Religious and Beliefs

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Religious and Beliefs

• Mark 27
• Courtney 1
• Ron 3
• Dave 12
• Amanda 23

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Renaissance

• Religion was one of the aspects of the
  Renaissance that changed drastically over a few
  centuries.
• The major facts that were weakening the churchs
  influence included the Rise of Humanism, the
  invention of the Printing Press, the awareness of
  corruption in the church, and the work of
  individual Reformers.

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Famous Figures

• The Early Renaissance was lead by sculptor
  Donatello.
• Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo
  were four major artists during the Renaissance.

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Donatello

• Donatello was a great Italian sculptor
• He considered to be one of the greatest sculptors
  of all time
• He was essentially a realist
• Invented the shallow relief technique

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Leonardo da Vinci

• Leonardo was a painter, sculptor, architect,
  engineer, and scientist
• His innovations influenced the course of Italian
  art for more than a century after his death
• his scientific studies led the developments of
  modern science.
• Draw the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

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Raphael

• Was the youngest artist of his time
• He was known for his painting called, Triumph of
  Galatea
• His rival was Michelangelo
• Sistin Madonna is one of his paintings, that is
  still talked about today

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Michelangelo

• Michelangelo was a painter, architect and poet

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Humanism

• Basic human achievements
• People began to start thinking independently and
  finding new ideas and different paths to follow

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Christian humanist

• Believed the Bible offered ways to improve
  society
• Thomas More- famous work Utopia
• Desiderus Erasmus

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Hans Gutenberg

• Invented a way of making suitable re-usable
  letters out of metal
• This is led to cheaper prices for books
• And help expand new ideas and beliefs

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Work sited

• Thinkquest.org