Renaissance Teacher Page

Today you will work independently on your Chromebooks.  You will read (or listen to) lessons on the Renaissance.  You will take a quiz after each, and you must get a 50 or higher to move on.  You will take a snapshot of your quiz page and upload it for credit.

Renaissance is from a French word meaning Rebirth.  The funny thing is that the Renaissance got its beginning in Italy, not France.  The Renaissance is considered to be a time that Europe left the Dark Ages, and began to explore new ways of thinking.  The idea that people had value took center stage.  New found wealth allowed individuals or families to afford to pay artists to make great works of art.  Artists used to get paid only by the church, so they could only paint religious themes.

Renaissance artists began to reignite classical Greek and Roman focus on realism in their artwork.  People also begin to read from classical Greek and Roman literature.  Buildings began to be built in the beautiful Greco-Roman style, using columns and arches.  But artists were not content to do only art - they became scientists and inventors.  This began what came to be called the 'Renaissance Man' - an individual who was truly talented in many things.