Why the renaissance started in Italy

During the time when therenaissance started to begin, trade began to pick up and become more popular in Italy. Traders brought in money, thus allowing merchants to buy and sell more items. Another catalyst of the renaissance was the invention of the printing press. This allowed writers to print and distrubute information very quickly.

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Renaissance Men

I. Copernicus

-astronomer

-heliocentric (universe is centered around sun)

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II. Brahe

-astronomer

-his work supported Copernicus

-observed sky every night for many years

III. Kepler

-astronomer

-Brahe's assistant

-planets move in oval-shapes not circles

IV. Galileo

-astronomer

-ideas challenged Christian views about heavens

-locked up & threatens with death unless he withdrew his "heresies"

-built model solar system

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V. Versalius

-structure of human body

VI. Descartes

-Father of modern philosophy

-rational thinking beings



VII. Pascal

-wrist watch

-invented math machines

Mathematician

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VIII. Newton

-scientist

-discovered gravity

-partially invented calculus

-created many scientific laws

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IX. Shakespeare

-created new words

-playwrighter

-poetic writer

X. Dante

-wrote in vernacular

-wrote Divine Comedy

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XI. Erasmus

-one of the most important scholars of his age

-produced new Greek edition of Christian Bible

-humanist

XII. More

-humanist

-came up with the Ideal Society (men and women live in peace and harmony)

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XIII. Gutenberg

Printed the complete edition of the Christian Bible using printing press.

 

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Leonardo da Vinci

The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci

 

A) Leonardo da Vinci, painting, created in the late 15th century, located in Santa Maria dells Grazie

B) the Last Supper

C) Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 5, 1452 in a town of Vinci, Italy. By the age of 14, he was One of the greatest painters. He was assigned many places to go and share his talent with other famous painters. He last stop was in the Belvedere in the Vatican in Rome, where he died on May 2, 1519. One interesting fact about Leonardo is that he enjoyed buying birds in cages so he could set them free.

D) The piece is an image that Leonardo can up with of the Last Supper. The image has Jesus and his disciples T the table with him. There is a conspiracy about this piece. People think that one of the members there and is actually Mary.

E) The painting has the qualities of Composition. It has many hidden triangles that dissect the eye to Jesus' face. It also incorporates Religion.

 

 

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Machiavellian Leader

     A modern day Machiavellian leader is poll pot in Cambodia.  He fits with Machiavelli's quote,"it is greater to be feared than love." Polpot was an extreme Communist of Cambodia.  This man killed thousands of his own people. He definitely wanted to be feared amongst him people than to be loved. I think he wanted to be like this to seem powerful and not weak.

Life as a merchant during the Renaissance

     My name is Jerry and I am a merchant that sells used shoes at the downtown market. Not a lot of people go to my shop because of the location. Recently, other who have been here in the market with me have been getting sick. I heard a rumor that it was called the lack plague. I have witnessed people falling over and then suddenly dying. I fear that my family will be next.
     I think it would be a good idea  if I went ahead and packed up my family to move else where. I might try to get a job elsewhere at an actual company. I heard of the Medici family through a costumer. They gave me information about the whole family. I'm going to try to get a job at one of their banks. Maybe then I can take care of my family.

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