World History Unit 1
Renaissance and Reformation
Student Objectives • 1. I can define the term Renaissance and explain why the term was used to
describe this historical period.
• 2. I can explain the causes and effects of the Renaissance and its impact upon history then and now.
• 3. I can identify the major artistic, literary, and intellectual figures of the Renaissance and explain the significance of their achievements.
• 4. I can describe and analyze the origin, causes, and effects of the Reformation.
• 5. I can compare and analyze the beliefs and ideas of the leading Protestant reformers.
• 6. I can summarize and analyze the reforms and the intent of the Roman Catholic Church’s Counter-Reformation.
• 7. I can describe key features and personalities of the Renaissance and Reformation and analyze their contributions to the period.
• 8. I can determine when primary and secondary sources would be most useful in analyzing historical events and use information form theses sources to support written work.
Secularism
Renaissance
Humanism
skepticism
Reformation
Indulgence
Protestant
Predestination
sect
excommunication
Huguenots
Theocracy
Great Schism
Justification by faith
Counter Reformation
Activity One
• In your learning log write five “aha” statements, questions, and/or analyses for the two work of art on the following slide (2minutes)
• Discuss with two other students in your area (2 minutes)
Duccio, Rucellai Madonna, 13th century
Sofonisba Anguissola The Chess Game 1555
Characteristics Middle Ages Renaissance
Religion
Art
Economics
Social Classes
Government
the Roman Catholic Church dominated both spiritual and political areas of life
art was dominated by religious icons
feudalism was the main economic system
society consisted of three major social classes (nobles, serfs, and clergy)
empires were ruled by emperors or kings who ruled according to the “divine right of kings.”
The individual becomes a subject
Many patrons of the arts
Growing middle class
Humanism and the individual become important
Merchants and banking
Wealth not birthrightIdeas of democracy
The Middle Ages (Dark Ages or Medieval Times)
• 500 AD- 1500 AD
• Famine
• War – 100 years war
– Crusades
• Black Death (the plague) 1348-1350 (peak)
• The Gutenberg Printing Press 1450
• The Roman Catholic Church – The great Schism
• What impact would these events have on the individuals view of the Church and their government?
• http://www.history.com/topics/crusades/videos#the-crusades
Renaissance
“rebirth” – an age of intellectual and artistic revival centered in the classical antiquity of Greek and Roman literature that began about 1350 A.D. and lasted until 1650 A.D
Why do you think that Italy was the birth place of the Renaissance?
http://www.history.com/topics/italian-renaissance/videos#the-renaissance
Italy the Birth Place of the Renaissance
• City-states • Trade • Merchant and banking
class– The Medici Family and
Florence
• Center of Greek and Roman heritage Lorenzo the Magnificent
Causes and Effects
Where it began and why
Why it was successful
What it accomplished
How was it diffused throughout Europe
Major differences between the Italian Renaissance and the Northern Europe Renaissance
Impact on religion, economics, social classes, and government
Northern Italy: trade, merchant and banking families, city-states, Rome and Greece
C: Banking and trade, crusades, city-states, wealth, printing press E: advances in science and technology, humanism, secularism, art
The Renaissance Man and Women
Renaissance Art
• Perspective • Study of the human
form • Religion still a part of
art but the individual becomes a subject
• Patrons of the arts
The Last Supper (1495-1498) da Vinci
Italy
Realistic style copied from Rome and Greece
Donatello
• 1386-1466• Florence• Sculpture • David- bronze, 1440
made for the Medici family
Leonardo da Vinci• 1452-1519• Mona Lisa • The Last Supper • Renaissance Man
http://www.biography.com/people/leonardo-da-vinci-40396
Michelangelo
• 1475-1564• Rome • Medici Family • David • Sistine Chapel ceiling
– Fresco
Raphael
• 1483-1520• Florence/Rome• Painter and architect • Worked for the
Church
Northern Europe
Realism
Social reform based on Christian values
Germany Albrecht Durer Hans Holbein
Flanders
Van Eyck Bruegel
Filippo Brunelleschi
(1337–1446) is widely
considered the first
Renaissance architect.
Filippo Brunelleschi
(1337–1446) is widely
considered the first
Renaissance architect.
• What innovation or invention do you think has had the largest impact on the world? Why do you think this? (answer in your learning log) (3 minutes)
• Discuss with two other people in your area (2 minutes)
The Printing Press
• What role did the printing press play on the spread of Renaissance ideas?
Renaissance Writers
Francesco Petrarch
• 1304-1374• Italian • Father of Humanism• Other Italian writers
– Machiavelli
William Shakespeare
• 1564-1616• English • Playwright and poet • The Globe Theater • Queen Elizabeth I• Other English Writers
– Sir Thomas More
Shakespeare in the movies!Shakespeare in the movies!• Lion King = Hamlet• West Side Story=
Romeo and Juliet• 10 Things I hate
about you= Taming of the Shrew
• Lion King = Hamlet• West Side Story=
Romeo and Juliet• 10 Things I hate
about you= Taming of the Shrew
• O= Othello• She’s the man=
12th Night
• O= Othello• She’s the man=
12th Night
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