The RenaissanceOur Last Unit

Vocabulary Power

1. Renaissance- “Rebirth”--- period of the expansion of classical knowledge from Greece and Rome

2. Usury- practice of charging interest on loans

3. Interest- charge for borrowing money

4. Secularize- everything of the world not dealing with religion

5. Florence, Genoa, Venice- north Italian city- states.

Vocabulary Power

6. Machiavelli- Italian who wrote The Prince outlining how rulers should run their government.-- Absolute Power7. Treatise- an article or book on a subject8. Leonardo Da Vinci- painter who created The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa *** Known as the Renaissance Man

Vocabulary Power

9. Michelangelo- Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and sculpted David 10. Petrarch- Renaissance writer that wrote poetry called sonnets and humanist11. Humanism- Intellectual movement that focused on the individual and worldly matters rather than religious.

Vocabulary Power

12. Patron- financial supporter of the arts

13. Erasmus- Author who wrote The Praise of Folly

14. Thomas More- Wrote Utopia about an ideal place of peace-loving people

16. Moveable Type Printing Press- Invented by Joahann Gutenburg helped spread Renaissance ideas

5 POINT VOCABULARY

1. Period of expansion of classical knowledge from Greece and Rome 2. North Italian City-States3. Artist that created the Last Supper and Mona Lisa4. Wrote The Prince- How leaders should run their government 5. Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and Sculpted David

Economic Foundations of the Renaissance

The Crusades stimulated trade by introducing Europeans to many desirable productsTrade promoted frequent contacts with the Byzantine and Muslim EmpiresNew economic institutions developed

Economic Effects of the Crusades

Increased demand for Middle Eastern productsStimulated production of goods to trade in Middle Eastern marketsEncouraged the use of credit and banking

Important Economic Concepts of the Renaissance

Church rule against usury and the banks’ practice of charging interest helped to secularize northern Italy.Letters of credit served to expand the supply of money and expand tradeNew accounting and bookkeeping practices (use of Arabic numerals) were introduced

Wealth of Italian City-States and Machiavelli

Wealth accumulated from European trade with the Middle East led to the rise of Italian city-states. Wealthy merchants were active civic leaders.

Florence, Venice and Genoa

Florence, Venice, Genoa

Had access to trade routes connecting Europe with Middle Eastern marketsServed as trading centers for the distribution of goods to northern EuropeWere initially independent city states governed as republics

Machiavelli’s The Prince

An early modern treatise (writing) on government

Supported absolute power of the ruler

Maintains that the end justifies the means

Advises that one should do good if possible, but do evil when necessary

5 Point Vocabulary

1. Renaissance writer that was an early humanist that wrote poetry called sonnets2. Movement that focused on individual and worldly matters3. Wrote Utopia4. Wrote The Praise of Folly 5. Invented by Johann Gutenberg

Word Splash

RenaissanceLeonardo Da Vinci

Michelangelo

Printing PressMachiavelli

Printing Press

Usury

Interest

Petrarch

Patron

Thomas More

Erasmus

Humanism

Florence, Genoa, Venice

Quick Check1. What is the Renaissance? Where did it start?

2. Where did the Crusades stimulate production of European goods to?

3. True or False- The use of credit and banking was discouraged as a result of the Crusades.

4. What helped secularize North Italian city-states?

5. Which important economic concepts were introduced that used Arabic numerals?

6. List two (2) important reasons North Italian city states benefited from their geographic location?

7. Who wrote The Prince?

8. Describe two (2) ideas of his work.

Ideas of the Renaissance

The Renaissance produced new ideas that were reflected in the arts, philosophy, and literature

Patrons, wealthy from newly expanded trade, sponsored works which glorified city states in northern Italy.

Education became increasingly secular

Renaissance v. Medieval

Medieval art and literature focused on the Church and salvationRenaissance art and literature focused on individual and worldly matters, along with Christianity

Medieval Art Renaissance Art

Artistic, Literacy CreativityLeonardo Da Vinci

The Last Supper

Mona Lisa

Artistic

Michelangelo

Sistine Chapel Celing

David

Literature

Petrarch created sonnets, epic poetry, scholarly prose, and was a humanist

Humanism

Celebrated the individualStimulated the study of Greek and Roman literature and cultureWas supported by wealthy patrons

Northern Renaissance

With the rise of trade, travel, and literacy, the Italian Renaissance spread to northern Europe. Art and Literature changed as people of different cultures adopted Renaissance ideas

Italian Renaissance Spreads North

Growing wealth in Northern Europe supported Renaissance ideasNorthern Renaissance thinkers merged humanist ideas with ChristianityThe moveable type printing press invented by Johann Gutenberg and the production and sale of books (Gutenberg Bible) helped disseminate ideas.

Printing Press

Erasmus- wrote The Praise of Folly (1511)- made fun of the people during the time (greedy merchants, arrogant priests, foolish scholars)Sir Thomas More- Utopia- an ideal place of peace loving people (1516)Northern Renaissance artists portrayed religious and secular subjects

Quick Check1. Where did the Crusades stimulate production of European goods to?

2. What was the significant difference between Medieval art and literature and Renaissance art and literature?

3. What did humanism celebrate?

4. Which Renaissance writer was considered the “father of humanism” and is associated with sonnets, epic poetry, scholarly prose?

5. Describe two ideas in Machiavelli's The Prince.

6. What invention helped to disseminate Renaissance ideas? Who was the inventor?

7. Which important economic concepts were introduced that used Arabic numerals?

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