History & Culture S2 WorksheetTopic 2 Decline of Oriental Empire and Step of the West to Modern Times【Mid-14th Century to Mid-19th Century】──Step of the West to Modern Times – Renaissance (Teacher’s Copy)

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Ⅰ. The Meaning of the Renaissance

The timeline of the Renaissance

1. Try to highlight the period of Renaissance with a red pen on the timeline (1300-1600 A.D.).

2. The word “Renaissance” is derived from French. What’s its original meaning? During the Renaissance period in Europe, which period of culture was promoted?

The original meaning of “Renaissance” is “recovery” or “regeneration”.Renaissance is the recovery of ancient Greco-Roman culture. It is not only retro, but also innovative.

3. Finish the timeline and analyze the significance of the Renaissance to the

culture development in Europe. Renaissance marks the end of the Middle Ages and the transition to the modern times. It has a significance of linking the past and the future.

1492 AD(Discovery of the New World)

476 AD(Western Roman Empire fell)

Ancient times Middle Ages Modern times

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History & Culture S2 WorksheetTopic 2 Decline of Oriental Empire and Step of the West to Modern Times【Mid-14th Century to Mid-19th Century】──Step of the West to Modern Times – Renaissance (Teacher’s Copy)

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History & Culture S2 WorksheetTopic 2 Decline of Oriental Empire and Step of the West to Modern Times【Mid-14th Century to Mid-19th Century】──Step of the West to Modern Times – Renaissance (Teacher’s Copy)

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Comparison of human portrait drawings in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Picture A Picture B

1. According to Source B, which picture is drawn in the Middle Ages? And which one is drawn in Renaissance? Try to list your evidence and explain.

Picture A is drawn in the Middle Ages and Picture B is drawn in Renaissance.Because Picture B is accurate in body proportion, which matches the feature of Renaissance.

2. From the human portrait drawn in the Renaissance, which thinking influenced

people at that time? What influence does it have on the development of Renaissance?

At that time, people were influenced by humanism.

Artists beg a n to focus on “human” and respect human’s value. Renaissance

Source B

History & Culture S2 WorksheetTopic 2 Decline of Oriental Empire and Step of the West to Modern Times【Mid-14th Century to Mid-19th Century】──Step of the West to Modern Times – Renaissance (Teacher’s Copy)

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artists liked to paint and write about human affairs , and not just about religion.

Humanism influenced Europe ’ s art, literature, science, medicine and

architecture during 1300-1600.

Ⅱ. The Causes of the Development of Renaissance

Look at the following information carefully and answer the questions.

The picture describing the situation in Florence, Italy during Renaissance

Source A

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1. Try to list the name of different social classes in the picture.

Merchant, priests, city landlord, Medici family, artist, architect, lawyer

2. Try to list the name of different buildings. Which period of style is the architectural design based on?

Square, landlord’s palace, conference gallery. They are based on the architectural features of ancient Greece and Rome.

3. Can the above material fully explain the causes of the Renaissance? Analyze the causes according to the material and your knowledge.

Level 1: Yes. With the development of economy and trade, merchants bought city autonomy rights from the king, which led to the breakdown of feudalism. Led by merchants like Medici family, Florence was prosperous as never before. Citizens lived a rich life and promoted cultural activities actively. So, artists, architects and scientists were valued.

Level 2: No. (Students answering No perform better.) The source mainly reflected how economic development and autonomous city rising caused the Renaissance. It didn’t reflect other factors that caused Renaissance: the influence of churches was weakened; feudalism declined and Gutenberg invented typography.

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Picture C

Ⅲ. Achievements of the Renaissance

Comparison of drawings in the MiddleAges and the Renaissance

1. According to the above materials, which picture is drawn in the Middle Ages?

Which one is drawn in Renaissance?Painting drawn in the Middle Ages: Picture B

Painting drawn in the Renaissance: Picture A, Picture C and Picture D

2. Compare the differences of the paintings drawn in the Middle Ages and Renaissance in terms of the following aspects.

The Middle Ages The Renaissance

“Mona Lisa” drawn by Leonardo de Vinci

“The Creation of Man 1511-12”, “Fragment of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling” drawn by Michelangelo)

Picture BPicture A

Picture D

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typographic press

Appearance Serious and rigid Vivid/lively/elegant/strongDrawing method

Expressed by plane method /abstraction

Expressed by 3-dimensional/realism

Material selection

Focused on religious affairs Focused on human affairs

Idea toward

humans

Paid no attention to human's value.Religion dominated the society

Human-oriented world viewrespected human’s value

Timetable of important events in the Renaissance

1265 ---Dante was born1350 ---The renaissance began in

city-states in Italy1377 ---Brwnelle-schi was born1438 ---Gutenberg invented typographic printing

press 1452 ---Leonardo da Vinci was born1453 ---Constantinople fell, causing many scholars to

escape to Italy1473 ---Copernicus was born1474 ---Michelangelo was

born1483 ---Raphael was born1492 ---Discovered the New World 1547 ---Cervantes was born1564 ---Galileo and William Shakespeare were born

The Middle Ages

Modern Times

Source B

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The Renaissance has abundant contents. It has huge changes in the aspects of art, literature, science and architecture. Choose the figure you are most familiar with from the above materials. Fill them in the proper blanks and introduce their important works.

Art Science Literature Architecture

Important figure “fam

ous work”

Leonardo da Vinci

Mona Lisa],[The Last Supper]

Copernicus[Solarism]

Dante [La Divina

Commodia]

Brwnelle-schi[Florence Cathedral]

Michelangelo[The Palestrina Pieta, Moses]

Galileo[invented telescope]

Cervantes[Don Quijote]

/

Raphael [Sistine

Madonna]

/ Shakespeare [Romeo and

Juliet]、[The Merchant of

Venice]

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Ⅳ. Influence of the Renaissance

The influence of Renaissance on Europe

1300 AD 1400 AD 1500 AD 1600 AD 1700 AD 1800 AD

Renaissance Enlightenment

The great geographical discovery

Religious reform

1. With reference to Source A, analyze the important influence of Renaissance on Europe.

i) Advocated new thoughts and broke the constraint on thoughts in the Middle Ages;ii) Weakened the authorities of the Roman Catholic Church and promoted the religious reform;iii) Paid attention to human’s value, encouraged people to progress and led to the great geographic discovery;iv) Respected people’s natural rights, criticized unreasonable systems and led to the Enlightenment in Europe.

2. What important impact does the Renaissance have on our lives today? Try to find out evidence in our daily lives and explain. Introduction in words: (Students may answer freely).

Source A