The Renaissance Review

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The Renaissance review

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The Renaissance saw the rebirth of...
A
Pagan religious values
B
Greek and Roman knowledge and art
C
Realistic art
D
The Catholic church

Slide 2 - Quiz

Where did the Renaissance start?
A
In the Low Countries
B
In the Ottoman empire
C
In France
D
In Italy

Slide 3 - Quiz

Why did it start in Italy?
A
Because Italy was very peaceful
B
Because Italy was wealthy and had Roman ruins
C
Because Italy had a lot of art schools
D
Because Italians could read Latin

Slide 4 - Quiz

Renaissance (1400-1600)
- Rebirth of Greek and Roman culture
- Observing and studying humans and nature
- Realism in art: perspective, depth, human form (nudity)
- No longer only ordered by the church and by kings

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Renaissance (1400-1600)
- Rebirth of Greek and Roman culture
- Observing and studying humans and nature
- Realism in art: perspective, depth, human form (nudity)
- No longer only ordered by the church and by kings

Slide 6 - Diapositive

Italian city-states
- Florence, Milan, Venice, Genoa, etc.
- Rich through trading on the Mediterranean Sea
- Many remains of the Roman era still visible
- Rich people wanted to show their wealth through art

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Where did this knowledge come from?

Slide 8 - Diapositive

The knowledge was
A
Rediscovered via ancient texts found in Rome
B
Introduced by fleeing Eastern Roman scholars
C
Always there, just never used
D
Largely made up by Italian artists

Slide 9 - Quiz

When did the Middle-Ages end?
A
In 1453 when the Ottomans conquered Constantinopel
B
In 1492 when Columbus reached the 'New World'
C
in 1345 when Petrarch discovered old letters from Cicero
D
As soon as people came up with the word 'Middle-Ages'

Slide 10 - Quiz

The Middle-Ages
- Memento mori
- Church is all powerful
- Art is used to tell stories about Christianity
The 'what' was more important than the 'how'

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- No background
- No clear emotions

Slide 12 - Diapositive

Why 'memento mori'?
A
Because people looked forward to dying and going to heaven
B
Because people died very young
C
Because having fun in life was thought to be sinful
D
Because the earthly life was less important than the afterlife

Slide 13 - Quiz

How did Renaissance Italians 'seize the day'?
A
By not listening to the church anymore
B
By partying every day
C
By showing their wealth with fancy clothes and art
D
By having pizza for breakfast

Slide 14 - Quiz

Humanism

Slide 15 - Diapositive

What was Renaissance Humanism?
A
People started treating animals more humanely
B
A philosophy of putting the human experience central
C
A religion in where humans were gods
D
A subgroup of artists who only drew humans

Slide 16 - Quiz

Humanists
- Looked at ancient bible texts
- Discovered a lot of errors in translations
- Argued for change within the Church
- Used Latin as a universal scholarly language

Slide 17 - Diapositive

Why study man and nature?
- Focus on the natural instead of on the supernatural
- Describing and studying the human body and nature
- Education and knowledge helps understand God better

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How did the new knowledge spread throughout Europe?
A
Via speedy reprints made with the printing press
B
Via travelling artists and scholars
C
Via trade between Italy and the rest of Europe
D
Via all of these ways

Slide 19 - Quiz

Slide 20 - Diapositive

Is this an example of Medieval or Renaissance art? Give arguments

Slide 21 - Question ouverte

Middle-Ages
Renaissance

Slide 22 - Question de remorquage

Write down anything that's still unclear to you

Slide 23 - Question ouverte