Global II * Mr. McEntarfer

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Aim How did the Renaissance create a cultural
rebirth in Europe?
Do Now Examine the sculpture on the right. Write
down one thing you can infer from the sculpture
about the Renaissance?

• Global II Mr. McEntarfer

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Instructional Objectives

• We will be able to
• Explain why the Renaissance began in Italy
• Describe the cultural change that happened in
  Europe during the Renaissance

• Agenda
• Do Now
• Notes
• Guided Reading
• Summary

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Revolution in the Arts
What are the differences between these two
paintings?
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The Renaissance

• The Renaissance means __________ because it was a
  revival of the ______ and learning of Ancient
  Greece and _______.

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Causes

• The wars and plagues of the middle ages would
  lead to a golden age in Europe called the
  Renaissance.
• Renaissance means ___________
• The Crusades Increased _______ and cultural
  __________ in ideas and technology.
• The Black Death Higher wages because of labor
  ________ brought people wealth and decreased the
  prestige of the _________ because the church
  could not stop the scourge.

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Began in Italy

• Three Reasons
• Italian city-states like Venice grew rich from
  trade
• Powerful Families like the Medici became patrons
  or people who supported artists.
• Location in Rome. They were exposed to the great
  achievements of the past.

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Classical and Worldly Values

• The poverty of the middle ages gave people
  nothing to celebrate, but their soon to come
  afterlife. The new wealth of the Renaissance made
  people want to celebrate life in the here and
  now.
• Humanism A focus on humans and their
  achievements. People wanted to create and party.
• Secular Concerned with the here and now instead
  of spiritual matters of the afterlife.

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Activity Guided Reading 336-341
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Summary Questions

• Where did the people of the Renaissance?
• Why did the Renaissance start in Italy?

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Homework

• Reading on Leonardo da Vinci

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Term Meaning Example
Renaissance Rebirth New Interest in classical Greece and Rome
Humanism
Secular
Patron