1.1 The Renaissance Presentation

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Year 1?

Year 2?

Explorers & Conquerers

H2G | 22-08-2019

Intro + 1.1 The Renaissance

Explorers & Conquerers

What do you see?

The middle ages

When/why did the middle ages end?

• 1453 fall of Constantinople
• 1440 invention of the printing press
• 1492 'Discovery' of America
• Invention of firearms
• The Black death

The Renaissance

The Renaissance

• Renaissance = Rebirth
• The middle ages were not the best times to live in.
• People start to long back to the time of Antiquity.
• Knowledge was lost in the middle ages, thanks to the crusades we get this knowledge back.

The Renaissance

Why did it start in Northern Italy?

• There were rich city states and people
• Antiquity was still visible in Rome
• Refugees from the east

The Renaissance

What excatly changed?

• Worldview
• Memento mori --> Carpe Diem
• Art & Architecture
• Knowledge

The school of Athens

Renaissance art

Art went through a big change during the Renaissance.

For example:

What will you do now?

• Make your own drawing in perspective
• You need to draw a house, tree and person.

Give two reasons why the Middle Ages ended?

Describe two changes that happened in the Renaissance.

Why did the Renaissance happen first in Northern Italy?