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Do Now: What do you know about the Renaissance?

Contrast to grimness of the Middle Ages

Wars Plagues

Spend life preparing for the afterlife

Decreased power of the

church

A Visual Metaphor of the Renaissance

Objectives• During the middle ages• Find God• Prove pre-conceived ideas

• During the Renaissance• Find man• Promote learning • Man loves himself again

What was the Renaissance?

• Period following the middle ages

• “Rebirth” of classical Greece and Rome

• 1st period to name itself and say bad things about earlier times (Dark Ages)

• NAMES FOR ARTISITS • Began in Italy• Moved to northern

Europe

Major Italian Cities.Many independent city-states emerged in northern and central Italy that played an important role in Italian politics and art.

Milan Venice

Florence

MilanOne of the richest cities, it controls

trade through the Alps.

VeniceSitting on the Adriatic, it attracts

trade from all over the world.

FlorenceControlled by the De Medici Family, who became great patrons of the arts (AKA

Bored Rich people)

Genoa

GenoaHad Access to Trade Routes

Had access to trade routes connecting Europe with Middle Eastern markets

Competition with each other• Served as trading centers for the

distribution of goods to northern Europe• Were initially independent city-states

governed as republics

Beginning of the Renaissance in Europe

Growth of the Trade and Commerce

Crusades connect with Muslims

Muslims introduce new ideas

Cities and Merchants grow

Influence of City States

Trade = Wealth

Rich Families Support Arts

The Growth of Humanism

Greece and Rome Change ideas about government, religion, social class

Tried to improve on old things “Humanities” in Education