Michaelangelo

Michaelangelo was one of the most famous artists in the renaissance, he did many things he was a  painter sculptor, architect, and poet, Michaelangelo was born on March 6th 1475 besides the arts his flexibility in discipline had a high standard he was even considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and fellow Italian, Leonardo Da Vinci. His output in every field during his long life was wonderful when the sheer volume of correspondence, sketches, and reminiscences that survive and is taken into consideration,that he is the best documented artist of the 16th century. before he turn thirty he sculpted Pieta and David. Two biographies were published of him during his lifetime; one of the biographies was by Giorgio Vasari, he even said that MichaelAngelo was the pinnacle of all artistic achievement since the begining of the Renaissance.

Michealanglo .VS. Leonardo Divinchi

Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci greatest artists of the Renaissance

During the Renaissance people studied art. Art was one of the most important accomplishments of the Renaissance. People studied or copied art of ancient Greece and Rome. Artists made landscapes to make objects look more realistic. To make sculptors, artists studied the human parts of the body like the human bones and the muscles. One of the greatest artists of the Renaissance is Michelangelo. He was called the Renaissance man. He had made the Statue of David. Sculpture was not one of his famous accomplishments but a series of paintings that covered the Sistine Chapel. The other famous artists in the Renaissance was Leonardo da Vinci. Like Michelangelo, Leonardo was called the Renaissance man. One of his famous paintings was the Mona Lisa. Leonardo was not a polific draftsman but he kept a Journal of small sketches and detailed drawings that took his attention.Thats what enabled his ability in sience and the human body. Leonaro traveled around Italy and painted for the Pope.

When William Shakespeare Met Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway lived in a small village called Shottery and Stratford. Avon would likely have been the nearest town, only 1 mile away, with shops and a market. She was one of eight children and her father was Richard Hathaway. They lived in a farmhouse called Hewland farm. Anne was illiterate which means she did not attend any school. She was either 25 or 26 when she met William. He was 17 or 18 way to young to marry her. Men could not get married any age before 21 years old. William needed his fathers permission to marry because he was only 18. there was one place to get married at a church. William and Anne got married in November 26th 1582 at temple Grafton. At the top you will see a picture of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway. For more info Click Here

What age was Anne when she met William?

A. 24

B. 25

C. 26

D. 28

How old was William?

A. 15

B. 18/17

C. 19

D. 20

When did they get married?
A. 1500
B. 1568
C. 1589
D 1582

The Difference Between A Renaissance Man And A Noble Man

  In the Middle Ages, a noble man was someone who was known for his wealth and supervision over the manors. A Renaissance man  is someone who is very talented in more than one way.  So the difference is that nobles are rich watch over the manors and  renaissance man have actually talented  and that's the difference.

Micheanglo VS. Devenchi

triva game on micheanglo   

                                                                                             Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni,was amazingly talented in many ways he made great paintings,sculptors,and building designs. He was born 6 March 1475,he was known as Michelangelo,  his wide verities in different skills in the self-restaurant he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a person for the title of archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and  Italian, Leonardo da Vinci. Michelangelo died in 18 February 1564.

   

Leonardo DaVinci  was an architect,musician,scientist, mathematician,engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer botanist and writer. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance man. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and probably the most multi- talented person who had ever lived. 

Impact of the Protestant Reformation

The impact of the Protestant Reformation changed the religious beliefs, practices, culture and society of Christians mainly in Europe but also in other parts of the world.

1.   Religious Beliefs:   During the Protestant Reformation the people had new evidence that the old beliefs were not true.  The old evidence that caused them to believe what they believed was the words of the pope and the Catholic books.  The new evidence was the Bible which now they could read it in their own language.
2.   Religious Practices:      Before the Reformation many people would give money to the priest or the Pope to have their sins forgiven.  This was called: Penance  It was known as: Righteousness by Works.   Now that they have the Bibles the people know that God forgives your sins just by asking Him.  This is called: Righteousness by Faith.
3.   Culture:  Before the Protestant Reformation the kings obeyed the Pope and did whatever the Pope told them to do.  After the Reformation the kings realized that the popes were teaching false things and decided that they were no longer going to do what the popes said and began to rule their kingdoms by themselves.  They also did not support the Catholic church with money as they used to.
4.   Society of Christians:     Before the Reformation just about all the Christians when to the Catholic Church.  It was the only official Christian  Church.  After the Reformation a lot of new churches got started like the Lutherans; the Methodist and the Baptist.  The people in the new churches were call Protestants.  Many Protestants and Catholics argued and even fought about who were the real Christian people of God. 

