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Renaissance

Renaissance. i s the rebirth of classical culture and ideas. Years of the Renaissance . The Renaissance took place from 1485-1625. . Significant places. Italy England France Greece. Before the Renaissance.

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Renaissance

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  1. Renaissance is the rebirth of classical culture and ideas

  2. Years of the Renaissance • The Renaissance took place from 1485-1625.

  3. Significant places • Italy • England • France • Greece

  4. Before the Renaissance • Before the Renaissance, there was the Dark Ages. This was a time where the Black plague was killing people with the disease. It started in China but spread to France, Greece, and Italy.

  5. Historical influences • 1492 – Christopher Columbus lands in the modern-day Bahamas and makes contact with the Arawaks • 1517 – Martin Luterh inspires the Protestant Reformation • 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan’s crew completes the first successful attempt at world navigation, but their leader is killed during the voyage • 1543 – Copernicus develops the first modern heliocentric theory theory of the solar system • 1503 – Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa • 1558 - Elizabeth I begins her reign as queen of England • 1580 - Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe • 1609 – Italian scientist Galileo Galilei studies the heavens with a telescope

  6. Characteristics of the Renaissance • People became interested in life on earth. • Emphasis was placed on the individual and the development of human potential • Art and literature • Beauty of nature • Human impulses • Exploration • New sense of mastery over the world • New heights in theater and literature

  7. Characteristics of Renaissance Art • Historical • Religious • Royal Portraits • Miniatures (tiny portraits that could be worn as jewelry) • Emphasis on classical • Display physical realism (humans in physical perspective) • Natural background • Accurate perspective • Based on Roman styles and design

  8. Major Type of Art • Mystery, miracle, and morality plays • Tragedies • Comedies • Masques • Spiritual and devotional writings (King James Bible) • Architecture

  9. Characteristics of Renaissance Music • Church music sung a cappella • Churches used Gregorian chant • Elizabeth Madrigals were performed in rich people’s homes • 16th century music consisted of more than one choir • Instruments were less important than voice • Richer texture in four or more parts. Bass part is added below the tenor • Blending rather than contrasting strands in the musical texture • Greater concern with the flow and progression of chords. • Secular music included vocal pieces and dances and lots of instrumental pieces

  10. Major Type of Music • Church music • Chants • Elizabeth Madrigals • German Chorales • Polychoral music • English Consort • Elizabethan Keyboard Music

  11. Major Artists • Michel Angelo • Leonardo deVinci • Donatello • Raphael

  12. Major Composers

  13. Renaissance Art • Adoration of the Magi (daVinci) • Carved Madonna of the Stairs (Angelo) • Marriage of the Virgin (Raphael) • The Crucified Christ With the Virgin Mary (Raphael)

  14. Bibliography “Bellini Gioviani” Encyclopedia Britannica, 1985, vol. 2 pp. 76-78 Mason, Antony. Famous Artist. London, Watts Books, 1993, pp. 2,4,6 and 18 Cumming , Robert. Annotated Art. Westmount, The Reader’s Digest association, 1995, pp. 32-33. Green, Jen. Michalangelo. London, Aladdin Books Ltd., 1993, pp. 5-29

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