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The Renaissance

• Time period which came after the Middle
  Ages

• Renaissancemeans rebirth in French

• Known for the rebirth of classical periods of
  Greece and Rome

• Started in Florence, Italy

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• An interest in humanism grew during this time

• Humanism focus on humans and what they could
  achieve in this world (rather than on religion)

• Many important people arose during this time.

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Lorenzo Medici Lorenzo the Magnificent

• Member of a wealthy Italian family

• A patron--a lover of the arts

• Became ruler of Florence

• Paid people to come to Florence to paint and
  write poetry

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Petrarch

• Poet who studied ancient Greek and Roman classics

• Became most famous poet in Europe

• Read every book he could find

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Leonardo da Vinci

• Painter and sculptor who was also a scientist and
  inventor

• Most famous work the Mona Lisa

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Nicolaus Copernicus

• Studied astronomy

• In 1514 he made a discovery..

• The Earth rotated around the sun

• Most people during that time strongly disagreed
  with his theory

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Michelangelo

• Used ideas of the Greeks and Romans to become a
  famous artist

• One famous piecethe Sistene Chapel

• Also created David (see page 336 of your S.S.
  book)

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The Sistene Chapel