By: Matthew Carrigan
What was the Renaissance? | When and where did the Renaissance begin?
Influences of the Renaissance | Art and Architecture | Music | Literature | Math and Science
How the Renaissance affects us. | Works Cited
The Renaissance means "rebirth" in French. This is the period that followed Europe's Middle Ages.
When and where did the Renaissance begin?
The Renaissance began in Florence, Italy in the late 1300s.
The most influential people in the Renaissance era were the inventors. They were the most influential people in the Renaissance because if they did not invent the machines, we would not have the inventions that exist today. The inventors were a big part of the Renaissance era because of the many inventions they made and accomplished during the Renaissance era.
Antonio del Ceraiolo was an Italian painter. He was a very active painter in Florence, Italy. He painted in a Renaissance style, and painted between 1520 and 1538. He was a pupil of Ridolfo GhirIandaio, and also a pupil of Lorenzo di Credi, both of them his art teacher. I picked him because he strived for his goal of painting in Italy.
Johann Sebastian Bach lived from 1685 to 1750. He lived in Germany. He was also able to be an organist and a composer during his lifetime. During his lifetime, he was a genius in all of his music. he wrote sacred and secular work for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. I chose him because he was a genius in music and I like to play musical instruments like I do.
William Shakespeare lived from 1564 to 1616. He wrote the famous 154 Sonnets and the numerous highly successful quoted dramatic works including the tragedy of the Prince of Denmark. He wrote about 38 plays, as well as other poems. He did most of his work between 1586 and 1612. Shakespeare is the most quoted writer in the literature and history of the English-speaking world. I picked him because I wanted to do a report on a writer who is known throughout the whole world for his writings and all of his plays. I also chose him because he wrote some of the best plays ever written like "Romeo and Juliet."
Nicolaus Copernicus was born in February 19, 1473 in Thorn, Poland. He attended the University of Krakow, and then did liberal arts at Bologna, and then did medicine at Padua. The enunciation of the heliocentric theory by Copernicus marked the beginning of the scientific revolution. He wrote a epochal book is often conceived as the starting point of modern astronomy, as well as a central and defining epiphany in all the history of science. I chose him because without him, we would not have the first theory of the solar system. I also picked him because he worked until he found the answer.
How the Renaissance affects us.
The Renaissance affects us by in the middle ages, there was a important time of financial growth. There were also inventions like the clock, the first flushable toilet, the microscope, the submarine, and wallpaper.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_del_Ceraiolo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus