistic movement
Renewed interest in ancient Greek and
Roman literature and life
• A new emphasis on the power of human
reason developed
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Revival of trade: 11th
century
 Improved
agriculture
techniques
 Population increase
 New trade routes
 Improved
transportation
The Money Changer and his Wife
* City-states
* New economic
elite
*Oligarchies and
dictatorships
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*Ruins of the Roman Empire a reminder of
Roman glory
*Contact with Byzantine civilization through
Crusades and trade
*Knowledge of Arab and African achievements
in science and medicine
*An artistic awakening
*The study of classical Greek and Roman
literature and life
*Scholar’s search for new knowledge
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Roman Empire ruins reminded Italians of ancient
Roman glory
• Crusades and trade—contact with the Byzantine
civilization, whose scholars had preserved Greek
and Roman learning.
• Trade—allowed Italians to learn of Arab and
African achievements in science and medicine.
These and other factors helped
to encourage curiosity and the
search for new knowledge
among Italian thinkers.
Florence, Milan,
Naples, Rome, and
Venice had grown rich
through trade and
industry.
Florence, Italy
The city that is
given the most
credit for the
birth of the
Renaissance
• Center of banking
and textiles
• Bankers for the
papacy
• Nominally a
republic, but
controlled by an
oligarchy of bankers
and merchants
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)
• A Florentine diplomat and historian
Press
• Wrote the essay, The Prince
• He argued that a ruler should be concerned only with power and
political success.
• Today some people refer to the ruthless behavior to get ahead as
“Machiavellian.”
• Considered a humanist because he looked to the ancient Romans as models.
• Lack of conventional morality in The Prince , however, sets him apart from
other humanists of the time.
Broad knowledge about many things
in different fields.
Deep knowledge/skill in one area.
Able to link information from
different areas/disciplines and create
new knowledge.
The Greek ideal of the “wellrounded man” was at the heart of
Renaissance education.
The Nature of thought during the Renaissance
education important,
critical approach
admiration for
individual
achievement
supporting
the arts
Renaissance
Thought
Should lead a
meaningful life
belief in human
dignity
A renaissance man or
polymath is a person who
is skilled in multiple fields
or multiple disciplines, and
who has a broad base of
knowledge.
Leonardo da
Vinci
self-portrait
(1452-1519)
The
quintessential
renaissance
man—
Leonardo da
Vinci
Press
The Virgin
of the Rocks
Leonardo
da
Vinci
1483-1486
The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498
da Vinci’s
flying
machine and
submarine
designs
Michelangelo
Buonorrati
sculptor
Self-portrait
David
1504
marble
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ILT with most donations gets a lunch party.
They need peanut butter, canned fruit, canned
vegetables, canned meat, macaroni and cheese,
cereal, rice, flour, cornmeal, and other canned
goods.
The Pieta 1499
The
Sistine
Chapel
15081512
Creation of
Man
Detail of
Michelangelo’s
Work