Renaissance Themes Italian Northern Ideal beauty Religious and mythology scenes Intense realism Religious and domestic scenes
(Early) Italian Renaissance Style, a generalized approach, bust and no hands (Alesso Baldovinetti) Northern Renaissance Style, attention to detail, landscape in background (Jean Hey)
How the Renaissance Changed Society AFTER THE PLAGUE… If the church can’t protect us, can we make our own lives better?
ERASMUS DUTCH WRITER PRAISE OF FOLLY SATIRIZED SOCIAL EVILS (LIKE PREJUDICE & CHURCH ABUSE) TO ENCOURAGE REFORM
SIR THOMAS MORE ENGLISH UTOPIA PORTRAYED THE PERFECT SOCIETY, FREE OF WAR, INJUSTICE, POVERTY, AND IGNORANCE
RABELAIS FRENCH GARGANTUA SATIRIZED EDUCATION, POLITICS & PHILOSOPHY WE SHOULD LIVE BY INSTINCTS NOT RULES
MACHIAVELLI FLORENTINE THE PRINCE WROTE ABOUT POLITICS & POWER THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS
SHAKESPEARE ENGLISH HAMLET, MACBETH DEPICTED HISTORY THROUGH POEMS & PLAYS “TO BE OR NOT TO BE…”
JOHANN GUTENBERG GERMAN INVENTED THE PRINTING PRESS CREATED THE GUTENBERG BIBLE PRINTED IN LATIN
IMPACT OF THE PRINTING PRESS PRICE OF BOOKS DROPPED NEW IDEAS SPREAD QUICKLY BIBLE LATER PRINTED IN VERNACULAR RISE OF LITERACY PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEIR RELIGION BETTER PEOPLE BEGAN TO OPENLY QUESTION THE PRACTICES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
ACTIVITY: IN GROUPS OF THREE: IDENTIFY 3 CHARACTERISTICS OF A “PERFECT SOCIETY” IDENTIFY A SOCIAL VICE THAT PREVENTS SUCH A SOCIETY TODAY CREATE A 3 PERSON / 2-3 MINUTE SKIT FOCUSING ON A SOCIAL VICE TO “SHAME” THE AUDIENCE INTO CHANGING THEIR BEHAVIOR.