1. Friday Warm-Up In your warm-up section:
Describe what life was like in the Middle Ages.

2. Beginnings of the Renaissance
Renaissance means Rebirth
The Renaissance began in wealthy northern Italian trade centers like Venice and Florence
cultural diffusion—spread of ideas through interaction

3. Why would Italy be the perfect spot for trade centers?

4. Merchants & the Medici What does it mean to be a patron?
The Medici family of Florence become wealthy from banking, wool manufacturing, mining, trade and other ventures.
The Medici family became patrons of the arts. Michelangelo was among the artists who benefited from Medici patronage.
What does it mean to be a patron?

5. Classicism Renewed interest in Greek and Roman culture and values.
More of an emphasis on education and knowledge
Greek and Roman literature being read and studied again
Art resembled Greek and Roman characteristics

6. Questioning Spirit
Writers and thinkers began to criticize the “old” ways.
Study of ancient literature and poetry increased
Writers wrote in vernacular
Storied questioned the authority of the Church and the way people lived
writings became more secular
Cervantes wrote “Don Quixote” which poked fun at chivalry and the culture of Medieval Europe.

7. Intellectual & Creativity
Johannes Gutenberg invented the moveable type printing press, making written materials available to everyone.

8. Intellectual & Creativity
Scientists began questioning long held beliefs about the environment around us
led to an explosion of new scientific ideas and theories
Philosophers began questioning authority from both the Catholic Church and government
The arts was flooded with new images and sculptures from many different individuals

9. Intellectual & Creativity
Leonardo DaVinci was the ultimate Renaissance man.
He not only produced masterpiece paintings, but also had great accomplishments in the fields of science, engineering and architecture.

10. Intellectual & Creativity
Michelangelo Buonarotti incorporated classical and religious features in his work on the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s cathedral in Rome.

12. Intellectual & Creativity

13. Intellectual & Creativity
Renaissance Architecture
Characteristics reflected that of ancient Roman and Greek architecture
Arches half circle
Huge domes.
Columns
This dome was designed by Brunelleschi. It was the largest free-standing dome other than the ancient Roman Pantheon.

16. How does the medieval Notre Dame Cathedral compare to the Renaissance St. Peter’s Basilica?

17. Humanism
Humanists believed that human reason and logic were as important in understanding the world
They celebrated the human form and our humanity
Humanism was the central philosophy of the Renaissance
Complete opposite way of thinking from the Middle Ages

18. Naked people = Humanism
Michelangelo’s Moses shows the attention paid to anatomy and the power of the individual.
Naked people = Humanism

19. Individualism
Emphasis on the importance of the individual and achievements
In Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper each figure is distinguishable.

20. Individualism
Compare the Byzantine mosaic of Justinian and Theodora on this slide to Renaissance figures on the next slide.

21. What are some differences?
Individualism
What are some differences?

22. The sculpture on the left is an ancient Greek statue of Neptune
The sculpture on the left is an ancient Greek statue of Neptune. The one on the right is from the Middle Ages. Compare them.

23. Now compare the same ancient Greek statue to Michelangelo’s sculpture of Moses from the Renaissance. What do you notice?

24. Reading about the Renaissance
Read the passage and answer the six questions that follow
Turn in the assignment once completed