Initiation. What are some words that come to mind when you consider the following word. Renaissance

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1 Initiation What are some words that come to mind when you consider the following word Renaissance

2 The Renaissance: 13.1

3 Renaissance: A Definition a renewal of life, vigor, interest, etc.; rebirth; revival: a moral renaissance

4 What was the Renaissance? A new age of incredible thought and expression by thinkers and artists Range: 1300s to 1500 Agricultural life Urban life Creativity & Technology are central to the time Florence and Sienna: Two rival cities Plagues wipes out Sienna

5 The Renaissance Thinker Reawakened interest in classical civilizations (Rome & Greece) A fresh attitude toward culture and learning A renaissance man was someone with many talents, a focus on individual achievement Present examples of renaissance men or renaissance women?

6 Present-day Renaissance ideals

7 In your notebooks Write a paragraph (with complete sentences) in your notebooks on what you might have to accomplish in order to consider yourself a renaissance ideal. What mark would you like to leave on the world?

8 Humanism An intellectual movement that stressed the use of classical cultures to understand the present. Believed that education should be the fire to inspire creativity. Emphasis on the humanities: grammar, poetry, history, etc.

9 Italy Origin of the Renaissance Interest in Ancient Rome quantifies importance of Italy Trade remained important because of Italy s central geographic location; trade routes carry new ideas. Italy s city-states are powerful and dominated by a wealthy merchant class. Medici family (for example) controls Florence, supports the arts financially; they are a model of Renaissance greatness.

10 Michelangelo s The Creation of Adam What are some key things that make this fresco what it is?

11 Renaissance Art Reflects the ideas of humanism by stressing realistic depictions of life (Middle Ages art had been more stylistic / was not life-like). Perspective is used, allowing artists to show distant objects as smaller than those close to the viewer (it appears 3-dimensional). Renaissance artists studied human anatomy to be more accurate in their depictions. Some art was still religious in nature but also there is a shift to everyday scenes.

12 Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci

13 Pg. 413 of World History

14 Renaissance Men Leonardo da Vinci Genius of invention, studied anatomy/dissected corpses to learn how bodies worked, painted the Mona Lisa, a specialist in botany, music, architecture, and engineering. Created sketches for flying machines and undersea boats (airplanes/submarines). Michelangelo A sculptor, engineer, painter, architect, and poet. Painting of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (The Creation of Adam). Raphael Another famous painter known for realism, with a focus on individual achievement.

15 Art and Architecture Bruelleschi- Domes make a comeback, no more Gothic, Credited with creating perspective Northern Artists: Flanders: WHERE? Area of France and Belgium: Christians but started to question church authority New techniques with oil, realistic details Van Eyck-townspeople Bruegel-peasants Rubens-classical themes Roman Greek Durer- engravings, famous one of Erasmus. Studies nature

16 Writers of the Renaissance in Italy Baldassare Castiglione Wrote a book that detailed manners, skills, learning, and virtues of a good member of court. Niccolo Machiavelli Wrote The Prince A guide on how to gain/maintain power as a ruler The end justifies the means Urged rulers to use whatever technique necessary, however brutal to achieve goals

17 Vernacular Many humanists such as Erasmus( 1466 b) That writing should be in everyday language and not Latin or Greek. Her reflected the ideas that people should be open minded, show good will Teenage vernacular today?

18 Humanism The intellectual and cultural movement that initiated the Renaissance and its tradition of education Interest in and the study of classical Greek and Roman culture Education was key to understanding and creativity The study and importance of the humanities: grammar, poetry, rhetoric, and history Francesco Petrarch and Desiderius Erasmus were the most famous humanists of their times Greek and Roman art and architecture inspired artists: Brunelleschi and Donatello

19 Closure How would these special individuals have been different if they were not born in an era of rebirth?

20 Other advances and Ideas Gutenberg: Printing press Sir Thomas More: Utopia, a perfect place Shakespeare: 37 plays that shows interest in individual issues and the classics Rabelais: Classic stories with human themes and opinion on religious ideas Gargantua