Source of information: The Internet and discussing the topic with my father.
Internet link: http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-religion/protestant-reformation.htm

important events in the protestant reformation



The   Protestant  Reformation  is the  name given  to a religious  and political development  in the  16th century . The  Reformation   was  led  by Martin Luther , a German  monk who thought  that the Roman  Catholic church  was corrupted  and that  it should  be changed .Martin Luther  also argued  that the reformation  was in need of other things in particular  the  reformation  was required  with regards ,.The  language  that the bible  was  made  of most of the people couldnt read in latin for the selling of forgiveness .It  was considered  to be immoral  by Martin Luther but  had been  standard practice  by some   monks and preist for   centuries .The ideas behind the protestant reformation  were simple .They thought the bible   should  be changed  or remade  and accessible to all people , not  just for  the rich or the educated.

This is Martin Luther he translated the bible into German so that everyone could read.

the difference between the renassiance and middleages

The  middleages  are different  from the renassiance  beacuse  the middleages  mostly  focused on celebrating God, the saints, and the church .It  was also  a time   of suffering like wide spread diseases, . The middleages  was known  as the age  of faith   beacuse the  purpose was  to praise God  the focus  of life  was on  the after life  beacuse  there was no guarantee in the present .But durning  the renassiance  they cared  about  the achievements  of human beigns  rather than on God .They  painted religious paintings from the bible  but used clothing from their time .Most   of the artist   durning  the renassiance  painted pictures  that seemed so  life like    one of the most famous pictures is called the mona lisa  if you want to see more  pictures  then go heregoogle .and also go to encyclopedia .com if you want to learn more about the renassiance and middleages .

This is one of the churches from the middleages called the Chartres Cathedral

This is a picture of jesus beign killed  as you can see they have made it more life like  and have added some thigs beacuse back in the days the crosses were not as nice as this one

The factors that led to the Renaissance

 The term Renaissance means "new birth". Renaissance is a cultural movement. It began in Florence, Italy in the 14th and 17th century in the late Middle Ages and spread around Europe. Most people in northern Europe lived under Feudalism. People in the Renaissance had interest in art, literature, science, and religion. Artists studied art and copied art of ancient Greece and Rome. Renaissance scholars and artists developed a new focus on nature, ideals and achievements of human beings. This philosophy is called humanism. The Protestant Reformation is an effort to reform, or improve the Catholic Church. It was the establishment of new forms of Christianity. Many people disagreed with the teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church like Martin Luther. He believed faith in God was the key to a proper Christian life. But one of the things that led to the Renaissance was the printing press using movable type. It was used to print Bibles and literature arts. There are numerous factors that led to the Renaissance such as economic, political, social, and ideological and cultural.

art and science

Italian artists study the bones and muscles of the body. Renaissance painters also used perspective to make objects and landscape look more life-like. They discovered that if you make far away things smaller it looks 3D. They also used shadows and light to make objects look solid.                          
a realistic sculpture by Michelangelo >

how is the renaissance and how is it diff. from the middle ages

well the renaissance is a time of  which the rebirth of learning in Europe 1300-1600 the middle ages was the years between ancient and modern times.people like Michelangelo and Shakespeare where artist of the renaissance because art really began to grow during those years.people like pope john the 3rd where middle ages men.< William Shakespeare




-Bobbi towns

MICHELANGELO by violetcastillo

michelangelo was a great painter he painted the sistine chapel and his art work was really nice and his two best work was pieta and david they were even sculpted before he was thirty. dispite of his low opinion of painting, michelangelo also created two of the most influental works in fresco,in the history of western art.  michelangelo was primarily a sculptor though it was it is probably true to say he was more interested in the human form than in any particular way or mediom in witch to represent.



