1. Italian Renaissance Notes Chapter 19, Section 1
Learning Objective:
Today we will learn how the growth of port cities in Italy led to a rebirth of the arts and learning.

2. TIMELINE OF EUROPE Roman Empire Crusades Renaissance 476 AD 1096 AD
Middle Ages
Black Death
500 AD
1347AD

3. Key Words
Renaissance- rebirth, and refers to the time period that followed the Middle Ages
humanism- Learning that stresses the importance of human abilities and actions.
Marco Polo- a trader from Venice, Italy that traveled from Europe to China

4. Kublai Khan invited Marco Polo to stay in his court in Asia.
The greatest of the Florence bankers were the Medici family. They were very wealthy and they supported the arts.
- Interest is a fee that lenders charge people who borrow money from them.

5. Italian Writers
Dante Alighieri- Italian writer who wrote in Italian. Author of The Inferno.
Niccolo Machiavelli- Italian writer and politician. Author of The Prince.

6. Italian Artists
Michelangelo- Italian painter/sculptor. Carved Statue of David, painted ceiling of Sistine Chapel.
Leonardo da Vinci- Italian sculptor, painter, inventor, engineer. Painted Mona Lisa, The Last Supper.

7. CFU Questions -What is the Renaissance ? - What is Humanism?
- Who was Marco Polo?
- What did Michelangelo paint? What did he carve?
- Name two paintings that Leonardo da Vinci painted.

8. Marco Polo

9. Marco Polo

10. Mongolian Emperor of China Kublai Khan

11. Map of Italy

12. Major Trading Cities Genoa and Venice are important port cities.
Florence becomes very important wool trade and banking.

13. Florence, Italy
The Medici family-
wealthy bankers
Artists

14. Rediscovery of Greek and Roman writings and art

15. Dante Alighieri-
* This man was a writer during the Renaissance who was born and raised in Florence, Italy.
* He was also a poet and politician. He is known for writing “The Inferno” .

16. Niccolo Machiavelli Wrote the book The Prince.
He advised Leaders on how they should rule.

17. Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci

18. Leonardo da Vinci

19. Mona Lisa

20. The Last Supper

21. Inventions

22. Inventions

23. Michelangelo

24. Michelangelo
The David
Sistine Chapel

25. Italian Renaissance Notes Chapter 19, Section 2
Learning Objective: Today we will learn how the Italian Renaissance spread beyond Italy.

26. Johann Gutenberg- invented the printing press.
Key Terms
Johann Gutenberg- invented the printing press.
William Shakespeare- greatest writer in the English language.

27. Advances in Science and Math
Renaissance scientists studied ancient math texts. They created the symbols for square roots and for positive (+) and negative (-) numbers.
Studied astronomy to learn about the sun, stars, and planets. (*Earth moves around the sun.)

28. Johann Gutenberg- German inventor

29. Johann Gutenberg
The first book he printed was the Bible

30. William Shakespeare Created over 2,000 words in the English language
Wrote more than 30 comedies, tragedies, and histories. (Plays)
Wrote famous plays like “Romeo and Juliet” and “Hamlet”.

31. Marco Polo
Dante
Leonardo
Gutenberg
Shakespeare
Michelangelo
Machiavelli

32. CFU Questions - What did Johann Gutenberg invent?
- William Shakespeare was known as the greatest what in history?
- What did Renaissance scientists study in math and what did they create?
- What else did Renaissance scientists study to learn about the sun, moon, and the stars?
- What did Renaissance scientists find out about what the Earth does around the sun?