The Renaissance Introduction Unit # 4 – Lesson 1

2/22 – Bell Ringer/Objective Page 79 ◦ Bell Ringer: Is it better to be feared or loved? Explain your reasoning by justifying your response with an example. ◦ Objective: Analyze how wealth and status lead to the growth of arts and literature ◦ Homework: Find a cultural reference from a song that you currently listen to. Write down:  Author, Title of Song, lyric, and what it is referencing Page 80 ◦ Attach Table of Contents Page 81 ◦ Attach Study Guide Page 82 ◦ Attach Notes: Italian Renaissance Page 83 ◦ Leave Blank, Title: M or T?

2/22 – Bell Ringer/Objective (1 st ) Page 79 ◦ Bell Ringer: Is it better to be feared or loved? Explain your reasoning by justifying your response with an example. ◦ Objective: Analyze how wealth and status lead to the growth of arts and literature ◦ Homework: Find a cultural reference from a song that you currently listen to. Write down:  Author, Title of Song, lyric, and what it is referencing Page 80 ◦ Attach Table of Contents Page 81 ◦ Attach Study Guide Page 82 ◦ Attach Notes: Italian Renaissance Page 83 ◦ Leave Blank, Title: M or T? ◦ Page 83a ◦ Answer question: is it better to be feared or loved? (3 paragraphs)

Table of Contents Name Unit # 4 – Renaissance & Reformation Assessment Date – Tuesday, March 5 Textbook pages – ??? To ???

What we remember from last unit… Feudalism declining ◦ Migration into cities/towns ◦ Rise of city-states Trade and commerce increasing ◦ Cultural diffusion throughout Europe Christianity evolving ◦ Church and Crown vying for power Population devastated ◦ Black Death, famine, and warfare Black Death

Renaissance Rebirth ◦ Revival of interest in arts and literature ◦ Emphasis on humanity ◦ People were CURIOUS!

Renaissance Increased trade with Asia Growth of wealthy city-states Rise of rich merchants Revival of interest in arts and literature Increased desire for scientific learning ◦ Creates wealthy city-states ◦ Wealthy merchants arise ◦ Merchants have money to spend ◦ Artists are commissioned to create works of art ◦ Invention of new technologies that help spread Renaissance ideas ◦ Construction of universities within towns to educate more people Task: Create your own C/E (like we did during the Unit # 3 Review) Yes – you must include the C/Es CAUSESCAUSES EFFECTSEFFECTS

Humanities ◦ Emphasis on good education studying “classics” – rhetoric, grammar, poetry, history, Latin (Rome) and Greek Focused on individual accomplishments ◦ Potential of human mind is limitless Task: Make a prediction – What impact is humanism going to have on religion?

Made possible by technology Printing press made books inexpensively Founding fathers Boccaccio and Petrarch Wrote in the vernacular Humanist Writers

Secular Writers Wrote about non-church topics Castiglione – The Courtier: behavioral guide for how gentlemen/women should act Think – are there any behavioral guides for men/women now?

Humanist Writers They were also writing about injustices…government…problems in society… Who else likes to talk about problems in society ?

Funny you should ask Makaveli Ms. Wrede…What does Tupac have to do with the Renaissance?!

It’s actually not Makaveli…it’s Machiavelli And he was a writer… In the 16 th century And no, he’s not doing a gang symbol

People have been doing that for years… This lady was the Duchess of Traetto This was a priest This guy worked for the government

You don’t know as much as you thought you did…do you?!

The Real Machiavelli Real name: Niccolò Machiavelli Wrote “The Prince” in 1513 Spoke about injustices in government “It is better to be fear than it is to be loved”

What does this have to do with the Renaissance? There is a lot going on at this time ◦ Revival of antiquities  Art  Philosophy  Rhetoric  Science  And more and more and more… People who were proficient in several of these disciplines were called…

Renaissance Man Term given to a man during this period who was considered an expert in many different disciplines ◦ Ex: Leonardo DaVinci was a painter, sculpture, scientist, inventor, engineer Can you think of anyone today who excels in a variety of disciplines?

Shawn Carter…aka Jay-Z…aka HOV Task: Make a list of all of the cultural references you hear in the song