<>



Martin Luther

Martin Luther was a man who dealt with allot of things in the church he was also a  good hymn writer. In the church he used folk songs, women and children and worship in his hymns.  He also translated the bible, some other people translated it into Ger man, but Martin Luther put it in his own German words.In 1526 Martin Luther found himself organising a church, he did not want to upset the people of the church so he did not make allot of changes. He also wrote  the Nintey Five Theses and he was also a preist and a monk .

Humanism

I guess somehow Humanism was not a theory, but instead a way of learning. In comparison to the Medieval times way of learning, which was focused on solving conflicts between authors. Humanists would study ancient texts in the original, and check them through a combination of thinking through and observing evidence. Humanism was based on the program of 'Studia Humanitatis', the study of five humanities: poetry, grammar, history, moral philosophy and rhetoric.  Although historians have sometimes struggled to define Humanism precisely, most have settled on ''a middle of the road definition... the movement to recover, interpret, and grasp the language, literature, learning and values of ancient Greece and Rome''.  Above all, Humanists made use of  ''the genius of man ... the unique and the extraordinary ability of the human mind.''
                                                                                                       -Tani Ajaiyeoba
                                                                                               http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/data/thumbnails/RENAISSANCE%20HUMANISM%20CA.ppt.00.

Also some info taken from textbook.

Black Death

One idea has been said that the destruction caused by the Black Death in Florence, which hit Europe between 1348 and 1350, results in a change of the world view of people in Italy in the 1300's. Italy was especially hurt by the disaster, and it has been said that being well-known with death that this brought making thinkers to think more about their lives on Earth, rather than on spiritual things and after you die. there has also been an argument that the Black Death inspired a new mindset for reverence to God, demonstrated in supporting religious works of art. Although, this does not fully tell why the Renaissance happened especially in Italy in the 1300's. The Black Death was a disaster that hurt all of Europe in the ways told , not only Italy. The Renaissance's emergency in Italy was most likely the result of the most complicated communication of the above factors. 

                                                                                                  Links      
                                                                                               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance     http://static.howstuffworks.com/GI/black-death-1.PG                                                      

about Leonardo DA Vinci

                                        Leonardo's creations

Add caption

\\.   Leonardo DA Vinci  wanted to fly like birds he thought people could actually learn how to fly.
He studied birds and bats he never actually built a flying machine.Leonardo drew airplanes
for a machine that look liked a helicopter. leonardo was jast one of the gifted europeans who lived between
the1300and1600.This was the time of the renaissance the reniassance means rebirth,and and this period
saw a reawakening.leonardo lived in northen italy were the renaissance beganed.were leonardo lived
was different from the rest of the western most people lived under feudalism.Leonardo DA Vinci drew the art
work of  Mona Lisa that was one of his famous art works he had done.many people liked it it is still in the museum day.


by Tyler Coles


I found this information about Leonardo in a book called
world STUDIES medieval times to today.

THE RENAISSANSE (according to me)

When most people think about the Renaissance they imagine  knights in shining armor and  helpless princesses.  Now these things are true, but they aren't even half of the story. The Renaissance was not really about these things. What made the Renaissance the Renaissance was the rebirth (which is what Renaissance means) of interest in art, math , literature , science and history. Although the Renaissance did lead lots of people away from God, it showed the power of humanity and what we could do on our own. During the Renaissance real things were accomplished. Such as the  painting of the  Sistine Chapel , the writing of plays such as Hamlet & Othello. The discoveries in science by people like Galileo, and Da Vinci ,and lot more!               Want to learn more about the Renaissance?    

When William Shakespeare Met Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway lived in a small village called Shottery and Stratford.Avon would likely have been the nearest town, only 1 mile away, with shops and a market.She was one of eight children and her father was Richard Hathaway.They lived in a farmhouse called Hewland farm.Anne was illiterate which means she did not attend any school.She was either 25 or 26 when she met William.He was 17 or 18 way to young to marry her.Men could not get married any age before 21 years old.William needed his fathers permission to marry because he was only 18.there was one place to get married at a church.At the top you will see a picture of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway.For more info Click Here

What age was Anne when she met William?
A. 24
B. 25
C. 26
D. 28

How old was William?
A. 15
B. 18/17
C. 19
D. 20

Christopher Columbus's Adventurer

     Columbus was born to a wool weaver in Genoa, Italy. As a boy he help his father with the weaving, but he wanted to be adventuring at sea. In 1476 Columbus was sailing on an Italian ship when he was attacked by a French fleet off the coast of Portugal. The ship sank and Columbus swam to shore, but that didn't stop him from sailing. He went to Lisbon, Portugal to search for his brother, Bartholomew, who lived there. After leaving Lisbon, Columbus when on several more sea voyages trading goods. His sea travels carried him to interesting places, including Ireland, Iceland, and Western Africa. 


