PPT-Essential Question : What were the important characteristics of Humanism & Renaissance

WarmUp Question Find the chart on the back of Fridays notes Renaissance Artists For each image guess whether it is Medieval or Renaissance art amp why Guess if the following pieces . Two. Fundamental . Aspects. . of. the Personal Worldview . Artur Nilsson. Lund University, Sweden. The 13th . European. Congress . of. . Psychology. , . July. . 12th. , 2013, Stockholm, Sweden. YOU’RE NOT . IN ITALY ANYMORE, . DOROTHY. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ITALY AND NORTHERN EUROPE. Attitudes: Other Europeans were much less conscious of living in a “New Age”. Developments there were an outgrowth of what had gone before rather than a conscious rejection of the Middle Ages. The Northern Renaissance was more a blend of the old and the new. Time of Rebirth (1300-1600). Beginnings of the Renaissance. The Renaissance began in wealthy northern Italian trade centers like Venice and Florence where contact with Byzantine and Moslem Empires flourished. (see: cultural diffusion—spread of ideas through interaction). See Chapter 12 Sections 2 and 3 (p. 382-384 and 389-390. Italian Renaissance Humanism . A key intellectual movement of the Renaissance was humanism. . Humanism was based on the study of the classics, the literary works of ancient Greece & Rome such as grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, and history. . The European World. Religion: Now & Then. NOW. Voluntary. Private. Individual. THEN. Mandatory. Public. Shared. Peter Marshall: ‘where faith met community’. Corporate souls, members of the body of Christ which had visible expression in local structures.. Birth of Venus – Botticelli, 1485. Aim. :. Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy. ?. Explain . how life was during the Greek and Roman civilizations.. Explain Humanism and Secularism.. Who was Leonardo . Learning Target 7.46 I can describe how humanism led to a revival of classical learning and fostered a new interest in the arts, including a balance between intellect and religious faith.. Humanism. I. Characteristics of the Renaissance. Contrast with the Middle Ages. The Renaissance man . viewed the Middle . Ages as a backward interval between classical culture and his own “modern” age. Contrast with the Middle Ages. European Renaissance and Reformation, 1300-1600. Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance. During the late Middle Ages. Europe suffered from war and the plague. People began to question the Church. People wanted to celebrate life and the human spirit. LEQ:. How did humanism influence Renaissance art and distinguish it from Medieval . art? . Drill:. What is humanism? . The . Harvesters. Pieter . Bruegel. the . Elder, 1565. Differences in Art. Medieval Period. 1450-1750.   "both sides of human consciousness - the side turned to the world and that turned inward - lay, as it were, beneath a common veil, dreaming or half awake. The veil was woven of faith, childlike prejudices, and illusion; seen through it, world and history appeared in strange hues; man recognized himself only as a member of a race, a nation, a party, a corporation, a family, or in some other general category. It was in Italy that this veil first melted into thin air, and awakened an objective perception and treatment of the state and all things of this world in general; but by its side, and with full power, there also arose the subjective; man becomes a self-aware individual and recognizes himself as such.“. Why did the Renaissance start in Italy?. Europeans still looked to Rome for cultural and intellectual guidance. Italian merchants prospered even during the Middle Ages; these merchants valued education and flaunted wealth through art. To understand how humanists make moral decisions.. To begin to evaluate humanist ethics.. Learning Objectives. Has anyone ever heard of Humanism before? . What is it?. Starter. https://humanism.org.uk/humanism/. Is the Renaissance a Thing?. The Renaissance: An Introduction. Why did the Renaissance start in Italy?. Europeans still looked to Rome for cultural and intellectual guidance. Italy was a center . of trade. .