BELL WORK

What do you know about the Renaissance?

List 3 ideas/concepts that you know about the Renaissance.

List 2 people that you know from the Renaissance.

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OBJECTIVES

Define Renaissance

Describe factors that led to the Renaissance

Identify the reasons the Renaissance began in Italy

Explain the role of patrons in Renaissance society

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Renaissance

French word meaning rebirth Rebirth of what?

classical culture: Greece & Rome What was that?

Focus on human life, learning, reason

It first occurred in Northern Italy in about the 15th century WHY?

The Crusades - Review

What were the effects of the Crusades?

Religious Intolerance Increased Trade Destruction of Byzantine Empire Decline in Pope’s power Decline in Feudal system Revival of Greek Ideas

Black Death Lots of people died – tons and tons and tons

The plague killed kings, peasants, townspeople, church officials everyone died

This causes two things – A decline in the feudal system – and a rise of towns A focus on human life and living for the moment

Causes of the Renaissance Focus on the human life and the present

Focus on the individual

(Black Death) Increased trade

Lead to an increase in money, growth of towns

(Crusades) Fall of the Byzantine Empire

Spread Greek scholars throughout Europe

(Crusades) Revival in Greek thinking and art

(Crusades)

Why Italy? Cities (about 100,000 people)

Florence Genoa Venice Rome

The cities of Italy survived the Middle Ages - grown into prosperous trade centers.

Cities allowed people to specialize in one pursuit – especially art

Allowed merchants in Northern Italy to become very wealthy

Why Italy? Why Italy? WHY ITALY? It’s the rebirth of ROMAN ideas. So why

Italy? Rome is in Italy, there were ruins and

reminders of the culture all around

Why Italy? Italy was home to the people most likely to be

patrons Patron: sponsor of the arts (they gave lots of

money to artists) Who did Italy have that had lots of money?

Merchants Pope

Art and Patronage Italians were willing to spend a lot of $$ on art.

Art communicated soc., pol., & spiritual values. Italian banking & international trade interests had the

money. Public art in Florence was organized & supported

by merchants.

Therefore, the consumption of art was used as a form of competition for social & political status!

Medici The Medici family

controlled banking throughout all Europe

Were the richest individuals in all Europe

Technically, Medicis - not the rulers of Florence. Used their wealth &

influence to control the government behind the scenes.

Popes

Popes used church $$$ to rebuild Rome

Commissioned many religious works Sistine Chapel School of Athens

Filippo Brunelleschi Commissioned to build

the cathedral dome. Used unique

architectural concepts. Studied the ancient

Pantheon in Rome. Used ribs for support.

Lorenzo Ghiberti

Goldsmith in Florence His great work, the doors to

the Baptistery of Florence considered 1st great work of the

Renaissance “Gates of Paradise”

- Michelagelo

QUESTIONS

What does Ren. mean?

What are 2 causes of the Ren.?

What are the 3 reasons the Ren. started in Italy?

What is a patron?

TO DO:

In Class: What are traits of the perfect person today? (not physical)

Choose 3 people in today’s society that you feel have these characteristics.

Homework: Read “Values of the Renaissance”. Write down 5 important

facts and a summary on the same sheet of paper.