Renaissance

1. Renaissance South Carolina State Standard – 6-5 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the development and the impact of the Renaissance and the Reformation on Europe and the rest of the world.

2. 6-5.4 Identify the key figures of the Renaissance and the Reformation and their contributionsincluding Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Johannes Gutenberg, John Calvin, andMartin Luther. • The Renaissance • Brought dramatic changes in virtually all areas of artistic and intellectual expression • Ideas of the Renaissance and the Reformation spread as quickly and as completely as they did as a direct result of the invention of a movable type printing press • What kind of power does an idea have? • Does it matter who has the idea/where the idea is coming from? • Can one person’s idea spark change? • How do ideas spread now?

3. What kind of power do ideas have?? • With ideas we can find solutions to the century's most pressing global problems— • Poverty • Hunger • Disease • The environment Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1722268,00.html#ixzz1p6mTVc00

4. What kind of power do ideas have?? • Amanda Ripley explores how counter-terrorism experts are using former terrorists to prevent the radicalization of new ones • Bryan Walsh has a fascinating piece about the idea of geoengineering: how, instead of fixing or curing the earth, we might re-engineer it on a massive scale to solve climate change • Joel Stein's tour of the new kitchen, in which the science of chemistry and the art of cooking are revolutionizing the way we make dinner – Food scienceRead more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1722268,00.html#ixzz1p6mTVc00

5. changes in arts and expression today… • What type of dramatic changes do we see today in the arts and how people express themselves intellectually? • How does the culture of the Renaissance compare to the U.S. culture today? • What was the social structure during the Renaissance period, how is this structure different and similar to what we have today? • What was life like as different members of society during the Renaissance period?

6. changes in arts and expression today… • http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/0,28757,1720049,00.html – Time Magazine 10 ideas the are changing the world • http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,1971133,00.html – Time Magazine 10 ideas for the next 10 years • http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,71786263001_1971848,00.html – Time Magazine video clip on 10 ideas for the next 10 years

7. changes in arts and expression today… • What type of dramatic changes do we see today in the arts and how people express themselves intellectually?

8. The impact of new ideas and print • New Ideas • Printing press/media • More ideas • Intellectual debates became more commonplace among the masses

9. The impact of new ideas and print • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/filmmore/s4.html - They Made America: "Rebels" • Feature stories on Ted Turner and Russell Simmons

10. Key people of the renaissance • Leonardo da Vinci: • Painter of “The Mona Lisa” • Sculptor • Architect • Inventor and mathematician • Considered the classic example of a “Renaissance man.”; icon of the Renaissance

11. Key people of the renaissance • Michelangelo • Painted the Sistine Chapel in St. Peter’s Cathedral • Sculpted David and The Pieta, among many others.

12. Renaissance art and architecture examples • http://arthist.umn.edu/aict/html/renbrq.html • Renaissance & Baroque Architecture Examples • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Neo-Renaissance_architecture_in_Alabama • Neo – Renaissance Art in US • http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/charleston/architecture.htm - Religious architecture in Charleston

13. Key people of the renaissance • Johannes Gutenberg • Ideas of the Renaissance and the Reformation spread as quickly • They did as a direct result of the invention of a movable type printing press • Most of the first books printed were copies of the Bible and other religious writings, an indication of the importance of Christianity during this era

14. Key people of the renaissance • Martin Luther: • Was the first person to successfully challenge the Church and its practices • Touched off a groundswell of popular opinion to support him: the Protestant Reformation

15. Key people of the renaissance • Martin Luther (cont’d): • Intended to reform what he saw as corrupt practices within the Roman Catholic Church • Did not want to abolish or dismantle the Church

16. Key people of the renaissance • Martin Luther (cont’d): • Among Luther’s most important ideas was the belief that • salvation could not be earned by a person’s doing of good deeds, but instead was given by God, a concept called grace

17. Key people of the renaissance • Martin Luther (cont’d): • Luther also felt that believers could communicate directly with God through prayer and reading the Bible which could now be printed for the masses

18. Key people of the renaissance • John Calvin • Expanded Luther’s initial intent of bringing reforms to the Church, working instead to rally believers to reject Catholicism altogether • In favor of a new branch of Protestantism which came to be known as Calvinism. The early American Protestants, such as the Puritans, Huguenots and Presbyterians, promoted the rejection of the Catholic Church and its teachings.

19. Impact of the renaissance… • Several factors which led to Reformation including: • Abuses in the Catholic Church • The ability of the common man to read the Bible for himself (or hear it in his native language) • The introduction of humanist thought.

20. 6-5.5 Provide examples of developments in the Renaissance that had a lasting impact onculture, politics, and government in Europe, including advances in printing technologyand improved understanding of anatomy and astronomy • Renaissance was a period of many achievements and that some of these achievements have had a significant long-term impact. • What are some long term impacts of achievements made today?

21. Impact of Renaissance Movement • Renaissance was a period of many achievements and that some of these achievements have had a significant long-term impact. • Printing press and the subsequent reproduction of the Bible and other works that enabled widespread participation in the Reformation, a movement that transformed European society and culture • Expanded access to these works also served to stimulate literacy throughout the • continent and strengthened the need for, and role of, educational institutions

22. Impact of Renaissance Movement • Renaissance was a period of many achievements and that some of these achievements have had a significant long-term impact. • Exploration and trade were expanded as the ability to print maps and navigational books was enhanced, leading to the Age of Discovery. • As learning increased people were exposed to new and broader ideas that would impact the way people related to one another and to the government.

23. Impact of Renaissance Movement • Renaissance was a period of many achievements and that some of these achievements have had a significant long-term impact. • A renewed interest in human anatomy for artistic purposes during the Renaissance extended into the field of medicine, leading to significant improvements in health and the treatment of diseases • Renaissance philosophy of rethinking old beliefs even contributed to entirely new concepts of the structure of the universe

24. Impact of Renaissance Movement • Renaissance was a period of many achievements and that some of these achievements have had a significant long-term impact. • Rethinking old beliefs even contributed to entirely new concepts of the structure of the universe • Philosophy altered the artistic world, the physical world was reexamined by scientists such as Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton. • From this reexamination, new scientific principles and fields developed, challenging traditionally held beliefs and providing the basis for modern science