September 2 & 3, 2015
Please take out your 3-Ring Binder & Something with which to write
Quote of the Day“I want to be a Renaissance
woman. I want to paint, and I want
to write, and I want to act, and I
want to just do everything.”
-Emma Watson
HomeworkUnit 1/Section 2-Renaissance & Reformation
•Read p. 342-345•p. 345 #4,5•Book next class? No
Why Do We Review the Quiz?
• Learn from your mistakes
• Improve for the next quiz
• Catch any mistakes made by Coach Kenney
• “The only real failure in life is the failure to learn from your mistakes”
The Renaissance (~1300-1600)
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Renaissance Important Figures
The Renaissance
• “Rebirth”• Time of creativity and
change • Begins in Italy• Revive the culture of
ancient Rome
The Renaissance in Italy• Led by a wealthy and powerful merchant class
– Medici family (bankers)– Stressed education and individual achievement– Spent lavishly to support the arts (patron)
• Florence = heart of the Renaissance– Poets, artists, architects, scholars and scientists
The Renaissance• New Worldview
– Renewed interest in ancient Greece and Rome– Caused by the disorder and disunity of the
medieval world– Concentrated on life and achievement rather than
the afterlife
• A Spirit of Adventure– Christopher Columbus– Nicolaus Copernicus
• Significant change from Medieval art which was: – Symbolic (primarily religious)– Flat (no perspective, size
based on importance)
Technical Breakthroughs
• Oil paints on stretched canvas
• Perspective: demonstrate depth
• Linear perspective – shows three dimensions through lines converging at a vanishing point
• Atmospheric Perspective: shift of colors toward blue and sky
HUMANISM
• ROOTS: Rediscovery of Greek and Roman ideas • FOCUS: worth of the individual human being
• Humanists developed great confidence in human powers:– Man was God’s greatest creation and achievement– Man too could create greatness
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Leonardo da Vinci
• Mona Lisa• The Last Supper• Vitruvian Man
Sistine Chapel ceiling
Michelangelo
• David• Sistine Chapel ceiling
School of Athens
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Raphael
• School of Athens• Madonna (mother of Jesus) and baby Jesus
Brunelleschi-Dome on unfinished cathedral
“Peasant” Bruegal
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Let’s Play a Game
“Name That Renaissance-er”
•3 Questions (Yes or No response)•Try to guess the famous Renaissance person•If you guess right, you get a “trick shot” attempt
Renaissance Important Figures
HomeworkUnit 1/Section 2-Renaissance & Reformation
•Read p. 342-345•p. 345 #4,5•Book next class? No
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