By: Connor Conzelman
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? The Renaissance was a period when art, trade, literature, and music boomed. The "Renaissance” means “rebirth” in French. It was called “Renaissance” because of the “rising middle-class”.
When and where did the Renaissance begin? The “Renaissance” occurred in the 14th to the 17th centuries. The “Renaissance” started in Italy.
Influential People Humanists were probably the most influential people in the “Renaissance” because they brought the classical ideas and old philosophies from the Greeks and Romans.
Art and Architecture Leonardo da Vinci lived from April 14th, 1452 – May 2nd, 1519. He was born and raised near, Vinci, Italy. Leonardo da Vinci was a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor anatomist, painter, sculptor, artist, musician, and writer. He was important in the field of art because of his world wide famous paintings such as “The Mona Lisa” and his description of “The Last Supper”. He was also important in the field of architecture for sculptures.
Music Josquin des Prez Was considered the greatest composer of polyphonic music. He was expected by his teachers to be the first master of the high Renaissance style of polyphonic vocal music. His mastery of technique and expression was universally imitated and admired.
Literature Saint Thomas More was important to the renaissance for his works of literature. He wrote “Utopia” an imaginary island nation; he was an English lawyer, author, statesman, and a leading humanist scholar. He took up many public offices, including that of Lord Chancellor. He refused to accept King Henry VIII’s claim to be supreme head of the Church of England.
Math and Science As an engineer, Leonardo conceived ideas vastly ahead of his own time, conceptually inventing a helicopter, a tank, the use of concentrated solar power, a calculator, a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics, the double hull, and many others. Relatively few of his designs were constructed or were feasible during his lifetime.
How the Renaissance affects us. The Renaissance had a great affect on because of its booming advancements in multiple fields. The most popular field I believe was art because probably the most famous artist in the world was born and died in the renaissance but his paintings will live on through the centuries. His name was Leonardo da Vinci his most famous painting was the Mona Lisa, even though it is the most famous painting it is also the most mysterious. The renaissance also gave us great advancements in literature, music, math, engineering, astronomy, cartography, and many more. This time of great minds gave us a better outlook on the world and also give us better understanding of thing we could not perceive.
Works Cited www.wikipedia.com "Renaissance."wikipedia. 52 edition. 1998