By: Carlie McNiff
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 word renaissance means the rebirth of the
interest in Greek and Latin again. Renaissance comes from the French
language. It was when the Europeans went through many great economic and
changes. Before, all of the people lost all of their interest in Roman and
Greek teachings. Luckily, the Monks
preserved their ancient writings and fled to
This period is characterized by artists, scholars, and scientists that learned and taught about the Greek and Latin ways. All of the ideas changed for the better. It was a good thing that they became interested again because more people became active in learning and education. Also, many people made advancements in all of the subjects.
When and where did the Renaissance begin?
The Renaissance occurred later during the Middle Ages. It went on through the years of the
Fourteenth to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries. It happened when many scholars fled to
The
Renaissance occurred mostly in
The most influential people in the Renaissance time were artists, because they thought of a new way to draw called perspective. This meant that the drawings were no longer flat, now they looked more real. Also all people could enjoy looking at an artist's work, yet not everybody could read or write. This meant that all you had to do was look not think too much. Also, the artists drew the aspects of daily life. This means that many people could relate to the paintings.
A famous artist was
Michelangelo di Buonarroti Simoni. He was
born in
A
famous architecture was Filippo Brunelleschi. He designed a huge dome for a cathedral
in
The
type of music changed a lot between the Middle Ages
and the Renaissance Period. The
music went from sacred church music to more secular music. The secular music was classical genre. A famous composer was Josquin des Prez. He lived from 1450-1521. He was the most European composer. Most music scholars consider him the
first music master of the Renaissance time period. Josquin wrote both secular and sacred
music. He wrote motets, chansons, frottoles, and many
masses. Many people praised him.
Dante Alighieri was a famous politician that wrote poems. Dante was different, instead of writing in Latin like the church, he wrote in Italian. Italian was the language of most of the people. This showed that he thought that they were both as good as each other. On of his finest works was The Divine Comedy. It is a story of the afterlife journey, and he uses real historic people that he meets along the way.
There were many very smart
scholars that created symbols. One
of those symbols is the square root, the positive symbol, and the negative
symbol.
The Renaissance Scientists learned that the Earth revolved around the sun and that the sun was the center of the universe. Other scientists were interested in how big the earth was. They produced very accurate maps for sailor, merchants, and other travelers.
How the Renaissance affects us.
The Renaissance affects us today because many still read the literature, admire their paintings, use the math symbols, listen to the music, and go to the plays. Also, the printing press was invented to print books, so that everybody could read and that there were enough books to go around. We still use this press today; it is way faster that movable type. The ports and craft centers are still important today.
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Stanley M. Burstein. World
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