The Renaissance What Will You Learn You will
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The Renaissance
What Will You Learn? You will learn how European society was revitalized after the Dark Ages….
Before the Renaissance Europe suffered from war and plague People who survived wanted to celebrate life Began to question political institutions (political powers) People began to question the Church
A Time of Change 1300 -1600 Revival of art and learning = Renaissance Explosion of creativity in Art Architecture Writing Thought
A Time of Change Led to new values, such as individualism What is individualism? Belief in the importance of the individual? Do we really need the Church? Pope? Political Institutions?
A Time of Change With fewer people to feed, the standard of living was higher People were better educated Literacy increased Demand The for books increased middle class began to emerge
New Sources of Knowledge 1453 – fall of Constantinople – many Byzantine scholars fled to Italy They took knowledge of classical Greece with them Greek texts Knowledge Cordoba, to read them Spain -
New Sources of Technology Learned Made how to make paper it easier to create and store books Contributed to the growth of libraries 1400 – paper mills found in France, Italy, and Germany Led to development of printing
Rise of Italian City-States Italy was very urban and commercial Overseas trade, spurred by the Crusades led to development of northern Italy Economy based on commerce, not agriculture Merchants Venice, Rise were witty, individual merit > family Milan, Naples, Florence of banks
Florence The Medici’s Banking family, who had power Branch offices throughout Italy Cosimo de Medici – gave loans to the nobles Lorenzo de Medici – grandson of Cosimo (1469) – Dictator of Florence
Worldly Values Europeans Study became influenced by classical ideas of classical texts led to humanism Humanism focused on human potential and achievement Tried to understand Greek values Studied subjects like history, literature, and philosophy
Worldly Pleasures Luxuries Good music Fine foods Expensive clothes Lavish parties Secular spirit Concerned with the here and now instead of the hereafter
Patrons of the Arts Spent huge amounts of money on art Patrons = financially supporting the arts Wealthy families had portraits painted Donated art to the city in public squares Wealthy demonstrated their importance
Renaissance Man Create art Master every area of study Charming, witty, well educated in the humanities Dance, sing, play music, and write poetry Skilled writer, wrestler, and swordsman
Renaissance Woman Should Know the classics Inspire Most be charming art, but rarely create it had little influence in politics Smarter Should than medieval women be patrons of the arts
- Kinetic learning
- Outcome of renaissance
- Italian renaissance vs northern renaissance venn diagram
- The renaissance outcome renaissance painters/sculptors
- Italian vs northern renaissance
- Renaissance vs high renaissance
- The renaissance introduction to the renaissance answer key
- Italian renaissance vs english renaissance
- The renaissance outcome the renaissance in italy
- The more you study the more you learn
- Man lernt solange man lebt
- You are what you learn
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