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Renaissance
The Renaissance was a period in which Europe underwent a rebirth in regards to classical art, literature, and architecture. The movement originated in Italy during the 14th century before spreading throughout Europe.
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Why is the Renaissance and the Reformation classified as revolution?
The Renassiance was more of an evolution of culture, which was exceeding its highest form of art and music. The Protestant Reformation, however, was more of a revolution because it was a rebellion against the church's ways.
What three things did renaissance women do to make them look beautiful?
renaissance women usually wore a lot of powder and they also wore a lot of clothing. they ate a lot because that is what was considered beautiful back then.
How did Renaissance ideas influence religion science politics and absolutism?
People challenged accepted beliefs and authority
There were authors and poets and dramatists writing about Renaissance and their beliefs that a man plays the central role in life. Thus people stopped believing in so many Gods and their statues and beliefs. They started being independent and also started to challenge all the practices and beliefs of the church
Why were the wealthy citizens of Italy likely to support and sponsor art?
as leaders of city states they saw art aquisitons as a way to improve their status.
What is one masterpiece of Renaissance literature or art?
The New Atlantis by Sir Francis Bacon (English)
How often did people bathe in the 1600s?
Most people would bathe only once a year. The royalty bathed a little more often, about once every six months or so. Queen Elizabeth I was noted for her particular concern for hygiene, boasting that she bathed every three months, whether she needed it or not.
It should also be noted that just because people did not bathe often does not mean that they were unkempt. People would of course clean themselves up when needed, royalty especially, so things were not quite as bad as they might at first sound. Having said that, we pay more attention to our cleanliness than the majority of past generations.
What Spanish exploration success prompted the King of Portugal to fund the search for India?
Columbusâ??s discovery of the â??West Indies,â?? which was funded by the Spanish monarchy, prompted the King John II of Portugal to fund the search for India. A conflict arose between Spain and Portugal over discovered lands, which caused the Treaty of Tordesillas and the line of demarcation to go into effect dividing lines east of the line to Portugal and west of the line to Spain.
What was happening in the US during the Renaissance?
The United States did not exist during the Renaissance. The people here were the native Indians and they had little in the form of history.
What was the advantage Italy had that encouraged the Renaissance?
The classical culture that people got interested in during the Renaissance was Italy's own cultural past. It also enveloped ancient Greek culture. Its study in Italy was helped by the fact that a lot of Greek scholars had fled to Italy after the fall of the Byzantine Empire a few decades earlier.
Who labeled the Renaissance as dark ages?
The Renaissance was not labeled the "dark ages". Renaissance means "rebrith" and it came AFTER the "dark ages or the middle ages."
Were there more technological advances in the Renaissance than in the Middle Ages?
I would say not. The lists below are for inventions and adopted technology of the period of 450 to 1350 AD (medieval, prior to the beginning of the Renaissance), 1350 to 1450 (part of both medieval and Renaissance periods) and 1450 to 1600 (Renaissance after the Middle Ages ended). The lists were derived from articles on the subject of technology of the two periods. They show about the same pace for invention of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, with an increase in the period of 100 years that fell into both.
450 to 1350: (50 inventions in 900 years, or about 1 every 18 years)
- the horse collar
- horseshoe
- heavy plow
- three field crop rotation
- the wine press
- the rib vault, which lead to Gothic architecture
- segmental arch bridge
- a number of different types of cranes for different purposes (4 types)
- the wheelbarrow
- the hour glass
- at least two different kinds of clocks
- early blast furnace
- paper mills
- vertical windmill
- tidal mills
- rolling mills
- water hammers
- at least two different kinds of compasses (2 types)
- the stern mounted rudder
- rag content paper, without which the printing press would be useless
- spectacles
- water mark
- Arabic numerals
- universities
- functional buttons, as opposed to purely decorative
- improved loom
- forest glass
- silk
- new types of spinning wheels
- distilling of liquor
- mirrors
- magnets
- rat traps
- quarantine
- soap
- plate armor
- arched saddles
- stirrups
- spurs
- gunpowder
- cannons
- trebuchets
- massed archery with longbows
- steel crossbows
- combining massed archers with dismounted knights
- chimney and fireplace (Romans built fires in braziers and vented smoke out windows)
1350 to 1450 (9 inventions in 100 years, or about 1 every 11 years):
- movable type
- oil paint
- rotary grindstones
- improved blast furnace
- printing press
- crank and connecting rod
- mariner's astrolabe
- cranked hoist and reel
- paddle wheel
1450 to 1600 (8 inventions listed for a period of 150 years, or about 1 every 19 years):
- slitting mill
- smelt mill
- dry dock
- lifting tower
- parachute (though one wonders why)
- newspaper
- brace
- grenade musket
How did shakespeare reflect renaissance values in his work?
he went from the religious renaissance values to the humanist medieval values
How did the renaissance contribute to the age of exploration?
The greatest thinkers during the Renaissance contributed greatly to the age of explorer. People believed less in superstitions and started to accept new discoveries in science, particularly about space and the universe.
How was the Renaissance an age of discovery?
The Renaissance was essentially the rediscovery of old cultural works from the Greek and Roman times. These rediscoveries included everything from certain styles of theater and plays to philosophy from the likes of Plato and Aristotle.
The name itself is demonstrative of this fact. Re-implying once again and naissance in french is birth, hence the period is called the rebirth. The rebirth refernce is from the dark ages where all cultural learnings from the past were condemnd by the Catholic Church during the height of its power in the middle ages essentially from 1000 A.D to 1500 A.D
