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Retrieve a chart off of the table, glue it to page ____ in your compbook, and answer
question #1 IN YOUR NOTES
Read over the chart- which advancement do you think had the greatest impact on
Europe? Explain why!
Advancements made in the Renaissance
Math
Some Renaissance scientist thought mathematics could help them understand
the universe. They studied ancient math text and built on the ideas. They
created many symbols such as square root
Science
Advances in mathematics led to advances in other fields of science. Engineers and
architects, for example, used new mathematical formulas to design ways to strengthen
buildings . • Other scientist wanted to know more about the sky and what was in it. They
studied astronomy. They learned that the earth revolves around the sun!
Cartography is map making. During the Renaissance, papermaking
came from China and so did print! This allowed the maps to be
Cartography
more accurate.
Education
Students continued to study religious subjects, but they learned
about humanities as well. History was also becoming very
important.
The Renaissance Men
7.48 Outline the advances made in literature, the arts, science, mathematics,
cartography, engineering, and the understanding of human anatomy and
astronomy, including Leonardo da Vinci (Last Supper, Mona Lisa),
Michelangelo (Sistine Chapel, The David), Johann Gutenberg, and William
Shakespeare.
At the bottom of your notes define Humanism &
Individualism- we will be referring back to this throughout
the lesson!
What new styles of art
developed?
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Renaissance artists aimed to show what people really looked like
and revealed people’s feelings. Artists studied the human body to
learn how to draw it accurately
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Renaissance painters also used new methods that brought life, color,
and action to their works. Artists used light, shadow, and perspective
to carefully recreate the human form.
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Perspective - the way of showing people and things as they appear at
different distances.
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How does this relate to the ideals of Humanism?
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Importance is put on the unique features of humans
Raphael Sanzio
Donatello
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519
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Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and
engineer whose genius, epitomized the Renaissance
humanist ideal. Perfected the use of perspective.
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His Last Supper and Mona Lisa are among the most
widely popular and influential paintings of the
Renaissance.
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He did not see a divide between science and art. His
observations and inventions were recorded in 13,000
pages of notes and drawings, including designs for
flying machines, plant studies, war machinery, anatomy
and architecture.
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Considered to be
the first medical
illustrator
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The Vitruvian Man
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Diagram dividing the
human body
proportionately.
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Showed the
relationship between
the human body and
geometry
Mona Lisa
Turn to you table partners and…
❖Make
2-3 observations about the Mona
Lisa
❖Why
do think this is such a well-known
painting?
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The Last Supper, 1495 -1489, Milan
Make 2-3 observations about the painting
What elements of Renaissance art can you see?
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Michelangelo Buonarotti
Michelangelo 1465-1564
❖ Sculptor,
painter and architect widely
considered to be one of the greatest artists
of the Italian Renaissance period—and
arguably of all time.
❖ In
1508, Pope Julius II hired Michelangelo
to work at the Vatican-the palace of the
pope in Rome
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1508 - 1512
Michelangelo painted the
ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo was the chief architect to design St. Peter's Basilica
St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome, 1537-50, built according to Michelangelo’s plans
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David, Florence
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Make 1-2 observations
about the David
William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare was one
of the greatest literary
influences of all time.
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His plays are still very popular
around the world.
❖ Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth,
Julius Caesar, Hamlet
Shakespeare
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Drew ideas for his plays from the histories of England and ancient Rome.
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Focused on creating “human” characters with psychological complexity.
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Example: Romeo and Juliet!
“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love
And I'll no longer be a Capulet”
Can you spot any humanistic ideas in Shakespeare’s writing?
Johannes Gutenberg
❖ Developed
a printing press that used movable
metal type and used it to create one of the
Western world's first major printed books, the
Bible.
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Came at a time when many townspeople were
learning to read and think for themselves.
❖ Scholars
could read each other's works and
discuss their ideas, often in letters.
❖ This
would help ideas to do what?
develop and spread quicker than
ever before in Europe.
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Who am I? Riddle
1. Create a 3 line riddle about one of the four
Renaissance men OR one of their works
2. You want it to be tricky- but still hold enough valuable
information to help lead the guesser to the answer!
Example:
I am a man of many talents
The Pope hired me to work in his home
I am more of a sculptor, but my painting skills I am willing to
loan