1. The Italian Renaissance (1300-1600)
Mrs. Chen
7th Grade World History

2. The Renaissance Begins in Italy Essential Question: Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
Renaissance: A period of creativity and rebirth of Classical art and learning
The Renaissance began in Italy and spread to the rest of Europe

3. Why Italy?
Italy was the center of the Roman Empire so artists and writers didn’t have to go far to find classical works
Geographically, many trade routes went through Italy causing the development of many urban centers, cities like Florence, Venice, and Milan.
The independent cities allowed for a quicker growth of a wealthy and powerful merchant class.

4. Trade Routes

5. Florence, the cradle of the Renaissance
Florence was a center of banking and clothing production bringing the city great wealth
A wealthy and powerful merchant class developed who actively supported the arts
Many became patrons of the arts
The Medici family was such a wealthy family who patron the arts

6. Florence

7. Venice

8. Milan

9. Italian City-States
Life in the Italian city-states changed the way some residents viewed the world.
Though very religious, these residents concentrated more on this life than on heaven or hell.
In doing so they hoped to understand people and their world better.
Italian businessmen had offices in cities throughout Europe.
Where ever they were they lived in Italian Renaissance style.
Other Europeans began to appreciate the Italians’ emphasis on wealth, beauty, and personal achievement.

10. The Medicis

11. Palazzo Medici

13. Think Pair Share
Answer the essential question as thoroughly as possible, discuss this with your elbow partner
Essential question: Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

14. Social Classes in Renaissance Italy Essential Question: What was the social structure in Renaissance Italy?
Only the wealthy had the resources and time to study classical texts and humanist ideas, so the Renaissance mainly benefited the upper class
Upper class = noble and wealthy merchants
Many upper class men strove to be a “Renaissance Man” = someone who excels in many academic subjects

15. The Upper Class

16. Other Classes… Most people were not wealthy…
Middle class citizens were mainly modest trades people or merchants
Lower class were poor people who were often laborers
Most of the poor were not well educated so the ideas of the Renaissance did not reach them, but the ideas did influence life in Europe and society today

17. Peasants

18. Think Pair Share Based on these images, explain the role of women during the Renaissance.

19. Advances in the Arts & Sciences Essential Question: In what areas did Renaissance figures make notable achievements?
In sculpture and painting, ideal realism achieved through new techniques, such as perspective: appearance of 3 dimensions
In architecture, large domes designed and built for churches
In science, new discoveries were made in anatomy and medicine
In literature, writers began to write in vernacular, common language so that writing became more accessible

20. Famous Artists Leonardo Da Vinci Michaelangelo Raphael
Renaissance Man; painted The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa
Michaelangelo
Painter and sculptor; sculpted Moses and The Pieta, painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Raphael
Da Vinci’s student, painted The School of Athens

21. Try drawing any object of scene using perspective

22. Scientific Discoveries
Ambroise Pare
French doctor and surgeon who started to use bandages and thread to close wounds
Nicolas Copernicus
First to suggest revolution of the Earth around the Sun

23. Think Pair Share
Can you think of any scientific discoveries that would impact our world greatly today?

24. Italian Renaissance Writers
Dante Alighieri
Wrote the long poem The Divine Comedy which focused on life after death
He was the first to write in vernacular
Machiavelli
Wrote The Prince, a book about politics

25. The Printing Press & It’s Impact
During the 1400s, Johann Gutenberg, a German inventor, invented a printing press: a machine that pressed paper against a full tray of inked movable type

26. Johan Gutenberg & the Printing Press
It reduced the cost of printing so more people could own books
More common people learned how to read
It became easier for scholars to gain access to the work of others

27. Paper Manufacturing
In the workshops of Cordoba, craftsmen developed the ability to make paper cheaply

28. The Renaissance Spreads
The dissemination of information began to happen much faster
By the 1400s, Renaissance ideas spread north to France, Germany, Spain, and England
The Elizabethan Age & William Shakespeare in England
Queen Elizabeth I ( ) supported artists and writers
Shakespeare wrote many plays including Romeo & Juliet, Othello, and Hamlet. His plays are so popular because he showed a strong understanding of human nature and relationships

29. Queen Elizabeth I

30. Othello
Hamlet

31. Romeo & Juliet

32. Think Pair Share
Explain the three factors that changed the dissemination of information during the Renaissance.
How did this help spread Renaissance ideas?
Can you think of another, more recent, big change to the dissemination of information in our society?

33. Renaissance Hall of Fame Group Roles
Leader: Time management, keeping the group on task, leads the discussion about poster content and layout
Interpreter & Scribe: Interprets and examines the written information from the secondary source document(s), notes, and textbook then synthesizes the information into a written summary on the poster
Artist: All the artwork on the poster is relevant to the written content