1. Efren Corona Stephen Castro

2.   Started in Florence then spread to all of Europe.  Spanned roughly from the 14 th to 17 th century  It was a cultural movement that literature, philosophy, art, politics, science, religion, and other aspects of intellectual inquiry, based around the common idea of “humanism”.  " the genius of man... the unique and extraordinary ability of the human mind." Gianozzo Manetti Background: What was the Renaissance

3.  Legacy of the Renaissance The Renaissance is considered one the most influential time periods of human history. With many creations still used as a textbook example of what the renaissance represented. Art: The Mona Lisa Architecture: The 16 th chapel

4.   Christopher Marlowe  William Shakespeare  Ben Jonson  Sir Thomas Wyatt  Sir Walter Raleigh  The Renaissance period is known for having some of the most articulate minds to have ever lived. Notable Poets

5.  Christopher Marlowe  Instaurated the dramatic blank verse  Wrote four successful plays  Two famous poems: Hero and Leander and The Passionate Shepherd to his Love.

6.  William Shakespeare  Wrote many tragedies and sonnets  Caused lots of controversy and earned much praise in his time  Lyrically wrote about beauty, mortality, and love  “All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.” ~William Shakespeare

7.  Ben Jonson  Educated at Westminster School by the scholar William Camden  Wrote comedic plays  Satirized other writers; mostly Thomas Dekker and John Marston  Wrote masques for the entertainment of the court which contained some of his best lyric poetry. To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.” “ To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.” Ben Jonson

8.  Works Cited  Life of Christopher Marlowe http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/marlowebio.htm http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/marlowebio.htm  The Life of Ben Jonson http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/jonson/benbio.htm http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/jonson/benbio.htm  William Shakespeare http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/ http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/  Renaissance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance  Quotes http://www.brainyquote.com/