High School Ancient History Lesson 25: The Italian Renaissance: the Beginning of the Modern Era

Note the emergence of the modern ideal with the concentration on the individual as the determinant factor in his life.

Complete the following outline using your notes.

I. Social Change in Western Society
     A. Alfred von Martin -The Sociology of the Renaissance
     B. Social Classes
          1. Patriciate class
          2. Gente Nuova
          3. Lower Class -popolo minuto
II. Humanism
     A. Paul Kristeller --iterary humanism
     B. Francesco Petrarch -The Father of the Renaissance
     C. Hans Baron -civic humanism
III. The Renaissance Philosophy of the Individual
     A. Florentine Platonic Academy ---rsilio Ficino
     B. Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola (Read Oration on the Dignity of Man, 1487)
IV. The Renaissance View of History
V. Renaissance Art
     A. Innovations of Renaissance Art
     B. Leonardo da Vinci
          1.Mona Lisa
          2. The Last Supper
     C. Michelangelo
          1. David
          2. Sistine Chapel
VI. Summary: The Renaissance was the beginning of the Modern Era