The RenaissanceUnit 9

Unit 9 The Renaissance (Ch. 15 and 16.1-2)SSWH9 The student will analyze change and continuity in the Renaissance and Reformation.a. Explain the social, economic, and political changes that

contributed to the rise of Florence and the ideas of Machiavelli.b. Identify artistic and scientific achievements of Leonardo da

Vinci, the “Renaissance man,” and Michelangelo.c. Explain the main characteristics of humanism; include the

ideas of Petrarch, Dante, and Erasmus.d. Analyze the impact of the Protestant Reformation; include the

ideas of Martin Luther and John Calvin.e. Describe the Counter Reformation at the Council of Trent and

the role of the Jesuits.f. Describe the English Reformation and the role of Henry VIII

and Elizabeth I. g. Explain the importance of Gutenberg and the invention of the

printing press.

SSWWH10 The Student will analyze the impact of the age of discovery and expansion into the Americas, Africa, and Asia.

a. Explain the roles of explorers and conquistadors; include Zheng He, Vasco de Gama, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, James Cook, and Samuel de Champlain.

b. Define the Columbian Exchange and its global economic and cultural impact.

c. Explain the role of improved technology in European exploration; include the astrolabe.

SSWH13 The student will examine the intellectual, political, social, and economic factors that changed the world view of Europeans.

a. Explain the scientific contributions of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton and how these ideas changed the European world view.

Video: Introduction to Renaissance

• Early 1300s• Began in Italy• Renaissance –or “rebirth”• A philosophical and artistic

movement• Renewed interest in ancient

Greek and Roman literature and life

• A new emphasis on the power of human reason developed

Setting the stage for the Renaissance: Economics

Revival of trade: 11th century Improved

agriculture techniques

Population increase

New trade routes

Improved transportationThe Money Changer and his Wife

Setting the stage for the Renaissance: Politics

* City-states* New economic elite*Oligarchies and dictatorships

List of Factors that led to the Renaissance

*Ruins of the Roman Empire a reminder of Roman glory

*Contact with Byzantine civilization through Crusades and trade

*Knowledge of Arab and African achievements in science and medicine

*An artistic awakening *The study of classical Greek and Roman

literature and life *Scholar’s search for new knowledge

WHY ITALY?• Roman Empire ruins reminded Italians of

ancient Roman glory• Crusades and trade—contact with the

Byzantine civilization, whose scholars had preserved Greek and Roman

learning.• Trade—allowed Italians to learn of Arab and African achievements in science and

medicine.These and other factors helped to encourage

curiosity and the search for new knowledge

among Italian thinkers.

Florence, Milan, Naples, Rome, and Venice had

grown rich through trade and

industry.

Florence, Italy

The city that is given the most credit for the birth of the Renaissance

Florence

• Center of banking and textiles• Bankers for the

papacy• Nominally a

republic, but controlled by an oligarchy of bankers and merchants

• A Florentine diplomat and historian• Wrote the essay, The Prince• He argued that a ruler should be concerned only with power and

political success.• Today some people refer to the ruthless behavior to get ahead as

“Machiavellian.”• Considered a humanist because he looked to the ancient Romans as models.• Lack of conventional morality in The Prince , however, sets him apart from

other humanists of the time.

Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)

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The Renaissance “Man”

� Broad knowledge about many things in different fields.

� Deep knowledge/skill in one area.

� Able to link information from different areas/disciplines and create new knowledge.

� The Greek ideal of the “well-rounded man” was at the heart of Renaissance education.

Renaissance

Thought

supporting the arts

admiration for individual achievement

The Nature of thought during the Renaissance

education important,

critical approach

Should lead a meaningful life

belief in human dignity

Leonardo da Vinci

self-portrait(1452-1519)

A renaissance man or polymath is a person who is skilled in multiple fields or multiple disciplines, and who has a broad base of knowledge.

The quintessential renaissance man—Leonardo da Vinci

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�The Virgin of the Rocks

�Leonardo da

Vinci

�1483-1486

Leonardo, the Artist:From his Notebooks of over 5000 pages (1508-1519)

Mona Lisa—da Vinci, 1503-1504

The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498

Leonardo, the Scientist (Anatomy): Pages from his Notebook

da Vinci’s flying machine and submarine designs

Michelangelo Buonorrati

sculptor

Self-portrait David 1504 marble

ILT Food Drive for Macon Outreach

ILT with most donations gets a lunch party.

They need peanut butter, canned fruit, canned vegetables, canned meat, macaroni and cheese, cereal, rice, flour, cornmeal, and other canned goods.

The Popes as Patrons of the Arts

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The Pieta 1499

The Sistine Chapel

1508-1512

Creation of Man

Detail of Michelangelo’

s Work