From Dark to Dawn

​From Dark to Dawn

• I can explain the social, economic, and political changes that contributed to the rise of Florence

• I can explain the main characteristics of Humanism

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Learning Targets

• 1/3 of the population died in the Black Plague

• Shift from the manors to the cities

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End of Feudalism
(kinda)

Italian Lesson

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• Italy was not a country yet, but comprised of city-states

  • Florence was a republic

• Guilds

  • Arte Della Luna

  • Arte Della Seta

• Medici Family

  • Banks

    • checking accounts

    • credit and debit

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Rise of Florence

• Cosimo de' Medici

  • Lorenzo de' Medici (the younger)

• Niccolo Machiavelli

  • The Prince

• Filippo Brunelleschi

  • Duomo

  • Ospedale degli Innocenti (Datini)

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​Shaping Florence

Shaping Florence

Florence, Italy (2009)

• People can love and worship God while also enjoying and valuing the beauty, knowledge, and experiences the world has to offer

• Humanities (art, music, history, literature, philosophy, theater, ethics)

• Characteristics:

  • Realistic portrayal of humans

  • Secular/nonreligious

  • ​Refers to ancient Greece/Rome

Humanism

Humanism in Art

​Title: The Baptism of Christ
Artist: Andrea del Verrocchio (and Leonardo da Vinci)
Year: 1475
Location: Uffizi Gallery

Humanism:
Realistic Portrayal of Humans?
Secular/Nonreligious?
Refers to Ancient Greeks/Romans?

#1

​Title: The Birth of Venus
Artist: Sandro Botticelli
Year: 1484
Location: Uffizi Gallery

Humanism:
Realistic Portrayal of Humans?
Secular/Nonreligious?
Refers to Ancient Greeks/Romans?

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#2

​Title: Woman with a Veil
Artist: Raphael
Year: 1516
Location: Uffizi Gallery

Humanism:
Realistic Portrayal of Humans?
Secular/Nonreligious?
Refers to Ancient Greeks/Romans?

#3

​Title: Annunciation
Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Year: 1472
Location: Uffizi Gallery

Humanism:
Realistic Portrayal of Humans?
Secular/Nonreligious?
Refers to Ancient Greeks/Romans?

#4

​Title: The gods on Olympus with Hercules and the Muses
Artist: Jacaopo Zucchi
Year: 1577
Location: Uffizi Gallery

Humanism:
Realistic Portrayal of Humans?
Secular/Nonreligious?
Refers to Ancient Greeks/Romans?

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#5

​Title: Primavera
Artist: Raphael
Year: 1480
Location: Uffizi Gallery

Humanism:
Realistic Portrayal of Humans?
Secular/Nonreligious?
Refers to Ancient Greeks/Romans?

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