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RENAISSANCESOCIAL SCIENCE III
RENAISSANCE
BIRTH OF THE RENAISSANCE:
People wanted to ENJOY LIFE SAY NO TO ENDURING SUFFERING TO
GET A HEAVENLY REWARD REJECT MEDIEVAL VALUES LOOK TO CLASSICAL PAST FOR IDEAS
Thus the birth of Renaissance, or the period where “explosion of creativity” took place.
RENAISSANCE
ITALIAN RENAISSANCENORTHERN RENAISSANCE
What does Renaissance mean?
Renaissance is the French word for “rebirth of the arts and learning at any time in history.”
It began in Italy for three reasons:1. THRIVING CITIES2. WEALTHY MERCHANTS3. CLASSICAL HERITAGE OF GREECE AND
ROME
ITALY
Highly urbanized
Had a lot of prosperous towns (center for manufacturing, trade, and banking)
People were with considerable wealth.
A Divided Italy
MAJOR CENTERS OF RENAISSANCE CIVILIZATION IN NORTHERN ITALY FLORENCE (small
oligarcgy: Medici Family)
MILAN (duchy: VISCONTIS and the SFORZA Family)
VENICE (oligarchy)
PAPAL STATE IN CENTRAL ITALY ROME (Renaissance
popes)
SOUTHERN ITALY TWO SICILIES
(Naples headed by France and Sicily by Spain)
Florence Important banking
center
Very prosperous
Headed by 1 powerful family, the Medici.
MEDICI FAMILY WEALTH: industry,
trade, banking Giovanni di Bicci
de Medici Cosimo de Medici
(virtually became dictator of Florence)
Lorenzo de Medici (the most famous; generous patron of the arts)
Characteristics of the Italian Renaissance
Renaissance scholars thought of going back to the classical ages of Greece and Rome. Looking down on the Medieval art and literature, artists created their works inspired by the ruins of Rome while scholars read through the ancient manuscripts from Greece.
Ancient works helped the Italians to develop the Italian Renaissance. Humanism Enjoyment of
Worldly Pleasures Patrons of the Arts The Renaissance
Man The Renaissance
Woman
HUMANISM
Human potential and achievements
Popularization of subjects called humanities PHILOSOPHY HISTORY LITERATURE
WORLDLY PLEASURES
“Enjoying life without offending God.” Material luxuries, fine
music, tasty foods, mansions, etc.
The basic spirit of Renaissance society: SECULAR (which also covers the definition of being concerned with the here and now).
PATRONS OF THE ARTS
Big number of wealthy Italians
PATRON of the ARTS = financially supporting the artists
Popes, merchants, wealthy families who became patrons sought to demonstrate their own importance and power
THE RENAISSANCE MAN
From the term “universal man”
The ideal individual who’s striving to master almost every area of study.
BALDASSARE CASTIGLIONE Author of The Courtier Taught people how to
become a renaissance man. He must be charming, witty, well educated. He must know how to dance, sing, play music and write poetry. He must also be a skilled rider, wrestler and swordsman, and must have SELF-CONTROL.
THE RENAISSANCE WOMAN
Upper-class women should know the classics and be charming.
Must not to expect fame.
Must inspire art NOT to create it.
Assignment
Who are the famous artists during
the Italian Renaissance period?
Familiarize yourself with their works.
Be prepared for an individual activity
next meeting.
FAMOUS RENAISSANCE WRITERS (Italy)
Petrarch One of the earliest and most influential humanists Wrote 14-line poems called sonnets
Boccaccio Best known for his Decameron Stories that were supposedly told by a group of youngsters
waiting in a villa to avoid the plague sweeping through Florence.
Machiavelli Best known for his The Prince Examines how a ruler can gain power and keep it in spite of
his enemies. Vittoria Colonna
A woman writer who helped Castiglione publish The Courtier
ACTIVITY
PINOY HENYO Prepare for a 10 second cheer
(related to the lesson) Choose one person who will answer
yes or no or maybe The questioner’s number will be
drawn by the teacher so everyone must be prepared
You are given 1 minute to guess the given term
FIRST CORRECT ANSWER: 7 points SECOND CORRECT ANSWER: 5 points Best in cheer: 1 point
Terms that you have to be familiar of:
Indulgence Reformation Lutheran Protestant Peace of
Augsburg Annul Anglican Predestination
Calvinism Theocracy Presbyterian Anabaptist Catholic
Reformation Jesuits Council of Trent
Be prepared for the Graded Recitation
How did European rulers encourage the spread of Renaissance ideas and what method did they use?
How does Albrecht Durer’s work reflect Renaissance ideas?
What did Christian humanists set out to do and what method did they use?