Italy: The Birthplace of the Renaissance PDF

Italy: The Birthplace of the Renaissance Why was the Renaissance important? Class Agenda for February 13, 2024 1. Review Warm-up Questions and Agenda 2. Learning Objective: To examine the events that led to Renaissance in Italy. 3. Essential Question: How did the Renaissance begin and why did it beg...

Italy: The Birthplace of the Renaissance Why was the Renaissance important? Class Agenda for February 13, 2024 1. Review Warm-up Questions and Agenda 2. Learning Objective: To examine the events that led to Renaissance in Italy. 3. Essential Question: How did the Renaissance begin and why did it begin in Italy? a. Vocabulary and definitions a. Discuss The Renaissance b. Homework: Textbook reading, Italy, Birthplace of the Renaissance pp. 37-43 and assessment and Make sure to do number 9, no connect to today c. Exit Ticket The Renaissance: An explosion of creativity in art, literature, science, and thought - A rediscovery of classical learning, a revival of art, literature, and knowledge - Innovative styles of art, science, and literature Why Italy? 1. Thriving city states 2. A wealthy merchant class 3. A classical heritage of Greece and Rome The urban centers of Italy were intellectual hubs, where the exchange of ideas spread over Europe and east The Black Plague (1347-1352) killed ~ 20-70 millions people, about a ⅓ of Europe’s population Economic changes, laborers demanded better wages, Some merchants pursued the arts Different City-States had different ruling families in Venice, Florence, Naples, Milan, and others Political rulers in City-States achieved power by their individual success, not by noble birth - The Medicis of Florence - Since the 1200s, there was a republican government - Renaissance, Cosimo de Medici, a powerful banking family ruled Florence - Controlled the government through loans The Renaissance and Neoclassicism - Renaissance Scholars looked down on Medieval art - Looked to Greece and Rome for inspiration The Art of Ancient Greece and Rome - People studied Latin manuscripts in monasteries - Christian scholars fled Constantinople with Greek manuscripts after the Ottomans conquered the city in 1453 Petrarch, (1304-1374) Francisco Petrarca The Father of Humanism; he began to rediscover, combine classical texts with the medieval thought. An influential poet in Italian and in English. Humanism was the driving force behind the Renaissance “An intellectual movement that focused on improving the human potential, human achievements, of the living world on earth by studying the classics” Renaissance thinkers wanted to combine Ancient Greek values of ethical and moral character with Christian theology - The study of history, philosophy, art, architecture, literature, and the arts: The Humanities, The Classical education - They wanted to spread their ideas and collaborate with other thinkers around Europe - This resulted and in a spring of new theories, ideas, and innovations They focused on the Here and now, not on salvation, focusing on secular pursuits, not just the spiritual, religion was still extremely important to these people Patrons of the Arts (the wealthy) - Portraits and statues were created to promote their importance A Renaissance man excelled at many things - The idea that everyone should be creative, not just a cog in a machine - “The Universal man” Baldassare Castiglione said in, The Courtier, “Be charming, witty, well-educated in the classics.” Renaissance Woman - Well educated and charming, should inspire art, but rarely create it… and should not seek fame - Most stayed in the background with a few exceptions Isabella D’Este (Ferrara)