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Slide1
The Renaissance
Aim: How did Renaissance thought differ from Medieval thought?
Directions:
Copy all underlined notes in your notebook.
Make sure you have Ms. Keith check the reflection questions at the end of the
powerpoint
. Slide2
The Renaissance
began in a few
city-states in
northern Italy
around 1350 and
spread to other
countries.Slide3
The Renaissance
The Renaissance was a time of great artistic creativity.
A revolution in scientific thinking and art occurred during the Renaissance.
The Renaissance began in the 14
th
century in Italy and eventually spread to northern Europe.Slide4
Renaissance thinkers believed that
the people of the Middle Ages were
ignorant.Slide5
The “
Dark Ages
”
Renaissance thinkers referred to the Middle Ages as the
“
Dark Ages
”
.
They believed that the
“
light of learning
”
had gone out in Europe at the fall of Rome.
Renaissance thinkers wanted to rediscover the ancient Greeks and Romans.Slide6
The word
“
Renaissance
”
means
rebirth.Slide7
Rebirth
It was a time of rediscovery.
Renaissance thinkers were increasingly interested in science and the arts. They were less interested in religious answers.
They also looked to past civilizations like the Greeks and Romans for inspiration.Slide8
Renaissance thinkers were interested
in discovering new ways of thinking
and seeing.Slide9
Humanism
During the Renaissance, humanism became popular.
Humanism is the belief that human actions, ideas, and works are important.
Humanists rediscovered the ancient Greeks and Romans.Slide10
During the
Renaissance,
humanism
became popular.
It was the belief
in the importance
and uniqueness
of man.Slide11
Secularism
During the Renaissance, secularism also became popular.
Secularism is a non-religious viewpoint.
Secularists look to scientific thinking for answers as opposed to religion.Slide12
Secularists look to scientific thinking
for answers.Slide13
Renaissance artists painted and sculpted
people as realistically as possible.Slide14
Questions for Reflection
Answer in your notebook
What does the word
Reniassance
mean and were
did the Renaissance begin?
Describe one
significant belief during the Renaissance?
How did Renaissance thinkers differ from Medieval thinkers?