The Renaissance Period

Agenda for today 1. Bell Ringer: What is your favorite part of history? What is the best way that you learn material? 2. Syllabus and Class Expectations 1. Textbooks 2. Guidelines for the class 3. Brief Lecture: The Renaissance 4. The Impact of the Black Death 5. Painting Analysis: Renaissance and Medieval 6. Interpretation of Machiavelli’s “The Prince” HW: Begin working on Vocabulary, Due 9/8

The Renaissance A “rebirth” of art and learning. Black Death ruins economic growth. Medici family controls Florence through wealth. Part of the merchant class. Renaissance focuses on learning Greek and Roman traditions. (Powerful Empires)

Humanism Focuses on human potential and achievement. Focuses on Greco-Roman values instead of Christian teachings. “Humanities” Earlier humanists were loners, as Renaissance progresses, they become a major factor in civic life.

Renaissance Art Michelangelo Statue of David (Stone) Painting the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel He wanted to show the biblical history of the world.

Renaissance Art Leonardo Da Vinci Born 1452, a genius. Paintings were realistic, a departure from Medieval works. Mona Lisa, The Last Supper,

Renaissance Art Donatello Credited with “David” (but a bronze one completed 40 years before Michelangelo’s.

Renaissance Art Raphael Paintings represented an “ideal beauty”, Madonnas School of Athens

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Petrarch Created a library of Roman and Greek Manuscripts. Humanist He aided in getting Greek and Roman names out to the public. “Sonnets to Laura” the ultimate long-distance relationship.

Machiavelli Wrote “The Prince” in The handbook on how to control a country. Two perspectives, a way to give rulers an upper hand. A way to provide peasants with a guide to ruling families.

What makes these paintings different?

The Black Death Chart After reading the excerpt on the Black Death, analyze and identify two major impacts on each institution within the graph. Religion, Economic, and Social Class are all mentioned. Time to complete task: 10 minutes. While you are assessing the role the Black Death played on the Renaissance, please write down the number of your textbook and condition on the sheet that is going around the room.