1. You are a student from Holland, studying law at the
university of Bologna, Italy. Life in Renaissance Italy
is so exciting! You have met artist and writers and
learned so much about art and literature. You can
hardly wait to tell people at home about everything
you have learned. But now a lawyer in Bologna has
offered you a chance to stay and work in Italy.
Will you stay in Italy
or return to Holland?
Bell Ringer 1/13/16
2. Objective & Standard
• I can describe the advances and
achievements of the Renaissance and how it
affects me today.
• SPI 7.48 Outline the advances made in
literature, the arts, science, mathematics,
cartography, engineering, and the
understanding of human anatomy and
astronomy, including Leonardo da Vinci (Last
Supper, Mona Lisa), Michelangelo (Sistine
Chapel, The David), Johannes Gutenberg,
and William Shakespeare.
3. Mathematics
• Some Renaissance scientists thought
mathematics could help them understand
the universe. They studied ancient math
text and built on the ideas. They created
many symbols such as:
• Square root
• Positive
• Negative
4. Science
• Advances in mathematics led to advances in
other fields of science. Engineers and architects,
for example, used new mathematical formulas
to design ways to strengthen buildings.
• Other scientist wanted to know more about the
sky and soon learned that the earth revolves
around the sun!
5. Changes in education
• Religious subjects were still being taught, but
now students are learning about humanities as
well. History was also becoming very important
and the famous renaissance scholar Petrarch
warned against ignoring history:
6. What did he say???
• “O inglorious age! That scorns antiquity, its
mother, to whom it owes every noble
art…What can be said in defense of men of
education who ought not to be ignorant of
anquity (ancient times) and yet are plunged
in…darkness and delusion
– Petrarch, from a 1366 letter to Boccaccio
7. Cartography
• Cartography is map making. During the
Renaissance, papermaking came from China
and so did print! This allowed the maps to be
more accurate.
9. The written word spreads
• Johannes Gutenberg – German engineer –
creates a printing press with movable type
1. How will his invention change the world?
2. Was he the first person to come up with this
idea?
12. Leonardo Da Vinci
• Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and
engineer whose genius, perhaps more than that of
any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance
humanist ideal. His Last Supper (1495–98) and
Mona Lisa (c. 1503–06) are among the most widely
popular and influential paintings of the
Renaissance. His notebooks reveal a spirit of
scientific inquiry and a mechanical inventiveness
that were centuries ahead of their time.
18. Michelangelo
Michelangelo (1475-1564) was a sculptor, painter and
architect widely considered to be one of the greatest artists
of the Italian Renaissance period—and arguably of all time.
His work demonstrated a blend of psychological insight,
physical realism and intensity never before seen. His
contemporaries recognized his extraordinary talent, and
Michelangelo received commissions from some of the most
wealthy and powerful men of his day, including popes and
others affiliated with the Catholic Church. His resulting work,
most notably his Pietà and David sculptures and Sistine
Chapel ceiling paintings, has been carefully tended and
preserved, ensuring that future generations would be able
to view and appreciate Michelangelo’s genius.
23. Non Italian Artists...
• Italian artists used Greek and Roman gods as
the focus of their art and the human
form…that’s why that all have 6 pack abs and
gorgeous faces!!
• As the Renaissance spreads into other parts of
Europe, other artists will choose to draw
people more realistically!
24. Shakespeare
• William Shakespeare was one of the greatest
literary influences of all time. His plays are still
popular today because of their language and
the way he connects to humanity.
• Romeo and Juliet
• Macbeth
• Julius Caesar
• Hamlet
25. Review
1. Why was Da Vinci significant during the
Renaissance?
2. What works of art did Michelangelo paint? Why
do you think this was so brilliant back then and
now?
3. How did the Renaissance influence education?
4. Create a one sentence summary of what you
have learned today.
