What+is+the+Renaissance?

(Dayton) The renaissance was a time of rebirth through Europe that happened from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century. This period saw a revisiting of the aspects of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures. This time caused not only changes in art and language but also affected politics and the society of that time. This time was a rebirth in knowledge. Science and the arts were becoming more important. Christopher Columbus had discovered America during this time period. Renaissance was a time of exploration and discovery. The word 'renaissance' is a French word, which means rebirth. The people credited with beginning. The Renaissance was when they deliberately trying to imitate the classical models of Ancient Greek and Rome. They were attempting to return to that golden age that they felt represented a high point for Europe’s civilization. The renaissance was mostly a time of happiness and joy. It was also a time of exploration and discovery. Most of the people during the renaissance were not working and if they were they were as slaves and the women and housemaids. But there was a huge part of the renaissance was taking over by the black plague. The black plague was a very sad part of the time period. http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac88

(Taylor) About 1450, European students became more interested in studying the world around them. They began to explore new lands. The new age in Europe was eventually called “the Renaissance. Historians consider the Renaissance to be the beginning of modern history. The Renaissance began in northern Italy and then spread through Europe. Italian cities such as Naples, Genoa, and Venice became centers of trade between Europe and the Middle East. Arab students preserved the writings of the ancient Greeks in their libraries. When the Italian cities traded with the Arabs, ideas were exchanged along with goods. In the late middle Ages or early renaissance the nobles who lived in the country provided the king with protection in a trade for land. Peasants worked on the land for the nobles, and they received protection and their own small pieces of land. These rural peasants worked all day. In these old fashioned cities, where there was a small middle-class population, and life was a little easier, people had the freedom to have whatever trade or job they liked. In the late middle Ages, when the threat of invasion from barbarians had dropped, people left the country for towns and cities so they could get in higher paying jobs.

(Kim) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DJ2l2MohYQ (renaissance rap) ha-ha ‘Renaissance’ is now generally used to describe the politics, beliefs, philosophy, science, scholarship, discourse, literature, handwriting, printing, painting, engraving, sculpture, architecture, and music of that period The renaissance was a time period right after the middle ages. It was a very important time because people were exploring around the whole world, people like Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo, And Magellan. These people were very important. There were also lots of very famous artists such as Bellini, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Van Eyck. These artists made very famous paintings such as Mona Lisa, The agony in the garden, and the last judgment **. ** The truth is that in many senses we are still in mid-Renaissance. The Evolution has not been completed. The new life is our own and is progressive. In the work of the Renaissance all the great nations of Europe shared. But it must never be forgotten that, as a matter of history, the true Renaissance began in Italy. Italy created that new spiritual atmosphere of culture and of intellectual freedom which has been the life-breath.

(Lincoln) Renninace are in the minds eye such as paintings, sculptures, of the human. Renaissants is the French word for rebirth. The first problem with renaissants was the middle ages had a vivid culture of their own. Renaissants is revival of classical art, architecture, literature, and learning that it originated in Italy in the 14th century and later spread throughout Europe. The renninace was were they took the best of everything, paintings, statues, literature, buildings, and more and tried to preserve them. Renninace are the beginning of exploration. Some men that were rich and knew that the old documents were getting destroyed tried to save as many as they could.



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Tom, Andrew, Kyley The decline of the feudal system gave way to a potential of new inventions like abandonment of the Copernican and people started to use astronomy to travel seas, which in turn people invented gun powder and paper, printing and the marina’s compass. Modern historians say that the renaissance is the beginning of modern history. The Italian renaissance began the opening phase to the renaissance in Europe.It started right after the middle ages. Canada was discovered during the renaissance. Paper, printing, the mariner’s compass and gunpowder were all invented during the renaissance. To the scholars it was a time of revival of classical learning and wisdom. It started in Italy in the fourteenth century. The renaissance helped create modern art. During the renaissance there was a controversy over art. There was also a fight about Catholics and the protestant religions.