September 2 & 3, 2015

Please take out your 3-Ring Binder & Something with which to write

Quote of the Day“I want to be a Renaissance

woman. I want to paint, and I want

to write, and I want to act, and I

want to just do everything.”

-Emma Watson

HomeworkUnit 1/Section 2-Renaissance & Reformation

•Read p. 342-345•p. 345 #4,5•Book next class? No

Why Do We Review the Quiz?

• Learn from your mistakes

• Improve for the next quiz

• Catch any mistakes made by Coach Kenney

• “The only real failure in life is the failure to learn from your mistakes”

The Renaissance (~1300-1600)

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Renaissance Important Figures

The Renaissance

• “Rebirth”• Time of creativity and

change • Begins in Italy• Revive the culture of

ancient Rome

The Renaissance in Italy• Led by a wealthy and powerful merchant class

– Medici family (bankers)– Stressed education and individual achievement– Spent lavishly to support the arts (patron)

• Florence = heart of the Renaissance– Poets, artists, architects, scholars and scientists

The Renaissance• New Worldview

– Renewed interest in ancient Greece and Rome– Caused by the disorder and disunity of the

medieval world– Concentrated on life and achievement rather than

the afterlife

• A Spirit of Adventure– Christopher Columbus– Nicolaus Copernicus

• Significant change from Medieval art which was: – Symbolic (primarily religious)– Flat (no perspective, size

based on importance)

Technical Breakthroughs

• Oil paints on stretched canvas

• Perspective: demonstrate depth

• Linear perspective – shows three dimensions through lines converging at a vanishing point

• Atmospheric Perspective: shift of colors toward blue and sky

HUMANISM

• ROOTS: Rediscovery of Greek and Roman ideas • FOCUS: worth of the individual human being

• Humanists developed great confidence in human powers:– Man was God’s greatest creation and achievement– Man too could create greatness

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Leonardo da Vinci

• Mona Lisa• The Last Supper• Vitruvian Man

Sistine Chapel ceiling

Michelangelo

• David• Sistine Chapel ceiling

School of Athens

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Raphael

• School of Athens• Madonna (mother of Jesus) and baby Jesus

Brunelleschi-Dome on unfinished cathedral

“Peasant” Bruegal

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Let’s Play a Game

“Name That Renaissance-er”

•3 Questions (Yes or No response)•Try to guess the famous Renaissance person•If you guess right, you get a “trick shot” attempt

Renaissance Important Figures

HomeworkUnit 1/Section 2-Renaissance & Reformation

•Read p. 342-345•p. 345 #4,5•Book next class? No