1. 4 Themes of the Renaissance

2. Renaissance ~
The "rebirth" of classical knowledge, art and learning
The “reform” of culture
Transitioned Europe out of the Middle Ages and into the beginning of the modern world

3. Theme 1- Humanism
1. The revival of Greek and Roman learning inspired Humanists to emphasize the worth and creativity of individual human beings.

4. Theme 2- Education
1. Popularization of the study of history, philosophy, Latin, and Greek.

5. Theme 3- Literature The daily life of people written in vernacular
Vernacular- native language

6. Theme 4- Scholarship
1. Challenge and question everything!

7. Effects of the Renaissance
Led to advancements in Science (Copernicus,  Galileo)
Led to world exploration (1492 Columbus  sailed to the new world)
Art and literature is forever changed
Printing press led to spread of literacy and  education
Led to questioning of Church teachings
Lays the foundation for modern history

8. Important Dates in the Renaissance
1450- Gutenberg invents the Printing Press
Leonardo di Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
St. Peter’s Basilica built
Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel
1543- Copernicus publishes ‘On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres” claiming the sun, not the earth, is the center of the universe
Elizabethan Era in England
1596- Shakespeare writes the play “Romeo and Juliet”
Galileo invents the telescope (1633 forced to recant the Copernican theory)
English Civil War (Glorious Revolution)