PPT-Lesson 2: The Renaissance Revolutionizes Art and Literature

Unit 1 The Renaissance and Reformation 13001600 Review The Renaissance Begins Patrons of the Arts Humanism Secular Renaissance Man vs Renaissance Woman Medieval vs Renaissance Art. 1350-1600. Chapter 15. Page 287 in the textbook. Introduction. The Renaissance was a a time of . creativity. , interest in . learning. , and a desire to . explore . the human experience.. Sparked by renewed interest in the culture of ancient . Rebirth of art and learning. Began in northern Italy. Economic Foundations. Increased demand for Middle Eastern products. Encouraged the use of credit and banking. Letters of credit expanded supply of money and sped up trade.. Warm-Up Question. : . Define these terms:. Renaissance. Humanism. Classicism . Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?. What factors led to the decline of the Middle Ages & rise of the Renaissance?. European Renaissance and Reformation, 1300-1600. Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance. During the late Middle Ages. Europe suffered from war and the plague. People began to question the Church. People wanted to celebrate life and the human spirit. Chapter 17. Italy Birthplace of the Renaissance. Renaissance. – “rebirth”, in context… the revival of art and learning from classical Greek and Roman culture.. Medici Family . – banking family that ruled Florence, Italy during much of the Renaissance.. “Humanism”. Based on pages 236 – 245 of . Elements of Literature. , Sixth Edition.. Humanism: A New Intellectual Movement – Pg236. Studia humanitatis – . humane studies. Today, we call this area of studies . Discuss in your table groups how/why you think the Middle Ages end and the Renaissance begins considering the following things…. Vikings. Magna Carta & English Parliament. 100 Years War . The Black Death. The Birth of Renaissance. What is . the Renaissance. ?. “A Rebirth”. 1300-1500 A.D.. Spurred by an i. nterest . in Classical Greek and Roman learning. Math, literature, sciences, art, and much more. Timeline. Renaissance → Mannerism→ 16. th. Century Printmaking and Painting→ Baroque→ Rococo→ American Painting→ Neoclassicism→ Romanticism→ Realism→ Impressionism. Renaissance. Early Renaissance. 5. . Italian Renaissance Humanism:. - intellectual movement. - focus on secularism and the importance of the individual. - studied Greek and Roman classics. - believed their intellect should be put to the service of the state. Note: All other images are from Microsoft clip art. Why It’s Important. humanism- belief in the importance of people. Renaissance- . French word meaning “rebirth”. people . became interested in the world around them. Warm-Up Question. :. Find the chart on the back of Friday’s notes “Renaissance Artists” . For each image, guess whether it is Medieval or Renaissance art & why . Guess if the following . pieces . 157 Leonardo . DaVinci. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrV91kOn-ao . Synopsis. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was a painter, architect, inventor, and student of all things scientific. His natural genius crossed so many disciplines that he epitomized the term “Renaissance man.” Today he remains best known for his art, including two paintings that remain among the world’s most famous and admired, Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Art, da Vinci believed, was indisputably connected with science and nature. Largely self-educated, he filled dozens of secret notebooks with inventions, observations and theories about pursuits from aeronautics to anatomy. But the rest of the world was just beginning to share knowledge in books made with moveable type, and the concepts expressed in his notebooks were often difficult to interpret. As a result, though he was lauded in his time as a great artist, his contemporaries often did not fully appreciate his genius—the combination of intellect and imagination that allowed him to create, at least on paper, such inventions as the bicycle, the helicopter and an airplane based on the physiology and flying capability of a bat..