Quaestio How should we define the Renaissance Nunc

Quaestio: How should we define the Renaissance? Nunc Agenda: Why did the Renaissance start in Italy? Answer the questions on your sheet using page 413 and your awesome knowledge!

Classical Age

Dark Ages

Renaissance

Quaestio: How should we define the Renaissance? Nunc Agenda: Why did the Renaissance start in Italy? Answer the questions on your sheet using page 413 and your awesome knowledge!

Roman Renaissance

Renaissance Basics Renaissance- literally “rebirth, ” a revival of the study of the art, architecture, literature, and learning in Europe, inspired by Classical Greece and Rome. Humanism- cultural and intellectual movement concerned not just with God but with humans, focused on secular issues in addition to religious issues

Features of Renaissance Humanism Greater focus on secular issues Admiration and idealization of Classical Greece and Rome Study of the Humanities, subjects of grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and best of all, HISTORY Appreciation of the potential of the individual person Fascination with the human form

Renaissance Misconceptions Not a rejection of religion, not secularism People were still very religious (check out the art!) Not modern individualism Still deep connection to community life Not overnight Revival of Europe took centuries, starting during the late Middle Ages (1000 -1300) and continuing until the end of the 1500 s Not in isolation The Muslim World had a big influence on the Renaissance, from trade to preserved knowledge Not entirely Light Religious and political violence continued Not populated by Ninja Turtles