By: Michelle Dalisay
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 was the period that followed Europe’s Middle Ages. It means “rebirth” because it describes the intellectual and economic changes that occurred in Europe. It is characterized by scholars, artists, and scientists building on classical Greek and Roman ideas to make new advances in science and the arts.
When and where did the Renaissance begin?
The Renaissance occurred during the 1300s through the 1600s. It was a cultural movement in Italy and spread throughout Europe.
The most influential people in the Renaissance were the artists and writers because art is a great way to express yourself and artists contributed their art work to the people of today. Writers are also influential people because without them we would not have any books to read.
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was born and raised in the town of Vinci, Italy. He was born on April 15, 1452 and he died on May 2, 1519. Leonardo was an Italian polymath, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, artist, sculptor, architect, musician, and writer. His contribution to art was the painting of Mona Lisa and many other spectacular paintings. The Mona Lisa is a famous art piece which is known all around the world. I chose this person because he was a great artist and gave his time to give us his magnificent art work.
Josquin de Prez
Josquin des Prez was born around the year of 1440 possibly in Hainut (modern day Belgium). He was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. Josquin was best known by music scholars to be the first master of the high Renaissance style of polyphonic. I chose this person because he did great works with different styles of music and because he was the most famous European composer Guilliame Defray and Palestrina.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, in April of 1564. He was an English poet and play writer. He contributed many of his poetry and play writes. One of his greatest and well known play writes was Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet. I chose this person because he is known for being one of the greatest writers of the English language, of the Renaissance period.
Nicolas Copernicus
Nicolas Copernicus was born in 1473 in the city of Toruń, in Royal Prussia. He was a mathematician, astronomer, jurist, physician, classical scholar, Catholic cleric, governor, administrator, diplomat, economist, and military leader. He contributed the fact that the Earth revolves around the Sun. This is called the heliocentric theory. I chose Nicolas Copernicus because he helped with finding the truth about the Erath and the Sun.
How the Renaissance affects us.
The events in the Renaissance affected us by it has helped us to learn about the history of the many important things that happened during the Renaissance. For example, when Marco Polo traveled to China, he brought the stories of his journey to Europe, which began with the expansion of trade with Asia. The discoveries in the Renaissance affected us by, it gave us a way to learn about the subjects and the world and how it all began. For example, Nicolas Copernicus discovered how the Earth revolves around the Sun. This was called the Heliocentric Theory. The decisions made in the Renaissance affected us by it helped us to understand the right and wrong decisions made by historians.
The Renaissance is important to us today because the people and discoveries of the time really made a difference in the history and work that is now in present day world. Without the Renaissance some of the knowledge we have wouldn’t have existed!
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