1. The Renaissance

2. The Renaissance Renaissance means “rebirth”
Question #1 & #2
The Renaissance
Renaissance means “rebirth”
Lasted from around CE
2016

3. Question #3
The Renaissance
During the Renaissance, people in Europe started living less by religion and began to embrace new ideas and technology
Started in Italy and then spread across Europe

4. Government Instead of fiefs, Italy formed city-states
Question #4
Government
Instead of fiefs, Italy formed city-states
Many city-states became wealthy because of trade

5. Government Two main types of government emerged in Italy:
Question #5
Government
Two main types of government emerged in Italy:
Signoria- Controlled by a ruling family
These developed in smaller cities with only one powerful family
Republicanism- Groups of wealthy families ruled together
In large cities, there were many wealthy families and they had to share power
Examples: Florence and Venice

6. Venice was one of the major cities where the Renaissance movement began. It became wealthy because of trading along the Adriatic Sea.

7. Venice, Italy
from above

8. There are no paved streets in Venice. Only canals and rivers.
You must travel from place to place in a boat

9. Question #6
Florence, Italy
Florence was the most important city to the Renaissance movement
People from Florence:
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Niccolo Machiavelli
Raphael

10. Question #7
Humanism
Humanism- A shift in thought away from religion or god being the cause for all events; instead focus was now on science and critical-thinking to solve human’s problems
The belief that humans could control their destiny
Used teachings from philosophers from Ancient Greece and Rome
Led to advances in science, literature, architecture, and art

11. Leaning Tower of Pisa Completed in 1372 183 feet tall
Question #8
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Completed in 1372
183 feet tall
The foundation of the tower started to sink making it lean
In recent years, weights have been put on the opposite side to stop the leaning

12. Sistine Chapel Completed in 1481
Question #8
Sistine Chapel
Completed in 1481
Most famous for its ceiling, painted by Michelangelo that tells the story of the Old Testament
Located in Vatican City, this is where the Pope lives

13. Mona Lisa Created in 1503 by Leonardo Da Vinci
Question #8
Created in 1503 by Leonardo Da Vinci
The most famous painting in the world
Currently, at the Louvre Museum in Paris

14. Technology from Middle East
Question #9
Technology from Middle East
During the Middle Ages, Muslims in the Middle East and Northern Africa made many scientific advances (math and astronomy)
Brought to Italy across the Mediterranean Sea through trade

15. Question #10
Technology from China
Venetian trade routes connected through the Silk Road reached as far as China
This brought the idea of block printing and paper-making to Italy

16. Question #11
Printing Press
In the 1440s, Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press
This greatly increased the number of books, which further led to the spread of ideas and the Humanist movement

17. Homework Due Tomorrow!
Write a story including the 10 vocabulary words from the Middle Ages
Spelling, grammar, and punctuation count!

18. Videos Venice- The City of Canals (2:27) Leaning Tower of Piza (2:09)
Sistine Chapel- 500th Anniversary (3:08)
Mona Lisa- Why So Famous? (4:39)- 4:10
Gutenberg Printing Press by Storybots (1:34)