1.1 The Renaissance

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5. 

The Time of 

Discoverers and Reformers

1.1  The Renaissance 

5. The Time of 

Discoverers and Reformers

Lesson 1.2: The Renaissance

The Age of Discoverers and Reformers

1500 - 1600

1. the Renaissance and a  changing world view
   
2. the start of European overseas expansion
   
3. the Protestant Reformation
   
4. the Dutch Revolt and the birth of an independent Dutch state
   

also known as: the Early Modern Age

The Renaissance came after the Middle Ages

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

The word Renaissance literally means

1. resolve
2. rebirth
3. reestablish
4. relive

The Renaissance was a time in which people became interested again in the Middle Ages

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

The Renaissance started in France from where it spread across Europe

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Why did the Renaissance start in Italy?

In the 15th century, Italy was a united country

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

highly advanced

highly advanced

primitive

The re-discovery of the Greek and Roman culture had great effects on the Italians:

• Memento mori (Gedenk te sterven), wordt carpe diem (Pluk de dag)

• Mensen gaan meer leven voor het leven nu, en niet voor het leven na de dood

• God en geloof blijven heel erg belangrijk, maar het vertrouwen in de kerk wordt minder

The Renaissance changed the world in many ways:

I: changing worldview

1. The Medieval motto "Memento Mori" (remember that you will die) becomes the more Roman motto: "Carpe Diem" (seize the day)
   
2. God and religion remain important, but confidence in the Church decreases.
   

Carpe Diem

Memento Mori

The re-discovery of the Greek and Roman culture had great effects on the Italians:

• Memento mori (Gedenk te sterven), wordt carpe diem (Pluk de dag)

• Mensen gaan meer leven voor het leven nu, en niet voor het leven na de dood

• God en geloof blijven heel erg belangrijk, maar het vertrouwen in de kerk wordt minder

II: changing art

1. rebirth of Greek and Roman art & culture
   
2. more realism
   
3. many details
   
4. perspective (illusion of depth)
   
5. not only Biblical subjects, but also daily life and Greek mythology
6. naked body, anatomy.

Last Supper -

Medieval version

Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci

The re-discovery of the Greek and Roman culture had great effects on the Italians:

• Memento mori (Gedenk te sterven), wordt carpe diem (Pluk de dag)

• Mensen gaan meer leven voor het leven nu, en niet voor het leven na de dood

• God en geloof blijven heel erg belangrijk, maar het vertrouwen in de kerk wordt minder

III: changing architecture

1. Medieval churches were seen as "ugly". Its architecture was called "GOTHIC" (= barbaric)
   
2. New architecture was inspired by Greek, classical buildings:

•       Greek style columns
  
•       temple shapes
  
•       domes

     

Medieval (Gothic) style

Renaissance style

Roman original:

120 AD.

Renaissance copy:

 1580 AD.

Renaissance

Middle Ages

Bible is the greatest source of inspiration

Do your own research

Great interest in Antiquity

Life revolves around life after death

Perspective

Gothic churches

Read 1.2

Do the exercises of 1.2

Science in the Renaissance

How could this newly acquired information be spread?

Make your own summary using the main questions:

1. What is the Renaissance?
   
2. Why did the Renaissance start in Italy?
   
3. Why did the fall of Constantinople fuel the Renaissance?
   
4. How did peoples' worldview change during the Renaissance?
   
5. How did art change during the Renaissance?
   
6. How did Renaissance ideas spread across Europe?
   

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