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UNIT 4
RENAISSANCE
NAME:__________________________________________ DATE:_____________________PERIOD:_____________________
WHAT WAS THE RENAISSANCE?
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A time of ______________________ and change in many areas in politics, social issues, economic
issues, and in culture.
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People changed the way they saw _____________________ and the way they viewed the world.
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Revival in _________________ about Greece and Rome, which leads to people exploring the
unexplored.
o
_________________ was preserved in the Church & by educated people.
o
__________________ Columbus sailed to the Americans in 1492.
o
Nicolaus Copernicus revolutionized the way people thought about the world.
ITALIAN CITY-STATES
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The Renaissance began in __________ and then spread north to the rest of Europe. Italy was
the birthplace of the Renaissance for several reasons.
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SO WHY ITALY??
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New interest as a culture in ancient Rome.
o
Italy’s cities survived the __________________________-.
o
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In the North: Florence, __________, Venice, and Genoa
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In the Center: Naples
Wealthy merchants in these city-states contributed to the rebirth through
_________________ & _________________ means.
o
Stressed education, individual achievement, and the arts.
o
Dominated politics.
FLORENCE & THE MEDICI FAMILY
o
Symbol of the _______________________.
o
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Produced gifted poets, architects, scholars, and scientists.
Medici, a family in Florence, became successful in the banking business, wool and mining.
o
Most powerful family in Europe.
o
Had political and cultural say.
Cosimo de’Medici came to control the government in 1434.
o
Family members continued to rule the city without a ______________.
UNIT 4
RENAISSANCE
CLASSICAL AND WORLDLY VALUES
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Humanism:
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An intellectual movement that focused on human potential and ___________________
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Returned subjects taught by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
Secular:
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Adopted a worldly view than ____________ view.
Patrons:
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One who financially ________________ artists.
THE RENAISSANCE MAN AND WOMAN
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Baldassare Castiglione wrote in his book entitled Book of the Courtier about the manners,
skills, and learning a man and a woman should have:
o
Men: athletic, but not overactive, good at games, but not a gambler, plays a musical
instrument and knows _________________ and history, but not arrogant.
o
________: graceful and kind, lively, but reserved, and outer beauty but inner
goodness.
o
RENAISSANCE AND ART, ARCHITECTURE & LITERATURE
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Art was very ________________ and used the rule of shading and perspective, giving painting a
three-dimensional look.
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Poets, ______________, politicians, and scholars mingled among each other.
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“___________________” books sprung up to help ambitious men and women who wanted to rise
in the Renaissance world.
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Writers wrote in the ____________________ instead of Latin.
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Famous writers included:
o
_____________________________
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Vittoria Colonna