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?