RENAISSANCE

RENAISSANCE

14th - 17th Centuries
1. A global economy
The rebirth of Classical Ideas
1. Ancient Greece and Rome
2. Crusades
3. Muhammad II of Ottoman Empire
Power of Church and Kings Challenged
1. People started thinking independently
Printing
1. Johannes Gutemberg
  1. Famous First Printed Bible
  2. William Caxton
2. Faster and Cheaper
3. Less church power as monks used to write all books and control them.
Florence, Italy
1. Medicis family
  1. Patrons
Politics
1. Nicolas Maquiavelo
  Annotations:
  - - "Never was anything great achieved without danger." - Florentine civil servant. - Book "The Prince".
Science
1. Nicholas Copernicus
  Annotations:
  - - Studied Astronomy. - Earth revolves around the sun. - Never published because it was too dangerous.
2. Galileo Galilei
  Annotations:
  - - Built a 30x telescope. - Earth revolves around the sun. - Published a book. - Forced to repudiate his beliefs or face the death penalty.
Medicine
1. Andreas Versalius
  Annotations:
  - - Professor of Anatomy. - Disected bodies. - Drawings.
Writers
1. William Shakespeare
  Annotations:
  - - World Famous writer. - Also was an actor. - Built a theater called the Globe. - Wrote Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, The Tempest...
2. Francesco Petrarch
  Annotations:
  - Invented the Sonnet.
Arts
1. Leonardo da Vinci
2. Michaelangelo
3. Raphael
4. Botticelli
5. Changed
  1. Non religious themes
  2. Nudes
  3. Use of perspective
Architects
1. Filippo Brunelleschi
Humanism

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	Created by Diego Paez about 9 years ago