The Renaissance Introduction Unit # 4 – Lesson 1

Warm Up Is it better for a leader to be feared or loved? Explain your reasoning by justifying your response with an example. Objective: Analyze how wealth and status lead to the growth of arts and literature Agenda: The Renaissance The Prince HOV Homework: Unit 4 Vocab Charts due and Vocab Quiz on Friday, October 10th

What we remember from last unit… Feudalism declining ◦ Migration into cities/towns ◦ Rise of city-states Trade and commerce increasing ◦ Cultural diffusion throughout Europe Christianity evolving ◦ Church and Crown vying for power Population devastated ◦ Black Death, famine, and warfare Black Death

In your notebook, answer the following question… Question: Which of these factors is going to most greatly affect life during the Renaissance? Justify using an example previously discussed in class (think about: people moving, sharing from other cultures, religion, wars)

Renaissance Rebirth ◦ Revival of interest in arts and literature ◦ Emphasis on humanity ◦ People were CURIOUS!

Renaissance Increased trade with Asia Growth of wealthy city-states Rise of rich merchants Revival of interest in arts and literature Increased desire for scientific learning ◦ Creates wealthy city-states ◦ Wealthy merchants arise ◦ Merchants have money to spend ◦ Artists are commissioned to create works of art ◦ Invention of new technologies that help spread Renaissance ideas ◦ Construction of universities within towns to educate more people Task: Copy on your handout/guided notes CAUSESCAUSES EFFECTSEFFECTS

Humanities ◦ Emphasis on good education studying “classics” – rhetoric, grammar, poetry, history, Latin (Rome) and Greek Focused on individual accomplishments ◦ Potential of human mind is limitless

Made possible by technology Printing press made books inexpensively Founding fathers Boccaccio and Petrarch Wrote in the vernacular Humanist Writers

Secular Writers Wrote about non-church topics Castiglione – The Courtier: behavioral guide for how gentlemen/women should act Think – are there any behavioral guides for men/women now?

Humanist Writers They were also writing about injustices…government…problems in society… Who else likes to talk about problems in society ?

In your notebook, complete the following task… Task: List 5 people that you know (outside of reporters) who make commentary on society.

Funny you should ask Makaveli Mrs. Dial…What does Tupac have to do with the Renaissance?!

It’s actually not Makaveli…it’s Machiavelli And he was a writer… In the 16 th century And no, he’s not doing a gang symbol

People have been doing that for years… This lady was the Duchess of Traetto This was a priest This guy worked for the government

You don’t know as much as you thought you did…do you?!

The Real Machiavelli Real name: Niccolò Machiavelli Wrote “The Prince” in 1513 Spoke about injustices in government “It is better to be feared than it is to be loved”

On the sheet being provided, complete the following task… Task: Translate the quote Assign it to Tupac or Machiavelli Determine whether you agree or disagree with the statement. Explain why or why not.

What does this have to do with the Renaissance? There is a lot going on at this time ◦ Revival of antiquities  Art  Philosophy  Rhetoric – that’s talking about things  Science  And more and more and more… People who were proficient in several of these disciplines were called…

Renaissance Men Term given to men during this period who were considered experts in many different disciplines ◦ Ex: Leonardo DaVinci was a painter, sculpture, scientist, inventor, engineer Can you think of anyone today who excels in a variety of disciplines?

In your notebook, complete the following task… Task: List 5 people that you know who qualify as Renaissance men/women. ◦ Give a justification for each

Shawn Carter…aka Jay-Z…aka HOV Task: Make a list of all of the cultural references you hear in the song