Download RENAISSANCE BEGINS IN ITALY

Focus 3/11
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The Renaissance began in Italy and was a time of
creativity in Western Europe. A central idea of the
Renaissance was humanism, which focused on the
individual. During this time there was a renewed interest
in antiquity or Greek and Roman ideas.
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Point for Discussion: How is humanism different than
Confucianism?
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Term to Know: critique
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Critical Lens: Humanism leads to creativity.
RENAISSANCE BEGINS IN
ITALY
Renaissance
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Renaissance – based on intellectual
movement known as humanism
Renaissance
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Humanism – based on individual
achievement, secular things, and
Greek/Roman Ideas.
Renaissance
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Begins in Italy because Italy recovered quickly
from Plague, had a thriving Middle Class, and
proximity to Rome.
Plague
Middle Class
Proximity to Rome
Renaissance
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Medici family becomes patrons of the arts
Renaissance
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Painters, Sculptors, and Architecture
became interested in Greek and Roman
Styles
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Humanism was an intellectual movement that tried to
apply the wisdom of the ancients to the Renaissance
world. The focus in Europe was again on Greek and
Roman ideas. Artists focused on realism and
introduced perspective to their work.
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Point for Discussion: How did Renaissance art differ
from the art of the Middle Ages?
Term to Know: Patron
 Critical Lens: Renaissance art was heavily influenced
by the Greeks and Romans.
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Renaissance
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Art focuses on realism and artists
introduce perspective.
Renaissance
Renaissance Art
Middle Ages
Renaissance
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Leonardo Da Vinci dissected corpses to
learn how to paint and sculpt the human
body correctly.
Renaissance
Artists
Michelangelo
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da Vinci
Renaissance
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Sculpture
Michelangelo’s David
Renaissance
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Women artists often had to keep their
work secret
Renaissance
Literature begins to focus on secular
themes rather than religious themes.
 Machiavelli writes The Prince as a guide
for Rulers.
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Renaissance
Explain how the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance were different.
 Why was Italy ideal for the Renaissance?
 Explain how the return of Roman/Greek
ideas changed art, sculpture, and
architecture during the Renaissance.
 Explain why literature revolved around
politics during the Renaissance.
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