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Section 1 Chapter 11 LT
Tell how Florence and other cities contributed to the
start and spread of the Renaissance.
Explain how reopening the Silk Road and Marco Polo’s
travels affected the Renaissance.
Origins of the Renaissance Sect. 1
7.8.2
7.8.3
The Big Idea
The growth of wealthy trading cities in Italy led to a new era called
the Renaissance.
Main Ideas
1.
European trade with Asia increased in the 1300s.
2.
Trade cities in Italy grew wealthy and competed against each
other.
3.
As Florence became a center for arts and learning, the
Renaissance began.
Main Idea 1:
European trade with Asia
increased in the 1300s.
1.
The results of the Black Death:
1. economy of Europe began to grow
2. Goods became available
3. people bought more things
4. trade increased.
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Mongols took over China. They made roads
safe again, including the Silk Road, a trade route
between Europe and China.
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Traders and travelers began to use the routes again.
Marco Polo and his family went over the Silk
Road.
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He gained favor in the Chinese court and took
fabulous stories back to Italy.
Main Idea 2:
Trade cities in Italy grew wealthy and competed against
each other.
Northern Italy and its cities had become trading
centers. These cities played very important roles
in trade.
These cities became trading centers.
 Florence- manufacturing center
 Genoa- Port city on the Mediterranean Sea
 Milan- manufacturing center
 Venice- Port city on the Mediterranean Sea
Milan produced weapons and silk. Florence was
a center for weaving wool into cloth.
Wealthy families controlled the important cities
of Italy.
Main Idea 3:
As Florence became a center for arts
and learning, the Renaissance began.
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Trade goods from Asia poured into Europe. The
merchant families in Italy became very wealthy. The
families wanted everyone to see what they could buy
with their wealth.
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Renaissance began in Florence, Italy because Cosimo
de’ Medici, a rich banker, wanted it to be the most
beautiful city in the world (art) and he needed smart
workers for his bank(education).
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The love of art and education was a key feature of a
time we call the Renaissance, which means “rebirth.”
The Medici Family
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Florence, Italy, was a trading town, and banking
brought even more money to the economy.
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The greatest bankers in Florence were the Medici
family.
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The head of the family hired artists to decorate his
palace and architects to redo the buildings.
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Built libraries and collected books because he needed
educated workers.
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During the time the Medici family held power,
Florence became the center for Italian art,
literature, and culture.
Section 2 Chapter 11
Describe how rediscovering learning and art from
ancient Greece and Rome led to humanism, which
combined intellectual learning and religious faith.
Explain achievements made in literature, art, science,
mathematics, and other fields by various people.
The Italian Renaissance Sect. 2
7.8.1
7.8.5
The Big Idea
New ways of thinking created a rebirth of the arts and learning in
Italy.
Main Ideas
1.
During the Italian Renaissance, people found new ways to see
the world.
2.
Italians writers contributed great works of literature.
3.
Italian art and artists were among the finest in the world.
4.
Science and education made advances during this time.
Main Idea 1:
During the Italian Renaissance, people found new ways to
see the world.
Scholars began to study humanities ,history,
literature, public speaking, and art. This led to the
thinking and learning known as humanism due to a
new interest in ancient history.
When
the Turks conquered much of the
Byzantine Empire, scholars fled to Europe and
took great works of literature with them. Many
of the works were thought to be ancient classical
writings, works by Greek or Roman thinkers.
Italian
scholars wanted to revive subjects that
the Greeks and Romans had studied.
Other
sources of inspiration were Roman ruins
and fine classical statues.
Main Idea 2:
Italian writers contributed great works of literature.
Writers such as Dante Alighieri and Niccolo Machiavelli
contributed greatly to the Renaissance.
major work was The Divine Comedy. Dante
wrote it in Italian, which was the vernacular, the common
language of the people.
Dante’s
 Described
an imaginary journey through the afterlife
 Described
many of the problems Dante saw in Italian
society
wrote The Prince. He was also a politician,
and his book told leaders how to rule.
