By: Matt Matula
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
Renaissance means the rebirth, in French.
This period is characterized
by scholars, artists, and scientists adding on to classical Greek and Roman
ideas to make new technology and make science and the arts more advanced. They
were a great influence to the renaissance because they basically made all
the new technologies the way to the world.
When and where did the Renaissance begin?
The Renaissance occurred from 1350-1450. It occurred over a span of about a hundred years.
The Renaissance occurred in Florence Italy and then quickly spread all over
Europe. The renaissance was spread mainly by the scholars, travelers, and
explorers traveling to other countries.
The most influential people during the Renaissance were the Artists.
They were the most influential because they created many great drawings. They depicted the human body which got us to think about how it worked and how it moved, and they also drew with perspective sp you could see the great detail they drew with. The middle class was also influential because were also influential because they had extra money to spend on things like going to the theater and buying extra things.
Art and Architecture-Michael Angelo painted the Sistine Chapel. He lived in Italy. I chose this person because he truly was one of the founders of the renaissance. It must have taken him hours to paint the dome and people really remembered him greatly for doing so.
Music- John Sebastian Bach, he was a sacred and secular composer and he preformed many operas and composed many compositions. He lived in Italy. I chose this person because he was also a huge part of the Renaissance and contributed a lot to it.
Literature- Durante Deli Alighieri was an Italian Poet. He was a great influence on the Renaissance because he wrote many famous works. I chose him because I love his work. He was a great poet and a great thinker and I preticularly enjoy poetry. He spent most of the years of his life writing and thinking about his surroundings. He was truly brilliant.
Math and Science- For Math and Science I chose Antonio De Mazzinhi because I think that he did cool work when he invented the new Hindu Arabic style of math and science. I have always thought that math was fun and science to so I chose a great thinker because I think like that to when it comes to math and science.
How the Renaissance affects us.
The Renaissance is so important to us today because it brought around new technology for us today and we wouldn’t be where we are today if we didn’t have the Renaissance. I always think about the renaissance because it was the rebirth of pretty much every thing and the making of everything becoming great. Some of the discoveries that they made during the renaissance were new forms of math, the discovery of the new world, and much more.
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