Kick OffOctober 9, 2013

Imagine that you have lived in Florence, Italy immediately following the Black Death. You survived, but many around you haven’t. Describe your environment. How do you feel?

Why did Feudalism end?•Copy the stairway below, taking up the

entire page. •Read The Decline of Feudalism. •As you read, record the reasons that

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Chapter 15.1The Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance

Trade Fuels City Growth• On the map, use a bright

color to circle the location of Venice.

• On the map, label the area of the Mediterranean Sea.

• Use a light shade to highlight the trade routes between Venice and Constantinople and the routes between Venice and Alexandria.

• On the map, use a different bright shade to circle the cities with populations between 40,000 and 60,000.

The Beginning of the Renaissance•Black Death and war

decreased population▫More food available,

prices declined Job Specialization Increased trade

Renaissance Ideas•Renaissance - Renewed,

sustained interest in art, literature, science, and learning

• Interest in the classics (grammar, poetry, Latin, Greek) became known as humanism▫Emphasized individual

accomplishment▫Contrasted w/ church

teachings

Secular Writers• Church no longer seen as

source of stability• People turned to

humanism▫Secular (worldly)

• Renaissance Man can do anything (a thinker and a doer)

• Niccolo Machiavelli▫The Prince

Book on how to rule “The ends justifies the

means”

Science of the Renaissance•Translated Arab

texts provided wealth of knowledge

•Challenged church teachings▫Copernicus▫Galileo

Renaissance Art•Medici family of

Florence was important patron (supporter) of the arts▫Lorenzo de Medici

•Realistic•Subjects shifted away

from religion•Buildings followed

Greek & Roman design

Type of Art Famous Works

Leonardo da Vinci

Michelangelo

Raphael

Bramante

Compete the graphic organizer using page 443.

The Renaissance Spreads North

•Trading networks spread across Europe

•Invention of printing press by Gutenberg helped spread ideas as well

Answer these questions about the Gutenberg Press1. When is the oldest known book from?2. What kind of printing was used before

moveable type?3. How long would it take for one scribe to

transcribe a copy of the Bible?4. How many copies of the Gutenberg Bible

did Gutenberg originally print?5. When was the Gutenberg press

updated?

Philosophers and Writers•Sir Thomas More

▫Utopia: Considered a perfect society based on humanistic idea of reason

•William Shakespeare▫English playwright▫Plays helped spread

Renaissance ideas to mass audience

•Christine de Pisan▫Focused on the role of

women in society

Artists of the Northern Renaissance•Albrecht Durer

▫Realism and perspective▫Unlike Italians, painted in

oil• Jan van Eyck

▫Flemish painter▫Landscapes▫Used symbolism

•Pieter Brueghel the Elder▫Showed scenes from

everyday life

What led to the Renaissance?

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