1. 09/19/17- Tuesday
Standards: MWH- 1.2, 1.5 Objective: I can explain why Italy was the birthplace of the Renaissance and identify the values and ideas prized by the Renaissance. BR: With your partner, make a list of everything you know about the Renaissance and the Reformation.

2. Why Study the Renaissance?
Why study it?
Paintings, sculpture, and architecture of the Renaissance are still admired today
People still argue about the best way to obtain and keep power (Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince)
People still debate how to create the perfect society (Thomas More’s Utopia)
Shakespeare’s plays continue to be popular
Mass production of books began with the printing press
Protestant and Catholic Reformations changed Christianity for eternity

4. Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance
Italy’s Advantages
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The Renaissance
• Renaissance—an explosion of creativity in art, writing, and thought—from
Hope to bring back the culture of Rome and Greece after surviving the Plague
Why is Italy the birthplace?
Three advantages for Italy as the birthplace of the Renaissance were:
They had thriving city-states
A wealthy merchant class
Classical heritage of Greece and Rome
1. City-States
• Crusades started trade and helped cities to grow
• The city-states were urban and allowed people to come share ideas and goods
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5. Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance
Italy’s Advantages
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6. Why should we study about the Renaissance?
What is the Renaissance?
Why were Italy’s city-states an advantage to help the Renaissance?

7. 2. Merchants and the Medici
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2. Merchants and the Medici
• A wealthy merchant class develops in city-states
Merchants dominate politics and business
• More emphasis on individual achievement
• Banking family, the Medici, controls Florence; birth of modern banking
3. Renaissance Scholars turn to Ancient Greece and Rome
• inspired by the ruins of Rome
Studied ancient Latin manuscripts preserved by monasteries
When Turks conquered Constantinople, the scholars fled to Rome with the Greek manuscripts
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9. What were the three reasons why Italy was the birthplace of the Renaissance?
How did the Medici family in Florence, Italy gets such control in government?

10. Classics Lead to Humanism
Classical and Worldly Values
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Classics Lead to Humanism
• Studying manuscripts from Greece and Rome led to Humanism—intellectual movement focused on human potential and achievements
• Humanists studied classical texts, history, literature, philosophy and called them The Humanities
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11. Classical and Worldly Values
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12. • Patron—a financial supporter of artists
Worldly Pleasures
• Renaissance society was secular—worldly (opposite of the Middle Ages)
• Wealthy enjoyed fine food, homes, clothes b/c they were not able to during the Middle Ages
Patrons of the Arts
• Patron—a financial supporter of artists
• Church leaders spend money on artworks to beautify cities
• Wealthy merchants also patrons of the arts

14. 09/20/17- Wednesday
Standards: MWH- 1.2, 1.5 Objective: I can explain the characteristics of a Renaissance man and woman, and create a drawing using perspective. BR: What do you have to do to be called a ‘patron’ of the arts? Get your textbook!

15. • Upper-class, educated in classics, charming
The Renaissance Woman
• Upper-class, educated in classics, charming
• Expected to inspire art but not create it
• Isabella d’Este, patron of artists, wields power in Mantua
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The Renaissance Man
• Excels in many fields: the classics, art, politics, combat; expected to create art
Should be charming, smart, well-educated in the classics—sing, dance, play music and write
• Baldassare Castiglione’s The Courtier (1528)--teaches how to become a “universal” person
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17. Artistic Styles Change
The Renaissance Revolutionizes Art
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Artistic Styles Change
• Artists use realistic style copied from classical art, often to portray religious subjects
• Painters use perspective—a way to show three dimensions on a canvas
Realistic Painting and Sculpture
• Realistic portraits of prominent citizens
• Sculpture shows natural postures and expressions
• The biblical David is a favorite subject among sculptors
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19. Using a blank sheet of paper, create a picture showing the use of perspective. It doesn’t have to be perfect!!

20. Exit Ticket
Why was Italy the birthplace of the Renaissance?
How was the Middle Ages different from the Renaissance?
Which time period would you rather have lived in? Why?
How can we compare the Renaissance Humanistic thought to today’s humanistic thinking?
Why did church clergy and wealthy merchants become patrons of the arts?
What are the characteristics of a Renaissance Man and Renaissance Woman? How are they different from today?
In what ways did art change?
How do you describe perspective?

21. 09/21/17- Thursday Standard: MWH-1.2, MWH-1.5
Objective: I can analyze an excerpt from “The Prince” by Machiavelli and discuss whether it is better to be feared or loved as a leader.
BR: Entrance Ticket: Answer the Questions. You have 10 minutes!!
What was the time period of the Renaissance?
What is a patron? What does one need to be a patron?
What technique in art creates 2D art?
What does secular mean?
Where did the idea of Humanism come from during the Renaissance?
Why did the Renaissance start? How was it different from the Middle Ages?

22. Leonardo, Renaissance Man
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Leonardo, Renaissance Man
• Leonardo da Vinci—painter, sculptor, inventor, scientist
• Paints one of the best-known portraits in the world: the Mona Lisa
• Famous religious painting: The Last Supper
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25. Raphael Advances Realism
• Raphael Sanzio, famous for his use of perspective
• Favorite subject: the Madonna and child
• Famous painting: School of Athens

28. Anguissola and Gentileschi
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Anguissola and Gentileschi
• Sofonisba Anguissola: first woman artist to gain world renown
• Artemisia Gentileschi paints strong, heroic women
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29. • Writers use the vernacular—their native language
Renaissance Writers Change Literature
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New Trends in Writing
• Writers use the vernacular—their native language
• Self-expression or to portray individuality of the
subject
Petrarch and Boccaccio
• Francesco Petrarch, humanist and poet; woman
named Laura is his muse; father of Renaissance
Humanism
• Boccaccio is best known for the Decameron, a series of stories
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30. Renaissance Writers Change Literature
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Boccaccio
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31. Machievelli Advises Rulers
• Niccolò Machievelli, author of political guidebook, The Prince
• The Prince examines how rulers can gain and keep power
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33. • Woman writer with great influence • Poems express personal emotions
Vittoria Colonna
• Woman writer with great influence
• Poems express personal emotions
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34. 09/22/17- Friday Standard: MWH-1.2, MWH-1.5
Objective: I can analyze an excerpt from “The Prince” by Machiavelli and discuss whether it is better to be feared or loved as a leader.
Bellringer: Name one leader who leads with love and one leader who leads with fear. (Can be current or former leaders of any country.)

35. Why was it important that writers began writing in vernacular?
Why do you think Machiavelli’s writings remain popular today?
How is the humanism of the Renaissance reflected in the art? Explain.
In your opinion, should leaders be feared or loved? Why?
According to Machiavelli, how does a leader gain popularity with the followers?
HW: Write one half page about whether you think it is better to be feared or loved as a leader by your followers.