1.  We just watched a clip from the movie “Renaissance Man” (4:31), In your own words, explain how Danny DeVito explain what a Renaissance Man was?  With this in mind, what does it tell you about the Renaissance??

2.  During the Middle Ages, Europe suffered through both war and plague.  Those that survived wanted to instead celebrate life and question the institutions of the Middle Ages that lead to war and plague.  People began to want to express their ideas and this new spirit in new ways.. This first began in Northern Italy.

3. WHY NOT!!!!

4.  Three Main Reasons… ◦ Big, Thriving Cities ◦ A Powerful Merchant Class ◦ Greek/ Roman Heritage

5.  Overseas trade, that was started by the Crusades lead to the growth of these city- states  Italy was mostly urban while Europe was rural  Cities proved to be places where people exchanged ideas and goods  Fewer people were left from the Crusades, so there was less people to do more work.

6.  A wealthy merchant class formed in each city-state.  They believed to have power because of their merit, not their office.  People were now rich because of jobs, and not of inheritance. (nobles hate this)  This belief of stressing on individual achievement is key to the Renaissance.

8.  The Medicis were a powerful banking family in Florence, Italy  The Medicis had branches all over Europe, but used their economic influence to control political leaders.  Cosmo de Medici ruled as a dictator of Florence without holding any political office.  His grandson, Lorenzo the Magnificent ruled as well while holding up the idea that there was an elected government

9.  Renaissance scholars looked down on the art and literature of the Middle Ages  Many drew from the ruins of Rome and Greece around them  Many studied ancient Latin manuscripts  Also, Christian scholars fled from Constantinople with more manuscripts when the Turks conquered it.

10.  As this Renaissance movement continued to grow, Its own themes and values began to grow with it.  The two values that stood out ahead of all others were: Secularism and Humanism

11.  Humanism is when people focus on human potential and achievements  Humanists no longer wrote texts to coincide with Christian teachings  Texts now focused on values of older times (Greece and Rome)  The study of Literature, History, and Philosophy became much more popular.  These subjects are known as: Humanities

12. FFrancesco Petrarca: poet who traveled the world to find old manuscripts… helped others do the same

13. Dante Alighieri: Italian poet who wrote The Divine Comedy… tour of life after death

14.  Niccolo Machiavelli: wrote The Prince  The Prince: first secular analysis of politics  Baldasarre Castiglione: wrote The Courtier ◦ The Courtier: 1528 manual of manners, ◦ Discusses the qualities of the ideal gentleman

15.  In the middle ages, people sought to show their devotion to god through simple living and eating plain foods  A movement grew that suggested that people may be able to enjoy life without offending god.  This became known as secularism, where people became more worldly and less spiritual  Secularists focused on the here and now

16.  How do you feel this Secularist movement will affect how people live?  Do you think it there may be people outwardly opposed to it? Who?  Do you feel Humanism or Secularism will affect society more?

17.  Church leaders during the Renaissance chose to beautify Rome and other cities through spending money on large amounts of art  Churches began to financially support artists  The wealthy were also “patrons” to the arts  Many would pay to have their portraits done and then donate them to the city to be displayed to show their own importanc

18.  Perspective was a new styles made in the Renaissance that created the effect of three dimensions

21. Michelangelo Donatello Leonardo Raphael

22.  Painter, sculptor, inventor, scientist  Studied movements of muscles and veins in leaves  He always wrote backwards, so you can only read his writings in a mirror.

23. Annunciation is thought to be Leonardo's earliest complete work DaVinci was obsessed with birds and bird watching… can you tell From how he makes the angel’s wings?

30. The Vitruvian Man The drawing, which is in pen and ink on paper, depicts a male figure in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and simultaneously inscribed in a circle and square. Shows human proportion

32.  Raphael was the youngest of the Renaissance artists  Raphael became famous for his use of perspective in paintings

33. He was enormously productive, despite his early death at 37, and a large body of work remains, especially in the Vatican, where Raphael and the large team under his direction, executing his drawings frescoed the Raphael Rooms known as the Stanze.

36.  Painter, sculptor, architect, and poet  He was most famous for portraying the human body in painting and sculpture

39. Central to the ceiling decoration are nine scenes from the Book of Genesis of which The Creation of Adam is the best known, the hands of God and Adam being reproduced in countless imitations.

41.  Artist and Sculptor based out of Florence  Was best known for his ability to show relief and details in his sculptures

42.  Famous sculptor who created the statue David  All bronze  incorporated significant 15th- century developments in perspective illusionism.

45.  How are these “Renaissance Men” a reflection of their times???  Who would you consider a Renaissance man/woman of today???

46.  Dolph Lundgren, Renaissance man??  Chemist, Athlete, poet???