Download The Renaissance

Warm Up
• 1. Analyze the map on p. 436 and answer
the questions regarding European trade in
the 1300’s.
• 2. Read the “causes of the Renaissance”
quick fact box on p. 439 and write one
concise sentence explaining in your own
words why the Renaissance began.
Renaissance
• TLW analyze the origin of the Italian and
Northern Renaissance in order to
understand the evolution of culture within
Europe, through notes and document
analysis.
The Renaissance
The Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance, 1350-1500
• Renaissance = rebirth (in French)
– look back to Greek/Roman times for
inspiration
• Began in Italy, spread to rest of Europe
• Characteristics:
– Urban, city-states most powerful
– Secular (non-religious) outlook
– Emphasized human ability
• high regard for individual accomplishment
(renaissance man, someone good at everything =
Leonardo da Vinci)
Italian City-States
• Milan, Venice, Florence
most powerful
• Venice- traded all over
Mediterranean
• Florence- banking
– controlled by de
Medici family
– Cultural center for Italy
– Lorenzo de Medici
great patron
• person who pays to
have art created
Humanism
• Humanism –
emphasis on human
intellect, capability
• Petrarch- father of
Renaissance
humanism
• Grew into study of
humanities: literature,
history, art
Niccolo Machiavelli
• Machiavelli-politician in Florence
– lost favor and exiled
– Wanted to return,
– wrote book of statecraft dedicated to the de
Medici
• “The Prince”- how to gain and keep power
• Machiavelli believed good leader should be
amoral – do best for city regardless of morally
right or wrong
(clips on Machiavelli)
Machiavelli and the Prince
• Men judge generally
more by the eye than
by the hand, for
everyone can see and
few can feel. Every
one sees what you
appear to be, few
really know what you
are. Machiavelli, the
Prince
Machiavelli is explaining that appearances are very important with leadership,
and if you can play the part well people don’t really know who you are or what
you are doing with the power (whether corrupt or good). Modern leaders are
known to be “Machiavellian” and politicians are seen to follow his guidance.
The Prince
• Read the section from the Prince and do the “SOAPSTone” on a
separate piece of paper (document is also on website)
– Speaker (author)
– Occasion (time and place)
– Audience (written to then)
– Purpose (why written then)
– Significance (why important today)
– Tone
• Then write ½ page on whether it is better for a
parent/ teacher/ principal/ president to be feared
or loved.
POWER and Machiavelli
Machiavelli- The Man behind the Prince
(watch first 8 minutes of video in
class- go home and watch the rest if you have time. The link is added on the bottom
of this slide when minimized, if the hyperlink doesn’t work. This is a GREAT video to
watch).
Discussion:
• Is it better to be loved or feared?
• Would you want to be loved or feared as a
leader? As a parent? As a teacher? Why
or why not?
Medieval Art
• Very flat (does not look realistic)
• Lots of symbolism
• Mostly religious themes
Notice:
Medieval paintings are
sometimes easy to spot due
to the babies/children
appearing as miniature
adults.
The baby Jesus to the left
does not look like a realistic
infant but rather a tiny adult.
Renaissance paintings begin
to understand how to portray
people more realistically (and
babies begin looking like
adorable cherubs instead of
scary dolls  )
Renaissance Art
(see examples on following slides)
• Developed perspective –
– 3 dimensions on flat surface
• Used geometry:
– to accurately show distance, light, space
• Studied anatomy for figures
– Very realistic (think: baby example)
• Brunelleschi:
– architect for de Medici
– designed church more for the human
worshipper than for God being worshipped
– The Duomo “church”- cathedral in Florence
Raphael’s “School of Athens”:
shows perspective (look at the arches to see the depth/scale of the scene.
It does NOT look flat, but rather 3 dimensional)
Brunelleschi’s Dome on the cathedral in Florence, called the “Duomo”.
The church was built in the 1200s but Brunelleschi added the dome that has
two layers in the 1400s (until then, there was no dome at all).
Renaissance Artists
Ninja Turtles- how to remember four of the most famous!!!!!
• The ninja turtles:
– Leonardo Da Vinci –
• painter, dissected bodies, inventor, poet, philosopher
(Last Supper, Mona Lisa)
– Michelangelo –
• painter, sculptor, architect, Sistine Chapel ceiling,
David perfect proportions
– Raphael –
• painter Madonna and Child, School of Athens shows
balance, harmony, order
– Donatello - sculptor known for realistic style
Donatello’s David
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci’s
MONA LISA
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What do you know
about this painting?
What have you heard?
What catches your eye?
Apparently there was an artist sitting beside da Vinci when he painted the Mona Lisa,
this other painting is on the left below. This painting has been cleaned and is in the
Prado Museum in Spain. Does this help solve the mystery of Mona Lisa (yes, she had
eyebrows, a veil, etc, but does it also show you da Vinci’s talent in her gaze?)
Her mystery….
• NYTimes- Prado Museum
• The Mona Lisa
Michelangelo’s David
Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, Rome, Italy
Comprehension Check
• 1. Explain three causes of the Renaissance.
• 2. Using historical perspective, explain John
Green’s argument on why the Renaissance did not
really happen.
• 3. Who wrote The Prince and what was a primary
message in the text?
• 4. Explain the major differences in Medieval and
Renaissance art.
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For fun 
• Not assigned Spring 2015
Create:
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You are an artist in NEED of a PATRON!
What skills/talents can you offer to them?
Why should they support/commission art from you?
How can you improve their life, status, family reputation,
etc?
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• Needs to:
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Be creative, in color, not just in pencil
Have a catchy title! (it is an advertisement)!!!!
Have visuals!
Be one full page (on white computer paper)