THE

RENAISSANCE
1500-1660
A time in history remembered for enormous
growth in art, literature, music, architecture,
Science, exploration and technology.
• The Renaissance was a time of renewal

• Renaissance means rebirth, and Europe

was recovering from the Dark ages and
the plague.

• People had lost their faith in the church

and began to put more focus on human
beings.
 Where did it take place?
•Begun in Italy
• Spread throughout
Europe
• Came late to England
and blossomed
During the Elizabethan
Era
 Renaissance Art
• The Renaissance produced new ideas that were reflected in the
arts, philosophy, and literature.

• Patrons, wealthy from newly expanded trade, sponsored works

which glorified city-states in northern Italy.

Medieval art and literature focused on the

Church and salvation
Renaissance art and literature
focused on individuals and worldly
matters, along with Christianity
 Famous Artists

Born in 1475 in a small town near Florence,

is considered to be a genius in regards to art
and sculpture.
Sistine Chapel
Pope Julius II summoned
Michelangelo to Rome to work on
his most famous project, the ceiling
of the Sistine Chapel.
 1452-1519
Painter, Sculptor, Architect, Engineer,
mathematician, and inventor.
 Leonardo da Vinci’s also studied science and engineering. A
journal left to friends after his death revealed diagrams and notes—
later considered the inspiration for modern science and technology.
 LITERATURE
• Literature flourished during the Renaissance
• This can be greatly attributed to Johannes Gutenberg
• In 1455 Gutenberg printed the first book produced by using
moveable type:
The Bible
 Renaissance Literature and
Drama
• Shakespeare wrote 37 play categorized as
comedies, tragedies and histories.
• Christopher Marlowe was an English dramatist and
poet.
• Dante the greatest of Italian poets
• Renaissance theatre derived from medieval theatre,
such as mystery plays that formed a part of
religious festivals in England and was a favorite
past time of the period.
• Clocks
Renaissance Inventions
• The Musket
• Flush Toilet
• Adding Machine
• Submarine
• Eye glasses
• Printing
 Exploration and Explorers
• Francis Drake: famous for
• Modern replica of leading first English
Drakes Golden Hind circumnavigation of the world.
• Sir Walter Raleigh: sent
several expeditions to America,
spent a fortune trying to
establish an English colony
there
• Martine Frosbisher: English
seaman made 3 voyages to the
New World.
 Astrology, Astronomy and Magic
• Astrology, astronomy • Nostradamus: a
and magic were prophet (seer of
thought to be powerful the future) known
forces in the for his work The
Renaissance era. Prophecies a
Many people believed collection of
that the cosmos ruled major, long-term
the earth and that fate predictions written
was written in the in verse.
stars.
 Sports and competition
• Fox hunting
• Jousting
Contest
• Archery
• Bear Baiting