The Renaissance Period

By: Timothy Park

 

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?

 The Renaissance means “rebirth” in French and it refers to the era that followed Europe’s Middle Ages. This period was characterized by scholars, artists, and scientists.  The Renaissance was a time for discovering.

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When and where did the Renaissance begin?

It occurred during the 13th century to the 16th century. The Renaissance occurred in Florence, Italy.

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Influential People

 

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Art and Architecture

Leonardo Da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Vince Italy. Leonardo was a painter, sculptor, map maker engineer, and an inventor. He painted the Mona Lisa.

 

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Music

Music in the Renaissance was composed by the church.  The motets were in Latin for important court chapels.  The Gregorian Chant was a musical for the church too.

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Literature

 Niccolo Machiavelli was born on May 3, 1469 to June 21, 1527.  He was a poet, politician, musician, and a playwriter.  I picked Niccolo for Literature because he wrote the The Prince which is a story about a prince wanting to gain the throne.

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Math and Science

Nicolaus Copernicus was born on February 19, 1473 to May 24, 1543.  He was an astronomer, mathematician, jurist, physician, scholar, cleric governor, administrator, diplomat, and an economist.  I chose Nicolaus because he was the astronomer to make a modern heliocentric theory of the solar system.

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How the Renaissance affects us

 The Renaissance affected us by inmventing the Printing Press. 

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Works Cited

http://www.mos.org/leonardo/

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/renm/hd_renm.htm

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/MWH/1107.html

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