Exploring Concepts

A.

Joan of Arc: defeated English armies in 4 different battles

Petrach and Boccaccio: read work made by Roman and Greek writers and wrote

works in the same style

Erasmus: was a priest who wrote about his intentions of changing the church

Sir Thomas More: wrote about the concept of individual worth

Shakespeare: wrote many different plays intended to entertain audiences

Louise Labe: first woman to write a book

Michelangelo: a very famous artist who made many sculptures

Brunelleschi: Made the roof of the Florence Cathedral

Da Vinci: he made many sketches on the subject of flying and he toyed with

how birds flew and how to make a man fly

Brueghel: he was famous for his painting The Peasant Dance

Gutenberg: invented the moveable type printing press

Pare: was the first surgeon to use thread to close a wound

B.

1. The renaissance brought a sense of individualism, which was cause by

humanists who believed in god yet they thought that all people were good and

should express themselves.

2. The feudal society fell apart because of the plague which cause there to

be many deaths, serfs wanted to have a higher pay, revolted, and didn’t

work, so feudalism fell apart

3. Greek and Roman art, literature, and philosophy played important roles in

the development of Renaissance ideas and ideals because the Romans and Greek

people were very open to art, and other ideas so they took many books, and

forms of art from them.

4. Ruling families were a very important part of Italian city-states because

they decided on the laws that would pass and kind of ruled the city with

other patrician families.

5. During the Renaissance there were great artistic and intellectual

achievements because of humanists who believed that it was important for

people to share their mind or express their feelings in an artistic way.

6. The Italian Renaissance cities had three major social levels, the

peasants, the middle class, and the patricians. The peasants were the lowest

on the social ladders they had jobs like porters, boatmen, and peddlers. The

Middle class consisted of many blacksmiths, traders, and artisans and they

made a reasonable amount of money. The patricians made the most money, their

jobs all involved their government, and they ruled the city together.

7. Life in an Italian renaissance city had its advantages and it’s

disadvantages. The advantages only worked if you were a patrician or upper

middle class, the advantages were having fine works of art, eating exquisite

food, and being able to read and write. The disadvantages, which usually

only happened to the peasants were that you would be completely ignored by

the higher level and not experience the culture.

8. Renaissance ideals did not apply to the lower class which did not have

enough money to buy artwork, or tools to make art, books, or be able write

books.

9. The ideas of the Renaissance were spread by art, travel, trade, books,

and counter culture where people just told each other stories.

Using Critical Thinking

1. My classroom would not be the best place to learn if the printing press

hadn’t been invented yet, because teachers would have to rely on the

chalkboard, or sheets written by hand to do a lesson. It would also be hard

to learn because you would have to take down so many directions by hand and

do your work at school because you wouldn’t be able to take it home.