Gutenburg and the Writers of the Renaissance

Welcome to the First Day of Block Scheduling!

Since we have two hours together, we're mixing two lessons into one. So, there are two main ideas, 10 WWK and... I know you're already grumbling. :)

Daily Objectives:

• Journal: click here for journal
• Notes and MME
• Dante's Inferno
• Review
• GAME PROJECT

GUTENBERG AND HIS BIBLE

MAIN IDEA: Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press which made books easy to print. Books and the ideas in them spread through Europe and got everyone thinking about different ideas.

• Moveable Type:  invented in China, later came to Europe.  One block has a raised symbol on it that can be combined with others on a frame to create a page of text.  The symbol can then be reused on another page.

• Printing Press:  1455, invented by Johannes Gutenberg, allowed for the quick spread of the written word and ideas.  Without the printing press, there could have been no renaissance or reformation.

• By 1500, there were printing presses in 250 European cities, and in just 45 years, more than 9 million books had been printed.  Before, every book had to be printing by hand, one letter at a time.
• Vernacular: written in the local language
• Petrarch: father of humanism and poet who was Italian
• Dante: wrote the Divine Comedy about a journey through the afterlife - Italian
• Machiavelli: wrote The Prince about how rulers should be feared, not loved - Italian
• Chaucer: wrote The Canterbury Tales about people on a pilgrimage - English
• Cervantes: wrote Don Quixote about a man who thought he was a knight - Spanish

LEFT SIDE: activity on the vernacular - see me in class.

If you're gone, watch the video:

Gutenberg and the Printing Press 14 minutes.

Arty Party - Art in the Renaissance Day 1 and 2

Daily Objectives:

• Journal (click here for journals)
• Review for QUIZ ( TOMORROW! 4/18)
• Notes and MME
• Reminders:
• Guild Sign due Fri (4/18)

Main idea: Renaissance Art was inspired by classical work. It was secular, used realism, and developed new techniques.


Words Worth Knowing

 Realism: art subject looks like it is "supposed to" or looks realistic - an apple looks like an apple
vanishing point: all parallel lines converge to a point in the distance
perspective: as things get farther away, they get smaller
Neo-classical: new style Greek or Roman

Left Side:
Foldable to compare Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance art. Print from here. MME is below.

DAY 2: many people were gone to the science fair. We looked at art and the four "Greats" who have been kind enough to share their names with the Ninja Turtles.

For the notes, print from here. There is no left side. You could even fit this folded accordian style on Arty Party Day 1 notes.

For the Renaissance MME from beginning to Arty Party days 1 and 2: click here.

The Medici and Florence

Daily Objective:

• Journal click here 
  
• Right Side:

·      Main Idea: The Medici family had power and money. Florence, the birthplace of the Renaissance, was their home. They helped the Renaissance spread by spending their wealth on art and architecture.

Words Worth Knowing

• Medici: banking family that helped create the Renaissance by spending money on art and architecture - "mafia Medici"
• Lorenzo the Magnificient: politician and patron of the Renaissance "greats" like da Vinci and Michaelangelo
• Patron: wealthy person who supports the arts
• Florence: place where the Renaissance started in Italy and home to Medici

Left side: Draw the growth of the Renaissance

Draw a flower growing out of soil with the sun shining. As a class, look at roots, sun, dirt, water – how can these symbolize Renaissance beginnings? Ideas: Roots = classical ideas dirt = schism war plague sun = humanism

If you were gone: 

Medici family - Cosimo
Medici family - Lorenzo

Excellent Medici video

Horrible History Renaissance Report