The Renaissance Period

By: Andrew De La Riva

 

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?

By scholars, artists, and scientists 

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 growth

 

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When and where did the Renaissance begin?

It began in Florence, Italy and spread through out Europe during the 1300s through the 1600s.

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Influential People

The art was in Europe was in the church because god were praise and gave hope to the knights. The Architecture was the dome of the cathedral in Rome and it gave the arches to hold the churches dome

 

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Art and Architecture

 

Leonardo was a painter, sculptor, inventor, engineer, scientist, mathematician, anatomist. He was musician, architect and writer.  He is famous for his paintings. Some of his best paintings were the Last Supper and Mona Lisa. In many journals, he drew out blueprints to things like calculators, tanks, and Helicopter                                 

 

 

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Music

 

Heinrich Isaac was born in Germany. When he was about 35 he went to Florence where he played the Organ. There he played for Lorenzo de' Medici. Later on, The Medici's were banished and Heinrich looked for help elsewhere. By 1497 Heinrich was in the employ of Emperor Maximilian I. He traveled throughout most of Germany and influenced composers in the region. After that he returned to Florence in 1514 and died 3 years later. When he was alive he composed a wide variety of music, and masses

 

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Literature

Niccolo Machiavelli: He was a Italian writer who wrote a book called The Prince. He was also a politician. He was only interested in what really happened in both peace and war. He thought sometimes rulers had to be ruthless to be successful. Niccolo Machiavelli was a practical and didn’t care about other people’s ideas

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Math and Science

Galileo was born on February 15, 1564 in Pisa. He discovered gravity and invented many useful things like the telescope and the proportional compass.

 

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How the Renaissance affects us.

 

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Works Cited

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Bernstein, Stanley M., Orlando Holt, Winston World,                                                                   Medieval To Early Modern Times. Student Edition. Austin, Texas:
Harcourt Education Company, 2006.

 

 

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