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STANDARD WHII.2a

The student will demonstrate an understanding of the political, cultural, geographic, and economic conditions in the world about 1500 A.D. (C.E.) by

– a) locating major states and empires.

Essential Understandings

• By 1500 A.D. (C.E.), major states and empires had developed in various regions of the world.

European Empires England France Spain Russia Italy Portugal Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire

Asian Empires Persia China Japan Russia Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Arabia

American Empires Mayan Incan Aztec African Empires Songhai Empire

European Empires England France Spain Russia Italy Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire

Asian Empires Persia China Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Arabia


England

France

Spain

Russia

Ottoman Empire Aztec

Maya

Inca

China

Songhai Mughal

Persia

Holy Roman Empire

Italy










England

France

Spain

Russia

Ottoman Empire

Holy Roman Empire

Italy

Portugal




China

Mughal

Persia

Japan

Arabia

Ottoman Empire

Russia







Aztec

Maya

Inca







Songhai

Essential Questions

On the world political map, where were some of the major states and empires located about 1500 A.D. (C.E.)?

STANDARD WHII.2b

The student will demonstrate an understanding of the political, cultural, geographic, and economic conditions in the world about 1500 A.D. (C.E.) by

– b) describing artistic, literary, and intellectual ideas of the Renaissance.

Essential Understandings

New intellectual and artistic ideas that developed during the Renaissance marked the

beginning of the modern world.

The word Renaissance means “Rebirth”

– It was a time of rebirth of classical knowledge and art

It also became known as the “birth” of the modern world


– It was a time of rebirth of classical knowledge and art

It also became known as the “birth” of the modern world

Renaissance

Rebirth of classical knowledge


– It was a time of rebirth of classical knowledge

Europe was recovering from the Dark ages and the plague, they were beginning to expand their thinking again.

Renaissance Spreading

The Renaissance began in the Italian city-states.



City-State

a city and its surroundings which act independently from anything else



Soon, it began to spread to northern Europe too!

Contributions of the Renaissance

• Patrons, wealthy from newly expanded trade, sponsored works which glorified city-states in northern Italy.


• Patrons, wealthy from newly expanded trade, sponsored works which glorified city-states in northern Italy.

Patron

A wealthy person who used their money to support the arts


• Lorenzo de Medici was one of the most famous

Florence Under the Medici

Medici Chapel

The Medici Palace


• Renaissance art and literature focused on individuals and worldly matters, not just Christianity.

• It became more secular



• It became more secular

Secular

concerning worldly rather than spiritual matters



• It became more secular – concerning worldly rather than spiritual matters

• They wanted their subjects to be realistic and focused on humanity and emotion – This is known as Humanism


• This meant people were more focused on human things rather than spiritual (religious)

Humanism

Intellectual movement in which thinkers focused on human potential and

achievements


• New Techniques emerged

• Sculpture emphasized realism and the human form

Frescoes

Painting done on wet plaster became popular because it gave depth to the

paintings



• Frescos: Painting done on wet plaster became popular because it gave depth to the paintings

• Sculpture emphasized realism and the human form



• And many artists no used perspective in their work

Perspective

artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat

surface

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Renaissance Art

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Before the

Renaissance

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Renaissance

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Renaissance

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Madonna Enthroned Giotto, 1267-1336

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Renaissance

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Madonna and Child

Giotto

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Madonna and Child

Fra Filippo Lippi, 1406-1469

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Adoration of the Magi

Sandro Botticelli

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Dead Christ

Andrea Mantegna, 1501

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Raphael

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Madonna and Child

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School of Athens, Raphael

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Leonardo da Vinci

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The Last Supper

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Madonna of the Rocks

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Michelangelo

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Pieta

Michelangelo, 1498-99

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Renaissance Art Characteristics

• Proportional, realistic, life-like

• Perspective, shadowing and depth

• Individual identities, emotional

• Bright colors, oil paints

• Free-standing statues

• Religious subjects, daily life, mythology


• Accomplishments in the visual arts: Great artists began to show their stuff including:


• Accomplishments in the visual arts: Great artists began to show their stuff including:

– Michelangelo & Leonardo da Vinci

Born in 1475 in a small town near Florence, is considered to be one of the most inspired men

who ever lived

David

Michelangelo created his masterpiece

David in 1504.

Sistine Chapel About a year after creating

David, Pope Julius II summoned Michelangelo to Rome to work on his most famous project, the ceiling

of the Sistine Chapel.

Creation of Eve Creation of Adam

Separation of Light and Darkness The Last Judgment

La Pieta 1499 Marble Sculpture

1452-1519

Painter, Sculptor, Architect, Engineer

Genius!

Mona Lisa

The Last Supper

Notebooks

Leonardo, the Scientist (Anatomy): Pages from his Notebook

A study of siege defenses. Studies of water-lifting

devices.

Leonardo, the Engineer: Pages from his Notebook

Inventions

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