The Renaissance - created from Mind Map

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What was the Renaissance?

Means "rebirth" or "revival"

Began in Italy in the fourteenth centuary

Revival of interest in Ancient Greece and Rome

Largely forgotten during Middle Ages

Scholars once again became interested in the manuscripts,art,architecture,scienceand medicane of the ancient world

Created a "spirit of enquiry"

City of Florence

Spread throughout Italy and Northern Europe

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

Ruins of Ancient Rome

City-states

Fall of Constantinople

Invention of the printing press

Changes in art and architecture

Art

Architecture

Painted on canvas

Different colours

Perspective

Realistic people

Frescoes

Different themes

Painted with oil colours

Domes

Columns

Rounded arches

The Renaissance