1. Early Renaissance
By:
Miss Chenee
Jimenez, III-
Green
Mr. Jonathan
Yu, III-Blue

2. Current Events
• DOH: After leptospirosis, dengue may
hit 'Sendong' victims
• January 3, 2012 8:32am
After leptospirosis, dengue may be the next
disease to hound victims of tropical storm
"Sendong" (Washi), especially in hard-hit
areas like Cagayan de Oro and Iligan cities.
Health officials are bracing for the rise in
dengue cases in evacuation centers about
two weeks from now, according to
National Epidemiology Center head Dr. Eric
Tayag.

4. Think about it…
IF WE ARE IN MEDIEVAL
TIMES, HOW WOULD THE
PEOPLE INTERPRET THIS
CATASTROPHY?
(Remember the Bubonic Plague!)
How would an atheist intepret
this catastrophy?
Why?

5. TARGET…
• Define Rennaisance
• Analyze the factor that paved
the way for Rennaisance
• Appreciate the uniqueness of
every person/individual

6. The Legend of the Phoenix
• The legend of the Phoenix has
been around for centuries. There
are a few variations, but the
basic idea is this: The Phoenix is
a supernatural creature, living
for 1000 years. Once that time is
over, it builds its own funeral
pyre, and throws itself into the
flames. As it dies, it is reborn
anew, and rises from the ashes
to live another 1000 years.
Alternatively, it lays an egg in the
burning coals of the fire which
hatches into a new Phoenix, and
the life cycle repeats.

7. What was the Renaissance?
Period following the middle ages (1450-1550)
• French word which means “Rebirth” of classical
Greece and Rome
• Began in Italy
• Moved to northern Europe
The Vitruvian Man by Da Vinci epitomizes
the spirit of Renaissance

8. Objectives of Renaissance
• During the middle
ages:
• –Find God
• – Prove pre-conceived
ideas

9. Objectives of Renaissance
• During the
Renaissance
• –Find man
• – Promote learning

10. "The Renaissance gave birth to the
modern era, in that it was in this era that
human beings first began to think of
themselves as individuals. In the early
Middle Ages, people had been happy to
see themselves simply as parts of a
greater whole – for example, as members
of a great family, trade guild, nation, or
Church. This communal consciousness of
the Middle Ages gradually gave way to the
individual consciousness of the
Renaissance."
• – McGrath, Alister, In the Beginning, Anchor Books (2001), p.38.

11. Renaissance Mindset
• Humanism
• Pursuit of individualism
• Recognition that humans are creative
• –Appreciation of art as a product of man
• Basic culture needed for all
• Life could be enjoyable
• Love of the classical past

12. Causes of the Renaissance
• Lessening of feudalism
–Church disrespected
–Nobility in chaos
–Growth of Middle Class
through trade
• Fall of Constantinople
–Greek scholars fled to Italy
• Education
• Nostalgia among the Italians
to
recapture the glory of the
Roman

13. Italian Background
• Major city centers
– Venice: Republic
ruled by oligarchy,
Byzantine origins
– Milan: Visconti and
Sforza families
– Florence (Tuscany):
Republic ruled by
the Medici
– Papal States: Ruled
by the Pope
– Kingdom of Naples:
King of Aragon

14. Italian Background
• Florence
• – Medici's—family of
physicians
• – Money in banking
• – Financed wool trade
• – Became defacto
rulers of Florence

15. Italian Background
• Lorenzo de Medici
• –Poet
• – Friend of
Michelangelo
• –Rebuilt University of
Pisa
• –Continued to invite
scholars to Florence

16. PETRARCH
• Father of humanism
• Secularism- stresses man’s
interest in his or her way of
life based on what was
material, particularly the
accumulation of wealth
through trade.
• Individualism- perseverance of
a person in the utmost of his
or her ability to achieve goals
in life

17. Renaissance Man
• Broad knowledge
about many things
in different fields
• Deep knowledge of
skill in one area
• Able to link areas and
create new
knowledge

18. Debate:
• Medieval mindset or renaissance?