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Thursday Warm Up
• 1. The Torah is the holy book of which
religion?
• 2. What countries border France?
• 3. What empire was located in India in 1500?
• 4. Which religions began in India?
• 5. What is the major difference between
Judaism & Christianity?
Renaissance
• Begins in Italy in 1350
• Intellectual and artistic movement that marks
the beginning of the modern world.
Leonardo da Vinci ‘Vitruvian Man’
The Renaissance
• “Rebirth” of classical knowledge.
Humanism
• Idea that human
beings are capable
of excellence
through their
OWN work.
– Caused conflict
with the church
Secularism
• Things that are “of
the world”
– Living in this
world without
regard to the next
world
• YOLO
Artists
• Painters, Sculptors…& ninja turtles
Ninja Turtles or
Renaissance
Artists?
• Leonardo
(1425-1519)
• Raphael
(1483-1520)
• Michelangelo
(1475-1564)
• Donatello
(1386-1466)
Raphael
• “The School of Athens”
Michelangelo
• Statue of David
• Ceiling of Sistine Chapel
Donatello
• Statue of David
Leonardo da Vinci
• Mona Lisa
• The Last Supper
Shakespeare
• Writer of plays, sonnets &
essays
Erasmus-author, humanist
• Author of In Praise of Folly
– Satire-meant to be funny but
purpose is social criticism
Lady with an Ermine
Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His
Wife
The Girl With the Pearl Earring
Pieta
The Birth of Venus
Tognina Gonzales
House of Medici
• Rulers in Italy & patrons of the arts,
• Credited with funding the Renaissance
Politics
• Humanists believed
rulers should be
virtuous
• A virtuous ruler
would be loved and
obeyed
Exit Slip
• 1. What is one difference between medieval
art & Renaissance art?
• 2. Who created the statue of David?
• 3. Who painted the Mona Lisa?
• 4. What type of ruler does Machiavelli believe
a king should be?
• 5. What is humanism?
• 6. Where did the Renaissance begin?