the renaissance

The Renaissance: 

The Renaissance Renaissance, a period marked by a rebirth of interest in the art and learning of ancient Greece and Rome with Christian influence.

The Italian Renaissance : 

The Italian Renaissance Cities in Italy were controlled by ruling families The families also supported artists and intellectuals. The ruling class encouraged the study of ancient Greek and Roman authors in the desire to have their society resemble the cultures of classical antiquity.

The Italian Renaissance: 

The Italian Renaissance Humanism was the most significant intellectual movement of the Renaissance It blended concern for the history and actions of human beings with religious concerns. The humanists were scholars and artists who studied subjects that they believed would help them better understand the problems of humanity.

The Italian Renaissance: 

The Italian Renaissance These subjects included history, literature, and philosophy. The humanists shared the view that the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome had achieved greatness in the arts and sciences, government, and military affairs and thus could serve as models. They believed that modern people should understand and appreciate classical antiquity to learn how to conduct their lives.

Niccolo Machiavelli : 

Niccolo Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli developed a new, more practical philosophy of politics. His writings, contained in The Prince 1513 and other books, explain politics based on human nature and Roman history rather than on moral or religious ideals. Machiavelli determined that sometimes a leader must resort to such strong measures as cruelty, deception, or force to protect the power of the state against its rival states. Machiavelli's separation of morality from political success has led many historians to consider him the first political scientist.

The Renaissance Spreads Outside Italy : 

The Renaissance Spreads Outside Italy In the late 1400's, the Renaissance spread from Italy to such countries as France, Germany, England, and Spain. Visitors to Italy as bankers, diplomats, merchants, and young scholars carried Renaissance culture home with them. A series of invasions of Italy played a major role in the spread of the Renaissance to other parts of Europe.

The Renaissance Spreads Outside Italy: 

The Renaissance Spreads Outside Italy From 1494 to the early 1500's, French, German, and Spanish armies invaded Italy. The invaders were dazzled by the beauty of Italian art and architecture and returned home deeply influenced by Italian culture.

Michelangelo (1475-1564): 

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Is one of the most famous artists in history. He was mainly interested in creating large marble statues A great painter and architect as well as a poet. He was also one of the most famous people of his time and a great leader of the Italian Renaissance.

David by Michelangelo : 

David by Michelangelo

The Sistine Chapel : 

The Sistine Chapel Began the ceiling in 1508 and completed it in 1512. Michelangelo painted the ceiling from a scaffolding, standing up, not lying on his back as historians once thought. All of its decoration shows the history of the world according to the Bible.

Leonardo da Vinci : 

Leonardo da Vinci He was one of the key figures of the Renaissance His portrait Mona Lisa and his scene The Last Supper rank among the most famous pictures ever painted.

Leonardo da Vinci: 

Leonardo da Vinci Had one of the greatest scientific minds of the Italian Renaissance. He wanted to know the workings of what he saw in nature. Many of his inventions and scientific ideas were centuries ahead of his time. He had a strong influence on many leading artists, including Raphael and Michelangelo.

Leonardo’s Drawings and Scientific Studies. : 

Leonardo’s Drawings and Scientific Studies. Leonardo used drawings both as a tool of scientific investigation and as an expression of artistic imagination. He was one of the first artists to use sketches to work out his artistic and architectural compositions. Drawing was indispensable to Leonardo's processes of observation, creation, and invention.

Physical Sciences: 

Physical Sciences Leonardo was interested in mechanics (the science of motion and force), and many of his ideas and designs were far ahead of their time. He drew plans for aircraft, including a helicopter, and for a parachute. He produced designs for a variety of war machines, among them tanks, machine guns, and movable bridges.

Flying machines: 

Flying machines

Life Sciences : 

Life Sciences Leonardo studied anatomy by dissecting human corpses and the bodies of animals. He made scientific drawings that clarify not only the appearance of bones, tendons, and other body parts, but also their function. These drawings are considered the first accurate portrayals of human anatomy. Leonardo's drawing of the Vitruvian Man in 1487, is one of the most famous images in European art.

The Last Supper: 

The Last Supper Leonardo finished painting The Last Supper about 1497. He created the famous scene on a wall of the dining hall in the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie. The painting shows the final meal of Jesus Christ and His 12 apostles. Jesus has just announced that one of them will betray him.

The Last Supper: 

The Last Supper He developed a new technique that involved coating the wall with a compound he had created. But the compound, which was supposed to hold the paint in place and protect it from moisture, did not work. Soon after Leonardo completed the picture, the paint began to flake away. The Last Supper still exists, but in poor condition, though many attempts have been made to restore it.

Mona Lisa: 

Mona Lisa Mona Lisa is probably the most famous portrait in art history. Began the picture in 1503 and completed it three or four years later. The oil painting on wood now hangs in the Louvre museum in Paris. Is probably a portrait of the young wife of a rich Florentine silk merchant, Francesco del Giocondo. Mona Lisa is a shortened form of Madonna Lisa (my lady, Lisa).

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): 

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

William Shakespeare: 

William Shakespeare An English playwright and poet. He is generally considered the greatest dramatist the world has ever known and the finest poet who has written in the English language. Shakespeare has also been the world's most popular author. No other writer's plays have been produced so many times or read so widely in so many countries.

William Shakespeare: 

William Shakespeare Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays, which have traditionally been divided into comedies, histories, and tragedies. Shakespeare had knowledge in a wide variety of other subjects. These subjects include music, the law, the Bible, military science, the stage, art, politics, the sea, history, hunting, woodcraft, and sports.

Shakespeare's Famous Plays: 

Shakespeare's Famous Plays The Comedy of Errors The Taming of the Shrew A Midsummer Night's Dream Romeo and Juliet The Merchant of Venice Much Ado About Nothing Twelfth Night Hamlet Othello Macbeth