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Entry Task Choose 2 words from our list of Renaissance characteristics and explain how your person/term/thing/place exemplified the characteristics. Think creatively! Try to not just pick the obvious ones.
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Italian Renaissance
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Why do we study the Renaissance?
Art & Architecture of the time is still admired and copied today. People still argue about the best ways to get and keep power – a topic of Machiavelli’s The Prince Shakespeare’s plays are still as popular today as they were when he wrote them Mass production of books was created during this time Christianity radically changed setting off tensions between many Christian groups that still exist today
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Europe is Dark! It’s boring Nothing to learn Sleep, work, and repeat
War Plague
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Some people began to express themselves in new and different ways
Wanted to bring back the culture of ancient Greece and Rome
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Starts in northern Italy
The Renaissance Means rebirth Starts in northern Italy Spreads north
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Take a look at this map What’s different on this map, than on our map of Europe today?
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Why Italy?
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1. Thriving Cities Trade created by the crusades led to growth for Italian cities They are the easiest place to share/spread ideas
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2. Wealthy Merchant Class
Trade=wealth=rich merchants=political power Believed they deserved power because of their individual merit – not who their ancestors were. Most famous – Medici Family of Florence. Medici – bankers & were the bank for the Pope
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3. Classical Heritage of the Greeks & Romans
Learn from their ancestors
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Classical & Worldly Values
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Classical & Worldly Values Collide
TPR Classical & Worldly Values Collide
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1. Humanism Focus on human values and concerns – not focus on religious perspectives Artists focused on classical art Popular to study the “humanities” – history, literature, and philosophy A return to the classics
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2. Worldly Pleasures Enjoy a good life without offending God
Live in luxury Deal in the here and now Concerned with secular (non-religious) matters
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3. Patron of the Arts The Church & the wealthy commission works of art for churches, walls, buildings, parks, homes
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Italian Renaissance Writers
Petrarch Father of “humanism” Focuses on own feelings during poems Boccaccio Realistic off-color stories
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Niccolo Machiavelli 1513 – The Prince Political guidebook
How a ruler can gain power and keep it
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4. Renaissance Man or Woman
Men Women Create art Master every area of study Know the classics Be charming Inspire art
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Your Task You will become either a Medieval or Renaissance historian
You will explore Education Social Structure Government The Church You will work with your table group to compare the two periods of history and pick out key differences Together you will all answer the “Level 2” question
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