1. The Renaissance began in Italy in the 15th century as people rejected medieval values and looked to classical antiquity for inspiration, sparking an explosion of creativity. 2. Italian city-states like Florence and Milan saw the rise of the Renaissance due to their thriving economies, wealthy merchant class, and heritage of ancient Greek and Roman culture. 3. Wealthy Italian families like the Medicis in Florence became important patrons of the arts during the Renaissance, financially supporting artists and demonstrating their power and importance.

1. SOCIAL SCIENCE III

3.  BIRTH OF THE RENAISSANCE:

4.  People wanted to
 ENJOY LIFE
 SAY NO TO ENDURING SUFFERING TO GET A
HEAVENLY REWARD
 REJECT MEDIEVAL VALUES
 LOOK TO CLASSICAL PAST FOR IDEAS
 Thus the birth of Renaissance, or the period where
“explosion of creativity” took place.

5. ITALIAN RENAISSANCE NORTHERN RENAISSANCE

6.  Renaissance is the French word for “rebirth of
the arts and learning at any time in history.”
 It began in Italy for three reasons:
1. THRIVING CITIES
2. WEALTHY MERCHANTS
3. CLASSICAL HERITAGE OF GREECE AND ROME

7.  Highly urbanized
 Had a lot of prosperous
towns (center for
manufacturing, trade, an
d banking)
 People were with
considerable wealth.

8.  MAJOR CENTERS OF  PAPAL STATE IN
RENAISSANCE CENTRAL ITALY
CIVILIZATION IN  ROME (Renaissance
NORTHERN ITALY popes)
 FLORENCE (small
oligarcgy: Medici  SOUTHERN ITALY
Family)  TWO SICILIES (Naples
 MILAN (duchy: headed by France and
VISCONTIS and the Sicily by Spain)
SFORZA Family)
 VENICE (oligarchy)

9.  Florence  MEDICI FAMILY
 Important banking  WEALTH:
center industry, trade, banking
 Giovanni di Bicci de
 Very prosperous Medici
 Cosimo de Medici
 Headed by 1 powerful
(virtually became
family, the Medici. dictator of Florence)
 Lorenzo de Medici (the
most famous; generous
patron of the arts)

10. Renaissance scholars  Ancient works helped
thought of going back to the Italians to develop
the classical ages of the Italian Renaissance.
Greece and Rome.  Humanism
Looking down on the  Enjoyment of Worldly
Medieval art and Pleasures
literature, artists  Patrons of the Arts
created their works  The Renaissance Man
inspired by the ruins of  The Renaissance Woman
Rome while scholars
read through the
ancient manuscripts
from Greece.

11. HUMANISM WORLDLY PLEASURES
 Human potential and  “Enjoying life without
achievements offending God.”
 Material luxuries, fine
music, tasty
 Popularization of subjects foods, mansions, etc.
called humanities
 PHILOSOPHY  The basic spirit of
 HISTORY Renaissance society:
 LITERATURE SECULAR (which also
covers the definition of
being concerned with the
here and now).

12. PATRONS OF THE ARTS
 Big number of wealthy
Italians
 PATRON of the ARTS =
financially supporting the
artists
 Popes, merchants, wealthy
families who became
patrons sought to
demonstrate their own
importance and power

13. THE RENAISSANCE MAN BALDASSARE CASTIGLIONE
 From the term “universal  Author of The Courtier
man”  Taught people how to
become a renaissance
 The ideal individual who’s man. He must be
charming, witty, well
striving to master almost educated. He must know
every area of study. how to dance, sing, play
music and write poetry. He
must also be a skilled
rider, wrestler and
swordsman, and must have
SELF-CONTROL.

14.  Upper-class women should know the classics
and be charming.
 Must not to expect fame.
 Must inspire art NOT to create it.

15. Who are the famous artists during the Italian
Renaissance period? Familiarize yourself with
their works. Be prepared for an individual
activity next meeting.

16.  Petrarch
 One of the earliest and most influential humanists
 Wrote 14-line poems called sonnets
 Boccaccio
 Best known for his Decameron
 Stories that were supposedly told by a group of youngsters
waiting in a villa to avoid the plague sweeping through
Florence.
 Machiavelli
 Best known for his The Prince
 Examines how a ruler can gain power and keep it in spite of his
enemies.
 Vittoria Colonna
 A woman writer who helped Castiglione publish The Courtier

17.  PINOY HENYO
 Prepare for a 10 second cheer (related to the
lesson)
 Choose one person who will answer yes or no
or maybe
 The questioner’s number will be drawn by the
teacher so everyone must be prepared
 You are given 1 minute to guess the given
term

18.  FIRST CORRECT ANSWER: 7 points
 SECOND CORRECT ANSWER: 5 points
 Best in cheer: 1 point

19.  Indulgence  Theocracy
 Reformation  Presbyterian
 Lutheran  Anabaptist
 Protestant  Catholic Reformation
 Peace of Augsburg  Jesuits
 Annul  Council of Trent
 Anglican
 Predestination
 Calvinism

20.  How did European rulers encourage the
spread of Renaissance ideas and what
method did they use?
 How does Albrecht Durer’s work reflect
Renaissance ideas?
 What did Christian humanists set out to do
and what method did they use?