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1.1  The Renaissance 
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5. 
The Time of 
Discoverers and Reformers
1.1  The Renaissance 
The Time of 
Discoverers and Reformers
Lesson 1.1: A new Time 

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These are the Ages that we will be studying this year

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Time of Wigs and Revolutions
Time of Regents and Monarchs
Time of Discoverers 
and Reformers
Time of Citizens and 
Steam Engines
1500 - 1600
1600 - 1700
1700 - 1800
1800 - 1900

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This is the Age that we will be studying next...

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The Age of Discoverers and Reformers
1500 - 1600
  1. the Renaissance and a  changing world view
  2. the start of European overseas expansion
  3. the Protestant Reformation
  4. the Dutch Revolt and the birth of an independent Dutch state
also known as: the Early Modern Age

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Main Questions
  • What is the Renaissance?
  • Why did the Renaissance start in Italy?
  • Why did the fall of Constantinople fuel the Renaissance?
  • How did peoples' worldview change during the Renaissance?
  • How did art change during the Renaissance?
  • How did Renaissance ideas spread across Europe?

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people in this lesson
Leonardo da Vinci
Johannes Gutenberg
Michelangelo
Nicolaus Copernicus
any idea what they are famous for?

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Just take a guess...

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One of the most brilliant men that ever lived was born in 1452, near the small village of Vinci, close to the Italian city of Florence. He is known to be a perfect example of a Homo Universalis, a person that is an expert in many different fields. This man was a sculptor, a painter, an architect, an anatomist, a poet, a writer, an engineer and much more. Even during his lifetime he was a legend, although many of his works remain a mystery. His name was Leonardo da Vinci

Let's start with the 
RENAISSANCE

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Why do so many people love Italy today?
RENAISSANCE

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Let's go back to 15th century Italy

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Renaissance:
  • a period WITHIN the Time of D & R
  • started in Italy and spread across Europe
  • It means "REBIRTH"  (= something that has died and is coming back to life)
  • What was coming back? The history and culture of Greeks and Romans (=Antiquity)

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5. 
The Time of 
Discoverers and Reformers
1.1  The Renaissance 
THE RENAISSANCE

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Why did the Renaissance start in Italy? (1)
  • Trade flourished in Italian city states. 
  • Rich Merchants wanted to show off their wealth 
  • How? By hiring artists to make paintings and statues (ART)
  • They were inspired by their ancestors: the ROMANS
  • And Italy happened to have many Roman remains

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Why this sudden interest in the Romans, who lived a 1000 years ago?

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Because of an event, that happened east of Italy......

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1453: The Turks conquer Constantinople

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Why did the Renaissance start in Italy? (2)
1453: the Turks conquered Constantinople
(the capital of the former Eastern Roman Empire)

Here, the knowledge of the Greeks and Romans was preserved (in Western Europe it was destroyed)

Refugees brought this knowledge 
back to Italy

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RESULT: Roman is alllll the fashion again!

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In fact: 

The Middle Ages were seen as...

just a waste of time!

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highly advanced
highly advanced
primitive

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Until 1453, Constantinople was the capital city of
A
the eastern Roman empire
B
The western Roman Empire
C
The Ottoman Empire
D
The Byzantine Empire

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The Ottomans changed the name of the city into
A
Istanbul
B
Ankara
C
Son en Breugel
D
Rome II

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In the 15th century, Italy was a united country
A
TRUE
B
FALSE

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The Renaissance came after the Middle Ages
A
TRUE
B
FALSE

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The word Renaissance literally means
A
resolve
B
rebirth
C
reestablish
D
relive

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The Renaissance was a time in which people became interested again in the Middle Ages
A
TRUE
B
FALSE

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The Renaissance started in France from where it spread across Europe
A
TRUE
B
FALSE

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The re-discovery of the Greek and Roman culture had great effects on the Italians:
  • Memento mori (Gedenk te sterven), wordt carpe diem (Pluk de dag)

  • Mensen gaan meer leven voor het leven nu, en niet voor het leven na de dood

  • God en geloof blijven heel erg belangrijk, maar het vertrouwen in de kerk wordt minder
The Renaissance changed the world in many ways:
I: changing worldview
  1. The Medieval motto "Memento Mori" (remember that you will die) becomes the more Roman motto: "Carpe Diem" (seize the day)
  2. God and religion remain important, but confidence in the Church decreases.

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Carpe Diem
Memento Mori

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The re-discovery of the Greek and Roman culture had great effects on the Italians:
  • Memento mori (Gedenk te sterven), wordt carpe diem (Pluk de dag)

  • Mensen gaan meer leven voor het leven nu, en niet voor het leven na de dood

  • God en geloof blijven heel erg belangrijk, maar het vertrouwen in de kerk wordt minder
II: changing art
  1. rebirth of Greek and Roman art & culture
  2. more realism
  3. many details
  4. perspective (illusion of depth)
  5. not only Biblical subjects, but also daily life and Greek mythology
  6. naked body, anatomy.

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The re-discovery of the Greek and Roman culture had great effects on the Italians:
  • Memento mori (Gedenk te sterven), wordt carpe diem (Pluk de dag)

  • Mensen gaan meer leven voor het leven nu, en niet voor het leven na de dood

  • God en geloof blijven heel erg belangrijk, maar het vertrouwen in de kerk wordt minder
III: changing architecture
  1. Medieval churches were seen as "ugly". Its architecture was called "GOTHIC" (= barbaric)
  2. New architecture was inspired by Greek, classical buildings:
  •       Greek style columns
  •       temple shapes
  •       domes
     


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Medieval (Gothic) style
Renaissance style

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Roman original:
120 AD.
Renaissance copy:
 1580 AD.

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Florence 
cathedral

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St. Peter's
cathedral
ROME

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St. Paul's
cathedral
LONDON

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5. 
The Time of 
Discoverers and Reformers
1.1  The Renaissance 
Conclusion
Why is L. da Vinci seen as the typical Renaissance Man, a Huomo Universalis?
Before the R.: people were not important, only God was important.

This changed: In the R. people became important.
Humans can do anything if they put their mind to it.
And L. da Vinci was the best example of this "human potential"

Scholars who studied the Classics and spread their knowledge were known as "HUMANISTS".

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Make your own summary using the main questions:

  1. What is the Renaissance?
  2. Why did the Renaissance start in Italy?
  3. Why did the fall of Constantinople fuel the Renaissance?
  4. How did peoples' worldview change during the Renaissance?
  5. How did art change during the Renaissance?
  6. How did Renaissance ideas spread across Europe?

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congratulations
congratulations

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