The Renaissance Period

By: Rosie Carta

 

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


What was the Renaissance?

Renaissance means “rebirth” and refers to the period that followed Europe’s Middle Ages.

The period was characterized by scholars, artists, and scientists building on classical Greek and Roman ideas to make new advances in science and the arts.  With the invention of the printing press and reopening trade routes between China and Europe, the world experienced economic, intellectual, and cultural growth.  Also the emphasis on people as individuals was a new concept.

 

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When and where did the Renaissance begin?

The Renaissance occurred after the middle ages. It occurred when Europe emerged from the economic stagnation of the middle ages and experienced a time of financial growth.  It began in Florence, Italy and spread through out Europe during the 1300s through the 1600s.

The Renaissance occurred in Asia and into Medieval Europe

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Influential People

 

the merchants were the most influential people in the Renaissance because of their trade route system.


Art and Architecture

 

Caterina and Hemessen and Michelangelo


Music

Johannes Brassart 1400-1455 he lived in Lawage

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Literature

 Niccolo Machiavelli was born in Florence and he lived from 1469-1527

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Math and Science

Leonardo da Vinci lived from 1452 - 1519

 

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How the Renaissance affects us.

An event that affected us was the fall of Constantinople. A discovery was the scientific method,

a process for discovery that was a new way to of learning about the world.

The Renaissance is important to us today because many works of art and literature that are famous today occurred in that period. There were many changes in daily life experiences.

 

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Works Cited

www.google.comwww.wikkipedia.com , www.citationmachine.net

"Renaissance." wikimedia foundation. 2007. 25 Apr 2007 <http:/
  /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance>.

 

 

 

"Renaissance." Learner.org. 1997-2007. annenberg media. 25 Apr 2007 <http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/middleages.html>.

 

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