aim: how did renaissance ideas affect art and architecture?

Aim: Aim: How did How did Renaissance Renaissance ideas affect ideas affect

art and art and architecture?architecture?

Renaissance Themes

Worldliness

Learning

Antiquity

Individualism

Reform

Renaissance Themes

Worldliness/ Secularism- (Break from traditional religious subjects)

Learning/Humanism- (Return to Ancient Greek and Roman ideas, focused on man and his world)

Antiquity- (Return to the past)

Individualism- (Realistic portrayal of human form, deep emotion and human expression)

Reform/ Questioning- (break away from traditional way of thinking, individual interpretation)

Groups What do you see?

Analyze what you see to decide which Renaissance themes your piece of art shows.

Be able to support the themes you choose with specific details.

Which was a major characteristic of the

Renaissance?

1. conformity

2. humanism

3. mysticism

4. obedience

An important characteristic of Renaissance humanists was their emphasis on

1.accepting ideas based on Confucian thought

2. the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church

3. magic and alchemy4. classical Roman and Greek writings

Which societal condition was basic to the

development of Greek philosophy and Renaissance art?

1. rigid social classes

2. emphasis on individualism

3. religious uniformity

4. mass education

SWBAT WLIW clip All About the Renaissance Part

1: Historical Background, Beginnings and Art- The Renaissance begins: Northern Italy, 1300-1350 (1:34)

Ask students what themes emerged.

Show slide with 5 main Renaissance themes and review for understanding.

Tell students that they will be looking at Renaissance art today and deciding how different works fit into this Renaissance mindset.