Renaissance Review By Kohen Redmond

Artists

Artwork

Origins

Education and Music

Paintings used religious themes in artwork

Painting and sculpting was influenced by realism

Artists focused on anatomically correct people for poses

Italian scholars and artists saw themselves as reawakening to the ideals and achievements of classical Roman culture.

Humanism combined religious ideas with the Greek and Roman idea of individual beauty

Important cities included Florence, Milan, and Venice

This wealth and power allowed people to support and focus on the arts and artists

Close to Western Europe, Byzantine Empire, Mediterranean Sea, and Muslim World

The Renaissance was a period of cultural revival in Europe from the 1300's to the 1500's

Due to their location Italian city-states were able to gain wealth and importance

Music also takes on a greater importance during the Renaissance and was influenced by religious themes

Higher need to schools, more focus on study of history and philosophy

Politics were also affected by books like the Prince and said that the government had a responsibility to the governed

Emphasized the importance of education and the printing press allowed books to be printed for the masses, which leads to literacy

Leads to increased in medicine and the scientific revolution

Leonardo da Vinci Created Mona Lisa and Last Supper

Michelangelo created the Statue of David and Sistine Chapel

Johannes Gutenberg created the
printing press

Johannes Gutenberg printed the first Bibles

Michelangelo was a sculptor and
painter

Renaissance scientist and philosophers began questioning prior teachings and making new discoveries

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Renaissance artists built on classical ideas of Greece and Rome to create Humanistic Art

Renaissance originated in Italy (Florence)

Leonardo Da Vinci was a
sculptor, artist and inventor

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