The Renaissance and
Reformation
Chapter 13 Section 1
Pages 223-230
Read Pages 224 & 225
Focus Question: What were the ideals of the Renaissance, and how did Italian artists
and writers reflect these ideals? Refer to this question as you read.
1. What does the Witness History selecting mean by the term Renaissance man?
Someone of broad achievement with talent in many areas.
2. What other qualities could you add to a description of a Renaissance man?
Curiosity, interest in classical learning, adventurous spirit, belief in importance of
education.
3. Why did these characteristics emerge so strongly during the Renaissance rather
than the Middle ages?
During the Middle Ages, people were more focused on religion and spirituality. The
Renaissance brought a new interest in the material and human worlds and an
appreciation for individual achievement.
4. Why was Vasari’s book so important?
5. Define humanism, and humanities.?
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Read Pages 224 & 225
Focus Question: What were the ideals of the Renaissance,
and how did Italian artists and writers reflect these ideals?
Refer to this question as you read.
6. Who was Francesco Petrarch and what is he known
for?
7. What was the sculpture David suppose to represent?
8. What were the main characteristics of the
Renaissance?
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Read Page 226-227
Notice how Italy’s city-states differed from political structures in
the rest of Europe.
9. How did the city-state structure encourage the Renaissance?
10.Why was Italy a favorable setting for the Renaissance?
11.How do Leonardo's notebooks reflect humanist themes?
12.How did Renaissance artists differ from medieval artists in
their treatment of religious themes?
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Read Pages 228-230
In this section, both Renaissance writers, Castiglione and
Machiavelli, developed guidebooks that reflected ideals that
Renaissance men and women should aspire to attain.
13.What specific Renaissance ideals did each of these men
espouse?
14.Why might these ideas have particularly appealed to people
during the Renaissance?
15.How were Renaissance ideals reflected in the arts?
16.How did Renaissance writings express realism?
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