Renaissance

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Mind Map on Renaissance, created by Renzo Wu on 28/04/2017.
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Renaissance
  1. Change

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    • A lot of changes were made during the renaissance period. Some changes influenced the rest of the world and the rest of the human civilization. 
    1. Architecture

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      • Architecture started to improve, I think this was a huge change during the renaissance. Architects developed ways to hold the huge dome above the cathedral. Architects also adapted to the idea of humanism and classical Ideas.
      1. Ancient Greece and Rome

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        • Ancient Greece and Rome had open spaces for public, however some where open but private, so higher ranking people and meetings can happen in the private space, but open for a better atmosphere.
        1. Humanism

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          • Architects adapted to humanism ideas to their buildings and homes. They had open spaces for the public but private spaces as homes. A lot of homes were above the ground floor market.
          1. Rebirth of Classical Ideas

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            • Having a huge public space and improvement of buildings lead to people seeing a better looking city and people can enjoy their time in public spaces which leads to more efficient productivity since people were happy and healthy.
          2. Florence Italy

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            • "The cradle of Renaissance" Florence holds the greatest cathedral at that time. They were the banking system of Renaissance, and they had talented artists and architects. 
            1. Medici Family

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              • A rich, ruling family in Florence, Italy. They ruled Florence for over 200 years.
              1. Patrons

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                • They were the patrons, they were the sponsors to a lot of people and the support of the city.
                1. Politics

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                  • The medici family was the ruling family which means they are the main point of politics.
                2. Influence of Italian city-states

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                  • This was the main city state of Italy, major cities all over Europe starts to evolve into more advance way of living and better looking city.
                3. Increased Iteracy

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                  • During the medieval period, most people did not know how to write or read. They were not educated. The only people who were educated well were the high ranking people.
                  1. Idenpendent Thinking

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                    • People began to "betray" the idea of "in bible we trust" they used to only believe what was submitted and written in the bible. However, people started to experiment things and research if the bible was truly correct all the time.
                    1. Human Potential

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                      • With a better education, more people can do what higher ranking people can do. This improves trading, business, architecture, arts and communication skills.
                      1. Gutenberg Printing Press

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                        • New technology was invented by people. People found ways to improve their work and through the advance technology, people can have better living and education.
                      2. William Shakespeare

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                        • Writing many major stories and writings. The improvements of learning lead to Shakespeare still being a famous artist nowadays.
                      3. Arts

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                        • New types of art ideas were formed. Sculptures with expressions, painting with perspectives and the use of humanism ideas.
                        1. Rebirth of Classical Ideas

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                          • Sometimes artist sculpt objects based on religious items. The most important items are usually the largest.
                          1. Humanism

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                            • Artist started to adapt to Humanism ideas for art, humanism formed expressions and perspectives.
                            1. Michelangelo

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                              • He adapted to the Humanism art. He sculpted objects that aren't exactly religious and he made his art works look life-like and had expressions on the person.
                              1. Leonardo de Vinci

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                                • He made his paintings life-like and most of his paintings are famous even 'till nowadays.
                              2. Non religious theme

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                                • People started to not only paint and sculpt about religious objects and concepts.
                                1. Albrecht Dürer

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                                  • He combined mathematics with art, he thinks perspective is really important, and the precise measurements will improve the perspective of the painting.
                                2. Science

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                                  • Science started to improve, scientists started to wonder if the bible is always correct, they start to investigate and experiment to find the correct answer that they believed in, however often times when they want to submit their new thought to the people in city, they were rejected by the church/cathedral, since majority of the pope and people who followed believes that the bible is always correct no matter what.
                                  1. Medicine

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                                    • The change of medicine lead to clean and more precise research by the scientists. During the medieval Europe times, people lived in dirty enviroments, which means medical surgeries and medicine was not a huge impact. But during the renaissance the medicine and medical degree starts to improve due to the researching way of finding the answer.
                                    1. Andres Vesalius

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                                      • Doctor, Surgeon, studies anatomy, changed the perspective of medicine and medical science
                                    2. The plague

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                                      • Horrible natural disaster/illness that killed almost the entire Europe.
                                      1. Non-religious theme

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                                        • People started to betray the bible and research to prove if the bible was always correct
                                        1. Galileo Galilei

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                                          • He looked through the telescope and went against the bible. He sees that what the bible says was incorrect, the Earth was not the centre point of the universe. The sun was the centre point of the galaxy. However, he tries to teach this concept to the people, but he was exiled by the church later on when he tries to explain.
                                          1. Nicolas Copernicus

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                                            • He too, was against the bible truth. He saw the universe in another perspective and he tried to submit his idea to the people and the church.
                                        2. Trade and commerce

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                                          • This was a big part of change.New types of market were developed in Florence, it was also known as the bank of Europe. They started new markets and old markets. In the new markets they sell every day items unlike the old market had weapons and food, they want the concept of being clean. 
                                          1. Mongol empire

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                                            • They were the connecting point to the Chinese. From Europe and Russia.
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