By: Alex Real
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 rebirth.
When and where did the Renaissance begin?
The Renaissance occurred in the years 1450-1600. The Renaissance started in Italy and spread through Europe.
The most influential people during the Renaissance were artists, musicians, and architects.
These are the most influential people of the Renaissance because they were some of the most talented people and influenced modern inventions that we use today.
Leonardo Da Vinci
He painted the “Last Supper” and the “Mona Lisa”. He also made the first models of many of the inventions we have today.
George Frederick Handel
One of the many musicians of the time, he composed many of the popular music of the Renaissance era.
Desiderius Erasmus
He was a northern scholar who wrote a book about literature.
Galileo Galilee
He was an Italian scientist who invented the microscope and many other things we use today.
How the Renaissance affects us.
The Renaissance affects us in if the inventors didn’t invent what they did, then we would not have what we have today. If Da Vinci didn’t paint the “Last Supper”, and the “Mona Lisa”, then we would not have those beautiful works of art today.
Burstein, stanley. world history to early modern times. student. orlando: holt, rinehart and winston, 2006.