2. Rennaissance: Rebirth This period saw a rebirth in knowledge Rebirth of Classical Greek and Roman. Not intended to duplicate, but to duplicate and possibly surpass.
3. Emphasized Reality, Science, The Arts and theHuman Experience Christopher Columbus discovered America. Michelangelo was painting the Sistine Chapel. William Shakespeare was writing his famous plays. Secular music is non-religious music and it was becoming more popular during this time
4. Based on the physical world around them. Strove to portray the human form realistically. They developed techniques to render perspective and light more naturally
8. Strong Academic Focus Renaissance scholars were most interested in recovering and studying Latin and Greek literary, historical, and oratorical texts – as opposed to studying greek and arabic which was done in the middle ages
9. One theory suggests that the devastation caused by the Black Death in Florence, which hit Europe between 1348 and 1350, resulted in a shift in the world view of people in 14th-century Italy.
25. Image SourcesSacrifice of Isaac: http://smarthistory.org/assets/images/images/ghiberti.jpgNorth doors of Florence Baptistry: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/fowle013/mathematicslibrary/matrixdoor-thumb.jpgDonatello’s David: http://www.oneonta.edu/faculty/farberas/arth/Images/ARTH213images/Donatello/david/front.jpgThe Madonna and Child with Saint Anne: http://www.aiwaz.net/uploads/gallery/madonna-and-child-with-saint-anne-1695-mid.jpgTribute Money: http://www.artinthepicture.com/artists/Masaccio/tribute.jpgMadonna and Child with Stories from the Life of St.Anne: http://www.artchive.com/web_gallery/reproductions/92001-92500/92363/size3.jpgFra Angelico: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZYFOfcO01m8/TRB06y4dl-I/AAAAAAAAAJw/QlSMpXbgHJc/s1600/annunciation.jpgMona Lisa: http://www.imagebookers.com/gallery/d/1429-1/da-vinci-leonardo-mona-lisa.jpgThe Babe in the womb: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ksNjv9DoxP8/S9GR06wEtDI/AAAAAAAAAB8/xbJPPSgf9tw/s1600/430px-The_babe_in_the_womb%253B_Leonardo_da_Vinci_%25281511%2529.jpgLinear Perspective: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~matc/math5.geometry/unit14/1525.jpegThe Creation of Adam: http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/i/michelangelo-creation-adam-.jpgPieta: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Michelangelo%27s_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned_edit.jpg/300px-Michelangelo%27s_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned_edit.jpgSchool of Athens: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Sanzio_01.jpg/300px-Sanzio_01.jpg