The Renaissance

The Renaissance

The Renaissance

• The Renaissance means "rebirth"

• A period of intellectual and artistic growth

• Began in Italy, an area that was considered the mid point trade wise between Asia and the rest of Europe.

• People used observation and experience to explain the world, rather than rely on Church teachings.

Renaissance impact on Painting and Sculpture

• Masaccio developed rules of perspective

• Leonardo da Vinci used shadows and blurred lines to create lifelike art

• Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel as well as life like sculpture

A further impact of the Renaissance

• Italian scholar Petrarch, collected and studied ancient texts.

• Erasmus begins to question the church based on criticizing ancient texts

• Authors began to write about a non-religious subject.

• Authors began writing in a local language, not Latin

• Niccolo Maciavelli wrote that successful rulers did was was necessary to hold power. "the end justifies the means."

• People looked to improve their material lives, clothes, food, wins and furnishings

Impact on Science and Technology

• Galileo Galilei- famous Italian Scientist

• Foundation for modern physics

• invented the first telescopes

• Was able to prove that Nicholas Copernicus was correct, that the Earth revolved around the Sun, and not the other way around as the Church had taught.

Johann Gutenberg

• invented a printing press with movable type in Germany

• Allowed for the mass production of printed books

• Will encourage the spread of new ideas

• More and more people will begin to learn to read.

Multiple Choice

One major characteristic of the Renaissance was that the

• manor became the main center of economic activity

• Catholic Church lost all its influence in Europe

• classical cultures of Greece and Rome were studied and imitated

• Major language of the common people was Latin

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes a contribution of the works of Nicolas Copernicus and Galileo Galilei?

• They renewed interest in Greek and Roman drama

• They strengthened acceptance of traditional Church beliefs

• They explained the laws of gravity on heavenly bodies

• They demonstrated Earth was not the center of the universe.