The Renaissance and Reformation 1485-1660 (8 ore 56 min, 22 marzo 1485 anni – 19 ore 4 min, 8 gen 1660 anni)

Descrizione:

Early Tudor period (1485-1558).
The Renaissance?
• Started in Italy
• Revival of classic learning and wisdom after a long period of cultural decline and stagnation during the middle ages.
• Humanism, confidence in the possibilities of human thought and creation.
• Discovery and exploration of new continents.
• Growth of commerce and trade.
• Inventions paper, printing the mariner’s compass, and gunpowder etc.

The Renaissance is the rebirth of Europe, a period when scholars became more interested in studying the world around them, when art became life and when Europeans began to explore new lands. Arab scholars preserved the writings of the ancient Greeks in their libraries. When trade. from cities in northern Italy came into contact with Arabs, they exchanged ideas as well as goods. Many Cristian scholars moved to Italy from Greece after the Byzantine empire fell to the Turks in 1453.
The Renaissance influenced painting, sculpture, and architecture. Painting became more realistic and focused less often on religious topics. Rich families became patrons by commissioned great art. Artists advanced the Renaissance style of showing nature and depicting the feelings of people.