a“Re-Birth”1350’s-1600’s

ItalyIt begins in Florence ->Venice -> Rome

HOW?The Medici Family comes to power in Florence.

Great Patrons of the Arts

It becomes “cool” to have paintings, hire musicians, etc.

…..it SPREADS all over Europe.

Italian Literature Key PlayersItalian Literature Key PlayersNiccolò Machiavelli

The Prince, 1532

“the ends justify the means” Machiavellian has become an adjective

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey->

The father of the English Sonnet

•the “Renaissance Man”

•Italian

•Painter

•Mathematician

•Engineer

•Architect

•Explored medicine, astronomy, dynamics…

Art Flourishes Once Again

The Last SupperMaster of Perspective

Virgin on the Rocks/

Madonna on the Rocks

by: da Vinci

We can “read” paintings… there are symbols, levels of importance,

controversy, social commentary, etc.

Beginning the English

Renaissance

a 2nd son. a musician. a composer. an athlete. a soldier. a poet. a husband. a

father.

a king. As you watch the mini-movie, try to write down

*the 6 wives of Henry VIII and how each died

*how the church changes and infer as to why

*Henry VIII’s 3 children

*Infer as to which religion each child prescribes to

Queen Katherine of Aragon

" Queen of Hearts"

1485 - 1536

(aged 50)

Anne BoleynBorn 1501- Crowned June 1533

Executed May 19th, 1536 by order of Henry VIII

Queen Jane Seymour1508- married May 30th, 1536 - died1537Anne of Cleves

Born 1515 - died 1557Queen 1540 (6 months)

Katherine HowardBorn 1521 - married the King

July 28, 1540- executed February 13, 1542

by order of the King

Catherine ParrBorn 1512 - Died 1548

Queen Consort from July 1543 to 1547

Divorced. Beheaded. Died. Divorced. Beheaded. Survived.

England’s King + the Church (Pope in Rome) =a Catholic England

…untilKing Henry VIII wants a Divorce

The Pope Says “NO”

So, King Henry VIII BREAKS AWAY from the Catholic Church

and starts his own church!Church of England

(Protestant)

HENRY VIIIEdward IV

Bloody Mary Queen

Elizabeth I

• A time of religious peace

• Protestantism• Marriages were based

on economic factors• Increase of leisure

activities• Holidays: April

Fools, Twelfth Night

• All Hallows Eve, May Day

Born in 1564 in STRATFORD-upon-AVON (about 100 miles from London)

Married Anne Hathaway

“The Lost Years”

1592: We get word that Shakespeare has grown to some prominence in London’s Theatre Scene

William Shakespeare

The Top Bard

1594-1599• The principle actor and

manager of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men [performed for the Queen, later known as the King’s Men when James I takes the throne]

• 1599: Became part owner of the Globe theater

“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely

players.”

• Plays were wildly popular with the “common folk”

• Actors were considered “scoundrels” by those in power

• The theater worked on a repertory system » They had a range of plays prepared to

perform and then performed a different one each afternoon!

“The Wooden O”Shakespeare’s Globe

Theatre opened in 1599

3 Levels of the Stage

-Heaven

-Earth

-Hell

A festival that concludes the 12 Days of Christmas.

There is a “Lord of Misrule” appointed to “preside over the Christmas festivities.”

On this day the King and all those who were high would become the peasants and vice versa. At the beginning of the twelfth night festival a cake which contained a bean was eaten. The person who found the bean would run the feast. Midnight signaled the end of his rule and the world would return to normal

Twelfth Night or What You Will

• Circa 1600-1601

• Written for Queen Elizabeth’s Christmas festivities

• The sub-title refers to the wealthier characters who do

little work and have the freedom to do as they please;

all the while the only hard work being done is by their

servants

The Setting:Illyria (near the Adriatic Sea)

Central Idea: Mistaken Identity

2 Plots:

Main Plot: Viola, who has been shipwrecked, is looking for her twin brother Sebastian. In her search for her brother, she pretends to be a boy in order to get hired by the local Duke. Meanwhile, the Duke is in love with Olivia…

Sub Plot: Several characters conspire to make Olivia’s snotty head servant, Malvolio, believe that Olivia wants to marry him!

Our GoalThe Renaissance Faire on

November 19th • Read Shakespearean sonnets • Twelfth Night• Act out a scene from the play• Create a Renaissance Mask• Dress in the styles of the Renaissance at

the Faire