The Italian Renaissance

Chapter 11 Section 2 pages 304 - 310

What do you see in this group of pictures?(2 minutes to look)

Will you sign your painting?(Close eyes and imagine)

What sources inspired Renaissance artists and scholars?

(Notes from slides)

New ways to see the world …• Middle Ages: Ruled by the

Church!!– People looked to the church

for answers – Thinkers of the time were

connected to the church• 1300’s: Things start to

change!!– Rise of the Scholar:

• Study subjects besides religion (history, literature, public speaking, art, science)

• Emphasizing action and human ability

– This type of study is called: Humanism

New ways to see the world …• Humanists were still religious

but they were interested in writing, creating, and speaking– New interest in Ancient History

• Why: rediscovery of ancient writing

– Byzantine Empire • Scholars leave the Byzantine

Empire to escape the Turks • Scholars went to Italy, they took

with them:– Ancient writing called classical

writing» Plato and Thucydides

• Hunt for more – Monasteries – Found preserved works from the

Romans

Plato

Thucydides

New ways to see the world …• Humanists wanted to

revive – Greek and Roman

Studies:• Grammar, poetry, and

language – Greek and Roman Art

and Architecture:• Classical statues• Roman buildings

• Italian artists wanted to make their statues and buildings look like Greek and Roman works

Roman Period

Renaissances Period

How did Dante and Machiavelli reflect the ideas of the Renaissance?

(Read on your own Italian Writers on page 306)

Name some of the great artists of the Italian Renaissance and list a few of their

accoplishments. (Read along with the CD section: Italian Art and

Artists on pages 307 – 309)

How do you think Renaissance ideas would change as they spread to other countries?

(Notes from Sides)

Science and Education • Many of the text rediscovered

in the 1300’s dealt with science– Starting block for Renaissance

scholars • Mathematics – Help them understand the

universe• New symbols for math:

– Square root– Positive numbers – Negative numbers

• Engineering and Architecture– Use new mathematical

formulas to strengthen buildings• Filippo Brunelleschi

– Dome – two thin light layers instead of one heavy piece

Science and Education • Astronomy and Cartography

– Study the sun, stars, and planets• Middle Ages – sun and stars

revolved around the Earth• Renaissance – Earth moves around

the Sun– Study the Earth

• Find the exact size of the Earth• Find out the size and shape of land • Make maps using merchant and

sailor calculations • Education

– Need changes in Education to help spread Renaissance findings • Middle ages – students study

religious subjects • Renaissance – students study

humanities as well and religious subjects

Looking back at this group of pictures can you now identify Italian Renaissance themes?

(2 minutes to look)