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Kick Off
October 9, 2013
Imagine that you have lived in Florence,
Italy immediately following the Black
Death. You survived, but many around you
haven’t. Describe your environment. How
do you feel?
Why did Feudalism end?
• Copy the stairway below, taking up the entire
page.
• Read The Decline of Feudalism.
• As you read, record the reasons that feudalism
declined.
Chapter 15.1
The Italian
Renaissance and the
Northern Renaissance
Trade Fuels City Growth
• On the map, use a bright color
to circle the location of
Venice.
• On the map, label the area of
the Mediterranean Sea.
• Use a light shade to highlight
the trade routes between
Venice and Constantinople
and the routes between
Venice and Alexandria.
• On the map, use a different
bright shade to circle the cities
with populations between
40,000 and 60,000.
The Beginning of the Renaissance
• Black Death and war
decreased population
▫ More food available,
prices declined
 Job Specialization
 Increased trade
Renaissance Ideas
• Renaissance - Renewed,
sustained interest in
art, literature, science, and
learning
• Interest in the classics
(grammar, poetry, Latin,
Greek) became known as
humanism
▫ Emphasized individual
accomplishment
▫ Contrasted w/ church
teachings
Secular Writers
• Church no longer seen as
source of stability
• People turned to
humanism
▫ Secular (worldly)
• Renaissance Man can do
anything (a thinker and a
doer)
• Niccolo Machiavelli
▫ The Prince
 Book on how to rule
 “The ends justifies the
means”
Science of the Renaissance
• Translated Arab texts
provided wealth of
knowledge
• Challenged church
teachings
▫ Copernicus
▫ Galileo
Renaissance Art
• Medici family of Florence
was important patron
(supporter) of the arts
▫ Lorenzo de Medici
• Realistic
• Subjects shifted away from
religion
• Buildings followed Greek
& Roman design
Compete the graphic organizer using
page 443.
Type of Art
Leonardo da
Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael
Bramante
Famous
Works
The Renaissance Spreads North
• Trading networks
spread across Europe
• Invention of printing
press by Gutenberg
helped spread ideas as
well
Answer these questions about the
Gutenberg Press
1. When is the oldest known book from?
2. What kind of printing was used before
moveable type?
3. How long would it take for one scribe to
transcribe a copy of the Bible?
4. How many copies of the Gutenberg Bible did
Gutenberg originally print?
5. When was the Gutenberg press updated?
Philosophers and Writers
• Sir Thomas More
▫ Utopia: Considered a perfect
society based on humanistic
idea of reason
• William Shakespeare
▫ English playwright
▫ Plays helped spread
Renaissance ideas to mass
audience
• Christine de Pisan
▫ Focused on the role of
women in society
Artists of the Northern Renaissance
• Albrecht Durer
▫ Realism and perspective
▫ Unlike Italians, painted in
oil
• Jan van Eyck
▫ Flemish painter
▫ Landscapes
▫ Used symbolism
• Pieter Brueghel the Elder
▫ Showed scenes from
everyday life
What led to the Renaissance?