Renaissance Origins & Forms. Intro Clip Episode #6 11:20, 6 minutes

Renaissance

Origins & Forms

Intro Clip

• Episode #6 11:20, 6 minutes

From Failure to Fruition

• Europe had suffered due to things beyond their control– Famine– Disease– Wars– Church . . .

Renaissance

• Renaissance = Rebirth

• Rebirth of what?– Classical ideas and believes

• Greek & Roman culture

– Art & Learning– Life – new ideas

Why Italy?

• City-States: no economic crisis

• Classical traditions: ruins and reminders

• Traded with Muslims and Byzantium

Humanism

• Intellectual movement focusing on the achievements and potential of humanity

• Often not concerned with Christian teachings

• Studied the ancients: history, literature, and philosophy = humanities

In practice?

• Life should be fulfilling

• See the beauty in individual achievements

• Well-rounded = Renaissance Man– Music, poetry, literature, engineering,

inventing, history, art & sculpture– Think da Vinci

Renaissance Challenge

• Write I am a Renaissance person– Normal, other hand, , dual

• speak multiple languages?• Play an instrument/sing• Write poetry/stories• Educated…GPA over 3.5• Artistic/takes an art class• Athletic• Hobbie (crafting, woodworking, cooking)• Theatre• Avid reader• Interested in inventing things

Religion?

• Many remained Catholic but humanism changed secular life

• People could enjoy pleasure without sinning

• Ideal Man: well-rounded!

• Ideal Woman: educated, supporters of the arts

Technology

• Gutenberg's Printing Press– Ideas spread faster– Can’t be undone– More literature

• Drives literacy

– Books are still expensive though…

Art

• Anatomy – Realistic– Perspective makes it 3-D– Mythology & Religion

• Sculpture– Nudes– Donatello & Michelangelo

Painting

• Realistic feel– Da Vinci: Mona Lisa & Last Supper– Michelangelo: Sistine Chapel

• Architecture = domes/columns

Literature

• Write in vernacular• Petrarch: sonnets & poems• Boccaccio: collection of off-color

stories• Machiavelli: The Prince

– Advise on ruling– It is better to be feared than loved– Ends justify the means

Northern Renaissance

• Religion/Philosophy is the focus

• Johannes Gutenberg– Movable type: Printing Press– Less expensive books– Increased literacy

• English authors– More “Utopia”– Shakespeare

Focus of the North

• Christian Humanism– Man is to reform and fix the church– Live in accordance to the Bible– Perfect societies based on the

Gospels

• Art honors the simple trades and businesses

• Reform!

Legacy of the Renaissance

CHANGES DURING THE RENAISSANCE

EFFECT OF CHANGE ON SOCIETY

PRINTING PRESS More information, Less expensive, Rise in literacy

PUBLISHED ACCOUNTS OF MAPS & CHARTS

Exploration

LAWS PUBLISHED People more likely to know their rights

HUMANISTS SPREAD IDEAS Views changed about how to live, wonder about nature

ART New techniques used, Portrayed individuals realistically, Achievement valued

PEOPLE BEGAN TO ? RELIGION & POLITICS

Protestant Reformation, Revolutions will occur

Utopia vs. The Prince

• The Prince: R50

• Utopia: R51

- Read and answer the questions

- Complete the Chart