1. THE RENAISSANCE ART THE RENAISSANCE ART

2. Rafaello – The School of Athens Plato, Aristotle, Diogenés and other personalities representing the entire human wisdom

3. the Last Supper by Leonardo The Last Supper became a subject of many artists. The scene shows Jesus Christ and his 12 disciples during supper on the day when Jesus was betrayed and taken captive. He was later crucified.

4. Mona Lisa – La Gioconda

5. some of Leonardo's inventions

6. Renaissance scholarship knowledge of languages – esp. Latin knowledge of languages – esp. Latin Latin has deteriorated during the Middle Ages and became more simple Latin has deteriorated during the Middle Ages and became more simple the humanists turned back to the original/ pure ancient Latin through copies of ancient works the humanists turned back to the original/ pure ancient Latin through copies of ancient works

7. Nicolaus Copernicus occupied himself with astronomy and mathematics occupied himself with astronomy and mathematics he proved that the Earth and other planets run around the SUN he proved that the Earth and other planets run around the SUN we call this theory - HELIOCENTRISM we call this theory - HELIOCENTRISM he proved that the Earth rotates around its axis he proved that the Earth rotates around its axis

8. Giordano Bruno he supported the theory of heliocentrism he supported the theory of heliocentrism he came to a conviction that Space is endless/ limitless and that it consists of innumerable set of suns and planets he came to a conviction that Space is endless/ limitless and that it consists of innumerable set of suns and planets ended up in conflict with the Church ended up in conflict with the Church in the 1600 he was burned at the stake as a heretic in the 1600 he was burned at the stake as a heretic

9. Galileo Galilei sentenced to be burned at a stake for similar ideas sentenced to be burned at a stake for similar ideas in the end he revoked in the end he revoked invented a telescope with 30x zoom

10. Fine Art search of beauty search of beauty looking for some rules, which would describe the ideal beauty looking for some rules, which would describe the ideal beauty the centers of art in Italy: the centers of art in Italy: Florence, Pisa, Venice and Rome Florence, Pisa, Venice and Rome

11. Florence

12. Sandro Botticelli – the Birth of Venus

13. Tizian the portrait of the Emperor Charles V.

14. Michelangelo Buonarotti decorated the Sixtine Chapel in Vatican with a number of frescoes