Ch. 17 Objectives Please take out #1 Yellow Unit of Study Sheet. Conflict Resolution: methods and processes involved in facilitating the peaceful ending of conflict. Ideology: a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.  

For Renaissance Education Against Renaissance Education The term “Renaissance” means a rebirth of art & learning. Draw a line down the middle and label the left side “For” and the right side will be “Against” For Renaissance Education Against Renaissance Education 1. 2. 3.

Bell Ringer #1- Take out Pink Renaissance Packet Wait for directions. You will read and write down the main idea with supporting detail (summary on next slide): Main Idea Supporting Detail Supporting Detail DWYER DEADLINE TODAY!!!!!!!!!

“During the Middle Ages, Europe suffered from both war and plague “During the Middle Ages, Europe suffered from both war and plague. Those who survived wanted to celebrate life and the human spirit. They began to question institutions of the Middle Ages, which had been unable to prevent war or to relieve suffering brought by the plague. Some people questioned the church, which taught Christians to endure suffering while they awaited their rewards in heaven. In northern Italy, writers and artists began to express this new spirit and to experiment with different styles. These men and women would greatly change how Europeans saw themselves and their world.

Main Idea Europe suffered from both war and plague. Those who survived wanted to celebrate life and the human spirit.

Supporting Detail 1:”question institutions of the Middle Ages, which had been unable to prevent war or to relieve suffering brought by the plague” 2:“questioned the church, which taught Christians to endure suffering while they awaited their rewards in heaven” 3. “writers and artists began to express this new spirit and to experiment with different styles”

Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance Ch. 17 Section 1

After the Middle Ages During the Middle Ages, Europe suffered from both war and plague. Those who survived wanted to celebrate life and the human spirit. People began to question institutions such as the Church.

What is Renaissance? Definition: Revival of art and learning; term means rebirth. Time Period: 1300 – 1600 AD Started in Northern Italy – explosion of creativity in art, writing, and thought.

City States, and Merchants City-States: Overseas trade helped large city-states grow in Northern Italy. After the Plague, few opportunities to expand business, Merchants began to pursue other interests like art.

Classical and Worldly Values Renaissance scholars looked down at the Middle Ages. Study of Classical Texts led to Humanism, a focus on human potential and achievements. Worldly Pleasures, you could enjoy life without upsetting god. People became Secular worldly rather than spiritual (here and now) Patron of the Arts, church leaders spent money beautifying Rome and purchasing art. More money an individual had the more important your family was.

Men and Women during the Renaissance Educated men had to create art Be educated Witty and Charming Women Know the classics and be charming Inspire in art, but rarely create it Educated

Renaissance Revolutionizes Art Style Religious subjects with realistic style copied from classical models of Greece and Rome. Used the technique Perspective which shows 3 dimension on a flat surface. Painted prominent citizens, the focus on the individual.

Renaissance Writers Wrote in Vernacular (your spoken language) Wrote for self expression or to portray the individual of their subjects

Famous Renaissance Writers Francesco Petrarch: Influential humanist, wrote sonnets – 14 line poems. Boccaccio: Uses both comic and tragic views to illustrate human conditions. Machiavelli: The Prince political guide with the basis that man is selfish, and corrupt. “The end justifies the means”

Renaissance Ideas By the end of the 15th Century (1400 – 1499) Renaissance ideas spread north from Italy. Different countries will adopt these ideas within their own culture.

Merchants and the Medici Family Merchants dominated politics of city-states. Unlike nobles, merchants did not inherit social rank. They used their wit. Merchants believed they deserved power and wealth because of their individual merit. This belief in individual achievement became important during the Renaissance. Medici Family: powerful banking family of Florence controlled most of Northern Italy

Famous Renaissance Artists Leonardo da Vinci: Painter, sculpture, inventor, and scientist Raphael: School of Athens (pg. 479) Michelangelo: Painter, used realistic style when depicting the human body. Sistine Chapel at the Vatican. Donatello: Sculpture of natural human postures and expressions.