How Did the Ideas of the Italian Renaissance Spread
Throughout Europe?
 Answer these questions on a lined piece of paper!
 1) How did the Renaissance ideas begin to spread?
 2) Where did Renaissance ideas begin?
 3) Where did these ideas spread to after?
 4) What made the spread of ideas difficult in other
parts of Europe?
 Hint: Use your notes! We have talked about all of these
questions!
 1) How did the Renaissance ideas begin to spread?
 Scholars (smart people) travelled to the city-states for info
and brought these ideas home.
 2) Where did Renaissance ideas begin?
 Italy…of course!
 3) Where did these ideas spread to after?
 Ideas and change started in Italy and travelled to Western
Europe shortly after.
 4) What made the spread of ideas difficult in other parts
of Europe?
 Feudal system= still strong
 War= Dangerous to travel
 Catholic Church= still brutal
 Go through your fill in the blank notes and define the
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definitions:
Vernacular
Perspective
Utopia
Quality of life
Capitalist society
Secular
Painting 1
Painting 2
Painting 1
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Painting #1:
Realism- looks like a
photograph
Perspective
Natural World
Shows the human body
Painting 2
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Painting #2:
Does not look as real
The colors aren't as realistic
The human bodies don’t look
real
Religious focus
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Examine each painting closely. Which one was most likely
painted during the Renaissance? Explain why each painting
was, or wasn’t painted during the Renaissance on a lined piece
of paper.
Hint: There is only one painting here that was!
 Read this quote and answer the question!
 Hint: The Pestilence is another word for the BLACK PLAGUE
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“The Renaissance movement was, in part, a result of changes in the way people
valued religion and looked to faith as a way to explain events.
 The Pestilence or the Great Mortality which first appeared in Europe between 1347 –
1410 attacked the rich and poor, strong and weak, young and old. The people of
Europe tried to understand what caused the Pestilence, and why it was destroying
their lives and families. Many people thought that it was a punishment sent by God
so they sought divine intervention from priests and offered penance & prayers.
 Those who were able to survive the Pestilence often had no friends or family alive and
had to move to the cities to find a way to make a living. Many of the surviving nobles,
could no longer find laborers to work their lands, also had to move to the cities.”
 According to this quote, which event is believed to have been the one that
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allowed the Renaissance to begin in Europe?
The fall of the Roman Empire
The Crusades
The 100 Year War
The Bubonic Plague- Black Death
Write a paragraph on how you answered this questions! What were the hints that
gave the answer away??
 Renaissance ideas eventually spread west and north to
all areas of Western Europe
 Scholars and artist travelled to the Italian city-states
for knowledge and brought it to their homelands
 Ideas changed and adapted to fit each society
 P.49
 Canada’s Renaissance type ideas
 Effects of the Renaissance across Western Europe
came later but were just as significant
 Feudalism
 Harder to break in lands beyond Italy
 Owners of fiefdoms (feudal land) were strongly opposed
to the Renaissance
 War
 Many Northern European states at war which prevented the
spread of new ideas (Germany, Netherlands, England)
Religion
 The Catholic Church had a stronger hold and kept the status
quo (the present way of doing things)
 When the Hundred Years War ended, travel became
safer
 Urbanization
 France and Germany waged war on the Italian citystates
 Exposed European monarchs and nobility to
Renaissance Ideas
 Ideas were borrowed from Italy
 Italians were hired
 Peace = increase in trade
 Increase in trade = increase in business and banking
 Wealth used to support artists
humanism
 A system of thought that centers on
humans and their values; potential,
and worth; concerned with the welfare
of humans (fill this definition in!)
 Growth of
 Popcorn reading: pg. 55 of text!
 See slide # 37 in smartboard file for game!!!
-The Printing Press
-Invented by Johann Gutenberg in the
mid-1400’S
-First European book printed was the
Gutenberg bible
- Faster than copying a book by hand
-More books = more readers and
writers
-By 1500, more than 200 printing presses
-Church opposed printing of bibles for the common
people = afraid they would no longer be needed
 Classical writings suggested that life on Earth has
value
 Before most people focused on the afterlife
 These writings lead people to believe that humans
potential to do great things, no matter who they were
 Even though they believed in faith and the afterlife,
humanists thought life on Earth should be rich and
full.
