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BELL WORK. What do you know about the Renaissance? List 3 ideas/concepts that you know about the Renaissance. List 2 people that you know from the Renaissance. Renaissance. The Renaissance. OBJECTIVES. 3. Define Renaissance Describe factors that led to the Renaissance

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  1. BELL WORK • What do you know about the Renaissance? • List 3 ideas/concepts that you know about the Renaissance. • List 2 people that you know from the Renaissance.

  2. Renaissance The Renaissance

  3. OBJECTIVES 3 Define Renaissance Describe factors that led to the Renaissance Identify the reasons the Renaissance began in Italy Explain the role of patrons in Renaissance society

  4. Renaissance • French word meaning rebirth • Rebirth of what? • classical culture: Greece & Rome • What was that? • Focus on human life, learning, reason • It first occurred in Northern Italy in about the 15th century • WHY?

  5. The Crusades - Review • What were the effects of the Crusades? • Religious Intolerance • Increased Trade • Destruction of Byzantine Empire • Decline in Pope’s power • Decline in Feudal system • Revival of Greek Ideas

  6. Black Death • Lots of people died – tons and tons and tons • The plague killed kings, peasants, townspeople, church officials everyone died • This causes two things – • A decline in the feudal system – and a rise of towns • A focus on human life and living for the moment

  7. Causes of the Renaissance • Focus on the human life and the present • Focus on the individual (Black Death) • Increased trade • Lead to an increase in money, growth of towns (Crusades) • Fall of the Byzantine Empire • Spread Greek scholars throughout Europe (Crusades) • Revival in Greek thinking and art (Crusades)

  8. Why Italy? • Cities (about 100,000 people) • Florence • Genoa • Venice • Rome • The cities of Italy survived the Middle Ages - grown into prosperous trade centers. • Cities allowed people to specialize in one pursuit – especially art • Allowed merchants in Northern Italy to become very wealthy

  9. Why Italy? • Why Italy? WHY ITALY? • It’s the rebirth of ROMAN ideas. So why Italy? • Rome is in Italy, there were ruins and reminders of the culture all around

  10. Why Italy? • Italy was home to the people most likely to be patrons • Patron: sponsor of the arts (they gave lots of money to artists) • Who did Italy have that had lots of money? • Merchants • Pope

  11. Art and Patronage • Italians were willing to spend a lot of $$ on art. • Art communicated soc., pol., & spiritual values. • Italian banking & international trade interests had the money. • Public art in Florence was organized & supported by merchants. Therefore, the consumption of art was used as a form of competition for social & political status!

  12. Medici • The Medici family controlled banking throughout all Europe • Were the richest individuals in all Europe • Technically, Medicis - not the rulers of Florence. • Used their wealth & influence to control the government behind the scenes.

  13. Popes • Popes used church $$$ to rebuild Rome • Commissioned many religious works • Sistine Chapel • School of Athens

  14. Filippo Brunelleschi • Commissioned to build the cathedral dome. • Used unique architectural concepts. • Studied the ancient Pantheon in Rome. • Used ribs for support.

  15. Lorenzo Ghiberti • Goldsmith in Florence • His great work, the doors to the Baptistery of Florence • considered 1st great work of the Renaissance • “Gates of Paradise” - Michelagelo

  16. QUESTIONS • What does Ren. mean? • What are 2 causes of the Ren.? • What are the 3 reasons the Ren. started in Italy? • What is a patron?

  17. TO DO: • In Class: • What are traits of the perfect person today? (not physical) • Choose 3 people in today’s society that you feel have these characteristics. • Homework: • Read “Values of the Renaissance”. Write down 5 important facts and a summary on the same sheet of paper.

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