Renaissance "Powerpoint"
Transcript: The Renaissance is normally said to have started in Florence, Italy in the 15th century. It was a time where the arts flourished, and many great leaps were made in the advancement of art, religion, science, medicine, and many other fields. The word Renaissance literally means "rebirth." The Renaissance did not start on a specific day, but normally it is said to have lasted from 1450 to 1650 The famous De Medici family helped spark the Renaissance by supporting artists in the Florentine area. Art is probably one of the best known fields of advancement during the Renaissance. Some of the more well known artists were... Many differences showed up between Renassance art and Medieval art. Although they had many differences, Medieval art influenced Renaissance art greatly. However, a lot of improvements made to Renaissance art were learned from the mistakes of medieval times. Before the Renaissance, Europe was predominantly Catholic. However, many factors contributed to the downfall of the Catholic church. Church is corrupt, sale of indulgences is an example. Church becomes greedy Church interprets Bible for themselves, keeps truth from citizens. Martin Luther exploits flaws, sparks the Reformation with 95 theses. Lower class citizens rise up and create own religion on own interpretation of Bible. INterest in new religions spread throughout Europe as many people liked new ideals of Protestantism. The Church tried to undo the damage from the Reformation with the Counter-Reformation. The effectiveness of the counter-reformation is often criticized. While it did not reclaim many members in Europe, it did gain millions of members in the Americas and the Far East. There were many great explorers during the Renaissance. Some of the most famous were Ferdinand Magellan, Henry Hudson, Christopher Columbus, Sir Francis Drake, and Hernando Cortes During this "age of Exploration", contact was established with Asia, the Americas, parts of Africa, and Oceania. While at first the explorations were for the good of everyone, they soon became competitve. The race for exploration is said to have started in 1418 by Portugal, with the search through the Atlantic ocean. As a retaliation, Spain sent Christopher Columbus to explore the Indies. On that trip, Columbus found a land they called America. Spain used this land, and surrounding islands to harvest spices, and created a huge profit off this land. Surrounding countries grew jealous of this success, and launched their own expoditions to find new land. Alchemy was a popular practice before the Renaissance. The main idea behind alchemy was that all materials were made of the same basic block, and that if a substance could be broken down to that simplest block, it could be built back up into a different substance. As the Renaissance started, this idea slowly evolved into chemestry, and laid the foundation for later chemists. Astrology also advanced greatly during the Renaissance. Keplar was the first to make the conjecture that the Earth rotated around the sun, not the other way around. Copernicus added on to that conjecture, and said that the Sun was not only what the Earth rotated around, but everything in the solar system. Galileo's biggest contribution to astronomy was the improvement to the telescope. One of the greatest authors in history lived during the Renaissance. He is often noted as the greatest English writer to have ever lived. He has 38 surviving plays. His most famous include Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and MacBeth. They were all tragedies. EVen today he is hugely popular and is studied and performed. He has inspired many other writers, painters, and musicians over time. During his lifetime, he was never hugely famous like he is today, though he did have some praise for his work. Bosch lived from 1450 to 1516 and was born in the Netherlands. He was known for his "religious" paintings, that were presented in a nonsensical style. He was one of the earliest Renaissance painters. THE END. Michelangelo Medieval art was more religious based -William Shakespeare Sonnet 18 The Birth of the Rebirth THE ART OF THE RENAISSANCE Bosch, Heironymus. Hell. Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain Joe Rossi Februaury 3, 2011 Raphael While Renaissance art had more depth, shadows, and looked closer to 3D THE RENAISSANCE AND SCIENCE INTRODUCTION TO THE RENAISSANCE Also, Medieval art tended to be more "flat", or 2D LITERATURE Giotto William Shakespeare Bosch, Heironymus. Garden of Earthly Delights. Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain. While Renaissance art tended to be more secular Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor
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