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​ __Ideas of the Renaissance__
 * The Renaissance, orr "rebirth", took place between the 15th and 17th century
 * It originated in Italy and spread upwords through the rest of Europe.
 * The term "rebirth" simply means the re-spread of the Roman and Greek ideas and culture
 * Humanism
 * A movement based on human worth and dignity and a man's place in the natural world
 * Scholars believed that people of the Renaissance should follow within the classics of ancient Greek and Roman civilizations
 * The revival of learning
 * The Renaissance witnessed...
 * The development of new art
 * New ideas on apperance and clothing
 * The decline of the feudal system and the growth of commerce
 * The discovery and exploration of new continents
 * The acceptance of the Copernican instead of the Ptolemaic system of astronomy
 * The invention of the printing press, paper, and gunpowder
 * The Renaissance had placed human beings in the center of life's stage

__ART__ __Music__
 * Art marked a fundamental change in European vision
 * Gothic style [[image:mona_lisa.jpg align="right" caption=""Mona Lisa", Leonardo da Vinci (1503 approx.)"]]
 * Renewed interest in all things ancient
 * Artists and architechts originally worked for church
 * Religious subject matter
 * Artists belonged to guilds (leagues/union type things)
 * Later, artistic production took place in large workshops
 * Personal competition encouraged greater focus on style/principles of design
 * Narrative pictures
 * Self portraits helped gain fame, they became popular for that reason
 * 1435>> Leon Battista Alberti wrote "On Painting"
 * First and most influential essay of period
 * Defined paintings as "planes"/"windows"
 * Based art on geometric construction
 * 3-D illustion: locate objects in picture with mathmatical precision
 * Pictures told stories
 * Architecture was an expression, an art.
 * Roman round arch
 * Offered gothic builders a structural unit, great flexability and adaptability.
 * Semi-circle arch is rigid
 * Mathmatical simplicity
 * Mathmatical relationships and geometric forms were essential
 * Leonardo da Vinci, a well known "renaissance man" (excels at many things)
 * Pioneer investigator in many fields of science
 * Anatomy, geology, botany, hydraulics
 * Practiced all visual arts
 * Renaissance Music

__Clothing__


 * Dress during the renaissance was very flashy and elegant
 * Highly influenced by Spainish and French Fashions
 * Men
 * Outer coat that was ususally fur lined
 * Short Pants
 * A doublet or "Inner Coat" that was richly trimmed
 * Embroidered shirt worn under the doublet
 * Slashed shoes that were very broad
 * A cap ususally made of velvet, that was also plummed
 * Hair cut very short and hidden by the cap
 * Women
 * Long dress mounted on intricate cages of wire, whalebone and cloth, called //farthingales//
 * The bodice and skirt became separate pieces, rather than one garment as they had been prior to the Renaissance
 * Skirts were parted or gathered up at the sides to show off elaborately decorated underskirts
 * Trains became less fashionable
 * Sleeves were tight fitting from the wrist to the elbow, with large poofed shoulders, slashed to show colorful insets.
 * It took hours to get dressed, the clothing was so elaboate. Most clothing was black with accents of different colors. Black velvets, brocades and silks made a perfect backdrop for the elaborate jeweled decorations. Women’s dresses were encrusted with pearls, rubies, diamonds, and any other precious stones that made their way across the Atlantic to Western Europe.

__The Prodistant Reformation in England__

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 * 1517- Martin Luther nails his 95 thesis to the door of a church
 * 1529- King Henry VIII begins to cut ties with the Chatholic Church
 * 1533- King Henry VIII marries Ann Bolynn and is excommunicated
 * 1534- The Act of Supremecy deems King Henry VIII the head of the
 * 1536- Ann Bolynn is beheaded, Henry VIII orders the dissolution of
 * 1549- Introduction of uniform Prodistant religion for all England, based on
 * 1553- Catherine of Aaragon becomes queen, Catholisism is restored
 * 1555- Full return of Catholisism in England, prodistants are persicuted
 * 1560- Elizabeth I becomes queen, angain Catholisism is banished from England
 * 1563- The Thirty Nine Articles establish an Anglican Church in England
 * 1603- Elizabeth I dies, James I becomes king
 * 1605- Guy Fawkes and the Roman Catholics in their plot to blow up
 * 1611- King James I authorizes a new verison of the bible, named the King

__Politics/Royal Families During the Renaissance__ Valoir Family reign, and the beginning of the Bourbon's __Exploration__
 * England
 * England was lead by the current monarch, and a Parliament of elected officals
 * The Tudor families reign over England ended during the Renaissance with the death of Elizabeth l
 * France
 * Run almost entirely by the monarchs
 * The Renaissance took place during the end of the
 * See link for details [|Guide to French Heraldry]
 * Spain
 * Run much the same as France, almost entirely by the monarch
 * Had the same king for much of the Renaissance, Phillip III
 * Italy
 * Divided into seperate city-states, each with its own "Royal" Family
 * Christopher Columbus
 * Born in Genoa, Italy, in 1451, and died on May 20, 1506
 * Took 4 voyages west in search for India
 * Discovered...
 * Bahamas
 * Puerto Rico
 * Jamaica
 * Guanaja Island
 * Creditied with discovering South America, West Indies, and Central America


 * F [[image:Magellano_Route.jpg width="442" height="293" align="left" caption="Magellan's Voyage"]] erdinand Magellan
 * Born in 1480 and died in 1521
 * Took expedition to prove that the Spice Islands belonged to the Spanish
 * Discovered...
 * The westward passage around the tip of South America
 * Pacific Ocean
 * Guam
 * Phillipines
 * Trip provided first proof that the world was round
 * Opened trade routes for countries all over the world

__Astronomy__
 * Ptolemaic System of Astronomy [[image:Copernicus'_model.jpg width="400" height="385" align="right" caption="Copernicus' Model"]]
 * Developed by Ptolemy in 150 AD
 * Motionless Earth is the center of the universe
 * Sun, moon, and planets revolve around the Earth in eccentric circles
 * Stars are attracted to the Earth
 * Gave accurate postions of planets using the naked eye
 * Copernican System of Astronomy
 * Developed by Nicolaus Copernicus in 16th century
 * All planets, including the Earth, revolve around the sun
 * Earth rotates daily on an axis
 * Planet orbits increase with increasing distance from the sun
 * Supported evidence that the Earth was round

__Important Inventions __
 * Printing Press
 * Invented around 1450
 * Allowed for fast production of books
 * Used to print copies of the Bible
 * Gun Powder
 * Changed the way war is fought today
 * Gunpowder weapons were inaccurate and took a long time to reload
 * Eventually became the weapon of choice after time

__Works Cited__

__Quennell, Marjorie, and CHB Quennell. //A History of Everyday Things in England: Volume II//. 5th ed. 1919. New York NY: G. P. Putnams’s Sons, 1960. Print. Vol. 2 of //Volume 2//. 2 vols.__

__Sayles, Jon. “Early Music.” //Early Music//. N.p., 2004. Web. 16 Oct. 2009. .__

__“Title Page of the King James Bible.” //sirbacon.org//. N.p., Oct. 2005. Web. 15 Oct. 2009.   __ “Western Europe.” //Wikispaces//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2009. .

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