Machiavelli
 Told
politicians to focus on the “here and now,” not on
theories
Main Idea 3:
Italian art and artists were among the finest in the world.
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Italian artists had the support of very wealthy families.
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New techniques, like perspective, made their work come alive.
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Perspective is a method of showing a three-dimensional
scene on a flat surface so that it looks real.
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People in background are smaller
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Lines appear diagonal
Use color to show distance
Sandro Botticelli from Florence. He painted everything in fine
detail.
Titian, the finest artist of Venice, reflected his interest in
the past by painting scenes from classical myths.
Michelangelo was one of the great Italian artists. Painted
portraits but also designed buildings, wrote poetry, and painted
murals in the Vatican.
Leonardo da Vinci was the true genius. He was a great painter,
sculptor, architect, inventor, and engineer.
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Main Idea 4:
Science and education made advances during this time.
Many of the texts rediscovered in the 1300s dealt with science.
For the first time in centuries, Europeans could read works by
ancient scientists and make their own scientific advances.
Mathematics
universe.
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Square roots and integers (- +)
Engineers
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and architects used math to design new buildings.
Dome
Astronomy
stars.
was believed to be the key to unlocking the
was studied to learn more about the sun and
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Learned that the Earth moves around the Sun
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Cartography…new maps for sailors
The Spread of Renaissance Ideas
New subjects
are studied
because of this
new interest in
all of these
subjects.
Education and
new ways of
spreading
information
would take the
Renaissance
far beyond
Italy.
Section 3 Chapter 11
Means: Describe how paper manufacturing and the
printing press helped to spread information and ideas.
Means: Explain achievements made in literature,
art, science, mathematics, and so forth by various
people.
The Renaissance Beyond Italy Sect.
3
7.8.4
7.8.5
The Big Idea
The Renaissance spread far beyond Italy and changed in the process.
Main Ideas
1.
Paper, printing, and new universities led to the spread of new
ideas.
2.
The ideas of the Northern Renaissance differed from those of
the Italian Renaissance.
3.
Literature beyond Italy also thrived in the Renaissance.
Main Idea 1:
Paper, printing and new universities led to the spread of
new ideas.
The greatest method of communication was
printing. The invention of the printing press meant that
books could be made faster than ever before.
Johann
Gutenberg, a German, developed a printing press
with movable type. The first printed book was a Bible.
Books could be copied faster now. Increases literacy.
Travelers spread the ideas of the Renaissance
Students
from around Europe traveled to Italy to study at
the universities.
New
universities began to open in France, Germany, and
the Netherlands.
Women
from noble families were often educated at home.
They then married nobles from around Europe and spread
the Renaissance ideas to their husbands’ lands.
Main Idea 2:
The ideas of the Northern Renaissance differed
from those of the
Italian Renaissance.
Unlike Italy, northern scholars focused on the
history of Christianity. The resulting
combination of humanist and religious ideas is
called Christian humanism.
Desiderius Erasmus wrote a book The Praise
of Folly. He criticized the corrupt clergy and
said that some rituals were meaningless and
didn’t show devotion to God and His teachings.
Artists of the Northern Renaissance
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Northern artists painted in a realistic style and painted
primarily scenes of daily life.
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Albrecht Dürer was an artist from Germany who was
most famous for his prints.
A
print is a work of art reproduced from an original.
 He
carved an image into a metal sheet or wooden
block, covered it in ink, and pressed a sheet of paper
down on it to transfer the image to the paper.
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Hans Holbein and Jan van Eyck were famous for
their painting of portraits.
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Eyck worked in oil paints, a new invention.
Main Idea 3:
Literature beyond Italy also thrived
in the Renaissance.
Writers in other countries besides Italy also included
Renaissance ideas. However, these writers wrote in their
own languages.
Miguel
de Cervantes was a Spanish writer who wrote
Don Quixote in his own language.(vernacular)
William
Shakespeare also wrote in his own language,
English. He wrote plays and poetry and is considered the
greatest writer in the English language.
The
works of both men have been translated into many
languages and read all over the world.