The Renaissance

The Renaissance

What was the Renaissance?
1. Means "rebirth" or "revival"
  1. Revival of interest in Ancient Greece and Rome
    1. Largely forgotten during Middle Ages
    2. Scholars once again became interested in the manuscripts,art,architecture,scienceand medicane of the ancient world
    3. Created a "spirit of enquiry"
2. Began in Italy in the fourteenth centuary
  1. City of Florence
  2. Spread throughout Italy and Northern Europe
Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
1. Ruins of Ancient Rome
2. City-states
3. Fall of Constantinople
4. Invention of the printing press
Changes in art and architecture
1. Art
  1. Painted on canvas
    1. Painted with oil colours
  2. Different colours
  3. Perspective
  4. Realistic people
  5. Frescoes
  6. Different themes
2. Architecture
  1. Domes
  2. Columns
  3. Rounded arches

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