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Name: _________________________________________ Period: ______ Date: _____________
Note-Taking Guide: The Renaissance (c. 1400 – 1600)
The Birth of the Modern World?
What IS the Renaissance? (Slide 2)
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Renaissance: French word for _____________
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Rebirth of what?
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Astronomy, Anatomy, Physics
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Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Literature
Classical _____________ and _____________ texts
Opulence: fantastic _____________
What IS the Renaissance? (Slide 3)
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A new way of thinking & learning known as _____________ emerged
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HUMANISM:
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People are capable of _____________ and _____________
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Optimistic belief that humans do anything
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Focus on _____________
Focus on ____________________
Focus on _________________ as subjects of study
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Literature, Rhetoric (speech), Poetry, History, Latin, Greek
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Art & philosophy are more focused on _____________ than
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Humanism in Quotes (Slide 4)
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“There is nothing to be seen more marvelous than man”
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“What a great miracle is man”
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Man is the “free and proud shaper of his own being”
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Man is a “chameleon”
What CAUSED the Renaissance? (Slide 5)
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The _____________
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Increase in _____________
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Cause: Europeans learn about ___________________while on Crusades
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Effect: __________________________ get rich and use $ to sponsor
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Increase in _____________and curiosity
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Cause: contact with advanced _____________ civilization
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Effects:
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Renewed interest in _____________, especially of ancient
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_____________ of ideas from different culture
What CAUSED the Renaissance? (Slide 6)
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The _____________
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_____________ system broke down
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_____________ now allowed to leave _____________
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_____________grow as serfs seek work
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Becomes easier for people to _____________in society
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Fewer people = more _____________ per person
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_____________ lose power, _____________ gain power
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Partially due to the rise of a _____________
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_____________ changed the way wars were fought
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Skilled warriors (_____________) no longer needed
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So King no longer needs nobles/ Knights for protection
Why did the Renaissance start in ITALY? (Slide 7)
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_____________, location, location
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Italy is the _____________ of __________________ between Europe, Middle
East, Africa, and Asia
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Italian merchants get very _____________
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Italian merchants exposed to many _____________
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_____________ of ancient _____________
New economic and political ideas
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Invention of new systems of _____________
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City-states were _____________
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Tried to _____________ each other with __________________& beauty
of cities
Why is the Renaissance considered the beginning of MODERN TIMES? (Slide 11)
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__________________ thought
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People “broke the intellectual _____________” of the _____________ (focus on
man, not on god)
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Reliance on _________________
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Birth of modern _____________
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Rather than on pure _____________
Universe is heliocentric, not geocentric
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Belief in the ________________of society
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Focus on _______________ and __________________ of _____________
Why did SCIENCE advance during the Renaissance? (Slide 12)
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Europeans came into contact with _____________ civilization
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Europeans become more _____________ about the world
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Arab society had made many _____________ advancements
Increase in _____________ and _____________ (map-making)
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Focus on man rather than God
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Increase in study of _____________
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_____________ improves
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Ideas can _____________ rapidly
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Rich _____________ scientists (as they did with artists)
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Scientists can work without financial _____________
How was Renaissance Art DIFFERENT than Medieval Art? (Slide 13)
Medieval
Renaissance
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_____________ subject matter
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_____________ subjects
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_____________colors
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_____________ colors
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No perspective (flat)
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___________, __________ buildings
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___________, __________ buildings
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Sponsored by __________ officials
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Sponsored by _________, ________
How did Renaissance ART express HUMANIST ideals? (Slide 14)
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Focus on _____________
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Focus on _____________ (non-religious) themes
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Focus on this _____________, instead of _____________
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Influenced by _____________ and _____________ art
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_____________of human form
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_____________ colors (optimistic, _____________)
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More _____________
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_____________: artists used mathematical ideas to compose their works
Where did the Renaissance SPREAD to? (Slide 15)
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All over _____________
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_____________ traveled north with trade goods
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Spain, France, Germany
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_____________, _____________, Denmark
What is a “RENAISSANCE MAN?” (Slide 16)
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_____________ knowledge about many things in _____________ fields.
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_____________ knowledge/ skill in one _____________
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Able to _____________ information from different _____________ to create new
knowledge
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The _____________ ideal of the “well-rounded man” was at the heart of Renaissance
education