The Birth of Renaissance

The Birth of Renaissance

Renaissance art and ideas still influence thought today.

Open Ended

Do art and literatuer reflect culture, or do they shape it?

Time Line of Events 1300 1500

Page 307 of your Modern History Books

Instructions:

1. Follow the reading actively.
2. Your accuracy on number one will talk positively about your participation.
3. Turn off your camera to give the call stability.
4. Use your books on "Modern History" all the time.
5. There's no need on taking notes, since all the theory is the book however you may write on your book extra information.
6. Answer the surprising questions.

Birth of Renaissance

• The Renaissance was a rebirth of learning and art.

• Renaissance

• Humanism

• Secular

• Patron

Time of Change

• New sources of knowledge.

• New technology.

• A changing Political Landscape.

Multiple Choice

1. Why was the new technology of papermaking important to the It allowed laws to be written down and distributed to citizens Renaissance?

• It caused more efficient record-keeping by bankers and merchant.

• It allowed for the development of printing and easier spread of ideas

• It allowed for more criticism to be given to religious and political

  officials

The Rise of Italian City-States

• Econocmic Factors

• Political Factors

• Venice

• Milan

• Naples

• Florence

• Rome

Multiple Choice

2. How was Italy organized politically before and during the Renaissance?

• The papacy controlled most of the peninsula, in Rome as a base.

• Wealthy noble families controlled fragments of territory from an urban base.

• The Medici in Florence forced other ruling families to accept their authority.

• Foreign kings divided up most of the territory and ruled from their own capitals,

Classical and Worthy Values

• Classics lead to Humanism

• Wordly Preasures

• Patrons of the Arts

• The Renaissance Man

• The Renaissance Woman

Multiple Choice

3. How was humanism different from intellectual movements during the Middle Ages?

• It emphasized piety and modesty instead of worldly pursuits.

• It stressed obedience to local rulers over the national monarch.

• It stressed a secular world view instead of a strict religious view.

• It emphasized submitting to religious leaders before civic leaders.

Open Ended

4. Sequence How were western Europeans able to access ancient Greek texts again?

In Conclusion

Humanity was able to go back to the arts and literature creation and not only to devote to the narratives the church provided.