 Scholars travelled from one university to another to
study and teach new ideas
 Humanism supported civic duty and the value of
learning
 Humanism in Europe as opposed to Italy was more
focused on religious issues and learning Christian
texts to become better citizens and Christians
 Francanesco Petrarch (1304-2374)
 Discovered and translated ancient classical Greek and
Roman texts as well as promoting
their study
 Believed that truly educated people
read books, travelled and surrounded
themselves with art
 Believed in God and the value of
life on Earth
 Erasmus (1466-1536)
 Believed people should be taught to
argue and apply their knowledge
 Said bible should be translated for
all to read
 Believed the role of the Church was
to teach and support the faith
 Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592)
 Created the essay writing form
 Believed in tolerance and common
sense
 Believed that friendship, love, and
courage should form the basis of
human actions
 Art began to reflect the new thinking of humanism
 Began portraying the world as it really looked
 After the 15th century, art focused less on religious
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themes
Recording the likeness of people became important
Artist travelled more and developed better techniques
Became respected and got paid
Became important contributors to society
 Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)
 Painter, poet, architect, sculptor
 Painted the Sistine Chapel
 Created realistic representations
 Leonardo da Vinci (1503-1506)
 May be the best-known painter and figure of the
Renaissance, genius, inventor
 Mona Lisa considered the most famous painting
 Introduced the sfumato technique (blurring of lines)
 Donatello (1386-1466)
 Developed a technique for casting bronze statues
- Donatello’s David
(created about 1440)
 Movement of science slow during the Middle Ages
 Religion
 Europe still very superstitious
 All money went to arts
 Universities paid little attention to science
 Renaissance = scientists looking at the world using
reasoning and observation
 Accumulation of knowledge during the Renaissance lead to
the age of scientific discovery
 Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)
 Mathematician and astronomer
 Came up with the theory that the Earth revolved around
the sun rather than everything revolving around the
earth
 Proved that the Earth rotated on its axis once a day
 Believed to be a heretic (having an opinion against the
beliefs of a religion)
 Leonardo da Vinci
 Dissected cadavers to makes drawings on anatomy
 Made plans for parachutes, tanks and submarines
 François Viète (1540-1603)
 Wrote books on trigonometry and geometry
 Provided solution to doubling a cube and trisecting an angle
 During the Renaissance, the mechanical clock was
invented
 Before the early 1500’s time was measured by
 Sundials
 Hourglasses
 Time could now be accurately measured
 Writers began to compose their works in their own
languages
 Vocabularies, spellings, grammar became more
standardized
 This increased a common sense of identity among their
speakers, readers and writers.
 Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400)
 Canterbury Tales (explained social and political
circumstances of the time)
 Sir Thomas Moore (1478-1535)
 Wrote Utopia (describes a world that has no problems)
 Executed for his refusal to denounce the catholic church
 François Rabelais (1494-1553)
 Wrote Pantagruel, a series of books which made fun of
aspects of society that he felt needed to be changed
 Great example of humanism – questioning all aspects of
society
 Pléiade (mid-1500’s)
 Began writing in French rather than Latin
 William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
 Poet, playwright
 His works studied worldwide for their inventive use of
language and their insights into human nature
 P.75 #1, 3 read section on Leonardo da Vinci
 Urbanization and the fall of the feudal system created
a new middle class
 As a result, more people had to learn to read, write and
do arithmetic
 Quality of Life improved
 The sense of safety, comfort, security, health and
happiness that a person has
 Urbanization lead to the growth of a capitalist society
 An economic system that depends on private investment and
making profit
 Trade was previously for the acquiring of basic
necessities and done by bartering, but increased trade
goods led to increased use of money
 People became wealthier and money could therefore
be used for pleasurable things such as art, music etc.
 Society started becoming more secular and people
began to focus more on this life on earth
 Having to do with physical things; the opposite of
spiritual
 Was an extended family with father, mother, children,
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grandparents all living in one household.
Father ruled the household, made all important
decisions
Mothers maintained the household
Good relations very important
Children viewed as mini-adults
 Married young, worked young
 Although humanist believed all should be educated, it
was mostly reserved for elite men.
 Women had very little independence
 A few women were writers and artists but they were
considered exceptional
 Before the Renaissance, education was generally
provided by the Roman Catholic Church
 Focused on grammar, rhetoric (art of persuasive
thinking) and logic (science of reasoning and proving
arguments)
 The Renaissance brought education based on the value
of human life and students were taught to be good
citizens
 Began asking questions and seeking answers rather
than accepting what they were told by authorities.
 Write this done! Highlight it
 What was it??? A movement to reform the practices
of the Roman |Catholic church= Protestant
Churches
1) The bible was translated into new languages (everyone
could now read and understand it)
2) There was open sharing and debate amongst members
of society
3) There was a new humanist perspective
 All of these things made the Protestant Reformation
possible!
 Lianardo is a successful merchant in the city-state of
Florence who has become very wealthy. He enjoys
gathering with the other men from his community and
discussing classical writing, art and philosophy. As a
humanist, Lianardo believes he has a responsibility to
use his knowledge and wealth to improve his
community.
Step One: After reading this paragraph what have
we learned? Make a list of facts that we can pull out
of this paragraph.
 Lianardo is a successful merchant in the city-state of
Florence who has become very wealthy. He enjoys
gathering with the other men from his community and
discussing classical writing, art and philosophy. As a
humanist, Lianardo believes he has a responsibility to use
his knowledge and wealth to improve his community.
 Step Two: Read the question (MORE THAN ONCE)
 Which project is Lianardo LEAST likely to support?
Building a public library
b) Construction of a private school for only wealthy
kids.
c) Funding a sculpture to make a park more beautiful
d) Donating to a stained glass window at the church.
Step Three: Cross out any NO’s!
a)
 Conclusion p.86
 P.87 #5, 6, 7
 These are the following terms and concepts you should know
from the first two chapters… HINT HINT!!!!!
- What is Worldview?
- Value
-Belief
-Elements affected by Worldview
-Factors affecting Worldview
-The Silk Road
-The Middle Ages
-How the Renaissance began
(crusades, 100 years war, magna
carta etc)
-Feudal system
-City-state/ urbanization
-Trade
-Florence/Genoa/Venice
- How the Renaissance spread
- Why was it slow to spread
-Status quo
-Humanism
-Printing press
-Scholars
-Scientists/mathematicians
-Writers
-Quality of life
-Capitalist society
-Secular
-Family and women
-education