By: Christian McClure
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
This word means, “rebirth, “the period after the middle ages.
When and where did the Renaissance begin?
Around the 1400’s through the 1600’s and it began in Florence, Italy. It also spread throughout Europe.
Leonardo Da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli, and Guillame Dufay, these people have influenced future writers to be their best on Literature. Even more interesting artists, scientist, and inventors have increased on how people look at the Renaissance. I have chosen these people because, they have had a very large impact on how we look at our literature, art, and inventions.
Leonardo Da Vinci was the greatest genius in the Renaissance. He was a sculpture, inventor, artist, and a mapmaker. He was born in Vinci, a town near Florence. He contributed to the great arts with such interesting paints such as, Mona Lisa. Leonardo Da Vinci, has made our world become as one, in both these categories, because he has us looking at the arts more carefully.
A composer named, Guillame Dufay was a brilliant music writer, and teacher of music. He was born in the city of Beersel. He would write these wonderful songs, have the sung in a choir, and then he would keep them. After a while they would become more popular, then the people would start to copy off of his work!! This composer, has showed us how to teach, and learn the music, by practicing everyday if your are committed to doing it.
A man named Niccolo Machiavelli, was the writer for "The Prince". This book gave advice to rulers, on how they can lead their country. He was born around Italy, in the 1500's. This author has given us the time to think before you write, and to always rule the right way, leadership.
A scholar, and poet named Petrarch, wrote passages to the public that would change the education in the Renaissance era for years to come. They also created new symbols for addition and negative signs. Petrarch taught us on how we should teach, and learn mathematics and science. In the midst of this, he also wrote many poems. Math and Science is everywhere we turn in our career, that is why he was so important.
How the Renaissance affects us.
Trade between Asia was beginning to increase the wealth, and the population. They got to meet new people, and study their cultures. They decided to create the printing press, which made communicating quicker, and more reliable. The humanists created what’s called humanism. This created a newer take on philosophy, art, scientific matters, and on how this Earth was created.
Virtual Renaissance Awesome site – Full of information http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/VirtualRen.html
Presentation – great info on what it was. Got Ideas for questions and topics
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/
Renaissance Theme Page – a wealth of resources – http://www.cln.org/themes/renaissance.html
Music: http://web.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/renaissance/renaissa.htm
Inventions and Technology http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/University/Inventions/Inventions.html
Women of the Renaissance
http://tudors.crispen.org/tudor_women/ Tudor England
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sister/Renaissance.html Women and Art in the Renaissance
http://ws.web.arizona.edu/ws200/fall97/grp13/part3.htm Women Artists
Coins http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/Courthouse/Banking/Coins.html
Web Museum http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/renaissance/
Burnstein,Stanely. "Medivial to Early Modern Times." Student Edition. CD-ROM.2006 ed.Orlando, Florida:Reinhart and Winston,2006.
Longo, Marty. "Renaissance era and music." Serra Catholic School, California. Janurary-MarchLongo.
"Renaissance era." Wikipedia.com. 30 Apr 2007 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_era>.
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