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Stephanie Hurwitz 1-28-11 Humanities Period 1&2 Renaissance The renaissance began between1350-1600. The French word renitre means to be reborn.The renaissance is a time of great creativity in arts and sciences. The approximate dates were around 1436. The renaissance began In Florence because there were a lot of goods there. Banking and trading made Florence a rich city because Florence has a lot of crafting done there. The De Medici family is a family who gained wealth through banking and trade. They helped make Florence a wealthy and artistic city because Lorenzo Medici was a patron and artist’s and scholars ran to Florence. The Humanism is the concern for human interests and values. Believers in Humanism value religion. A patron is a supporter of the arts. Leonardo da Vinci’s patron was Lorenzo Medici. Leonardo da Vinci created the Mona Lisa, Head of a Man, The last Super, and more. Three-dimensional perspective is a technique that puts three dimensions on a flat surface. It is an improvement over previous artistic methods because it makes the paintings look more realistic. Michelangelo is a famous renaissance artist. Some of the paintings and sculptures that he created were The Statue of David, Sun- Moon, Last Judgment, and Ideal Face. The verb reform means to form again, so the noun reformation means the state of being reformed. The people that are named Protestants are named Protestants because they go against something. They were protesting against the church inside Rome. Protestant reformation is protesting against to change Christianity. The chief complaints of the German monk Martin Luther were in his 95 thesis were to reform the church inside Rome. An indulgence is a pardon, or forgiveness of sins, and is sold by the church. Luther complained about this because Leo x was collecting money so that the people can get into heaven, but Luther knew that you can only get into heaven if you show good faith. Johannes Gutenberg invented “moveable” type. It helped speed the spread of ideas because the type was cheap enough for almost all writers. King Henry viii broke away from the pope because the pope would not let him separate from his wife. He helped found Anglican Church.After the split Henry vii became more powerful because he seized the churches lands and wealth and cut Englands ties to the pope. Queen Elizabeth is king Henry vii’s daughter. She is well known for making England a protestant nation. William Shakespeare’s talents that make him well known are that he wrote 37 plays and 154 poems.