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Renaissance Art Power Point

Objectives:

1. Analyze how the revival of humanism and the revolution in printing made the renaissance possible

2. Describe how perspective and the new conception of artistic genius reveal a growing sense of human power over the world.

3. Explain how politics in Italy were a model for political events in the rest of Europe

4. Analyze how the fall of Constantinople and the reconquista in Spain can both be considered symbols of the Renaissance and how they can be considered opposites.

5. Describe what late 15^th century political, economic, and technological forces drove the extension of European power to other parts of the globe.

 Topic A: Widening Intellectual Horizons (505-510)

Concepts:

1. The Humanist Renewal  507
2. The Advent of Printing  509-510

 Topic B: Revolution in the Arts (510-517)

Concepts:

1. From Artisan to Artist  511-512

2. The Human Figure  512-514

3. Order through Perspective  514-516

4. New Musical Harmonies  516-517

 Topic C: The Intersection of Private and Public Lives (517-521)

Concepts:

1. Renaissance Social Hierarchy  517-518

2. Family Alliances  519-520

3. The Regulation of Sexuality  520-521

 Topic D: The Renaissance State and the Art of Politics (521- 531)

Concepts:

1. Republics and Principalities in Italy  522-524

2. Renaissance Diplomacy  524-525

3. Monarchies and Empires   525-531

 Topic E: On the Threshold of World History: Widening Geographic Horizons (531-542)

Concepts:

1. The Divided Mediterranean  532-533

2. Portuguese Explorations  533-536

3. The Voyages of Columbus  536-539

4. A New Era in Slavery  539

5. Europeans in the New World  539-541

 Topic F: The World Lit only by Fire

1. Review of Summer Project