      Columbus heard of the explorer Marco Polo and his tales of riches in faraway Asia. Columbus thought it would be in possible to reach Asia traveling west instead of going south under Africa and then east. In 1484 he asked the king of Portugal, John 11,to give him money for a voyage, but the king refused, so Columbus went to Spain. There he ask Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand to pay for the expedition. At first they were not interested, but in1492 they gave him the money for his trip. Columbus was given control of  three ships- Santa Maria, Nina, Pinta. The three ships set sail from Palos, Spain on August 3, 1492.The crew enjoyed the wonderful weather on their journey west across the Atlantic.On October 12,1492, Columbus and his crew landed on an island now known as Guanahani in the Bahamas. Columbus named it San Salvador. There he met native people called the Tainos.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

this is Christopher Columbus the sailor

click here to learn more

click here to learn

Major achievements in the renaissance

The last judgement



The renaissance look like this



The Renaissance was a period in Europe that change the whole place into a wonderful civilization. At first Europe was in the medieval ages with no learning and focus on the church.Then in 1300, the Italian city states were so rich that they wanted to learn more.  So they learned about the Greeks and Romans and painters want to make a living my painting what they have learned.   Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, Michelangelo painted The Last Judgement,the Creation of Adam, Raphael created the School of Athens. 
      The architecture  in the Middles Ages style is Gothic but in the Renaissance they changed it to the classical style of ancient Greece and Rome.   In the Middle Ages all stories are told from the Bible while in the renaissance they started their own stories.  William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet , Hamlet, King John IV...etc.
     Europe also became advanced at in  the use of gunpowder in warfare,the new design of ships that sail around the globe.  Also map making that helped people to travel.  Because of all of this Europe discovered the Americas and changed the whole world with their achievements in the Renaissances.  One last thing, the discovery of space and other planets. Then after the Renaissance the Western world began to improve their technology  which lead them into the Industrial Age. Since the Europeans traveled more worldwide they shared their knowledge with the rest of the world. Because of all the discoveries in the Renaissance the whole world became modern. 

The last supper



The schools of Athens



Mona Lisa

William Shakespeare; Renaissance Man

William Shakespeare was a great play writer. He wrote a lot of plays. He was  born on April 23, 1564.His assumed birth date. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare.He went to school at Edward VI Grammer school until he was 14 years old. He left school because his parents did not have enough money. When he was eighteen years old he got married to Ann Hathaway. They had three children. Susan, Judith and Hamnet. Click here for more info

                                                                                                           


William Shakespeare’s works can be put into 4 parts



The Classical Plays; his first works were inspired by the classical examples from when he was in grammar school. Plautus and Seneca served as some examples for these kinds of plays.

The History Plays; these kinds of plays were when he took any material he found in certain early chronicle (history plays) and basically made a new genre (kind of reading/literature) called the History Play.

The Narrative Poem and Sonnets; his favorite author Ovid was an example for some of his Sonnets; which were 14-line poems.   Click here to find more Shakespeare sonnets

Experiments in Comedy: One of his experiments in comedy was The Taming of the shrew, Based on an Italian comedy. Two Gentlemen of Verona was an experiment with plot and characters probably both of these belong to this time period.

William was known for the plays he wrote. He wrote the famous play Romeo and Julliet, and also Hamlet. He also was part of a lot of groups.The queens men, Pembroke's men, and Lord Stranges Men. He performed a lot with these groups. He is mostly remembered for his later works. He was known for being a play writer, and for all the varieties of writing and literature.
Click here to find more Shakespeare plays

Keys figures in the reformation and their contributions

The reformation was a important event in history because it changes the whole ways the Christians worship.

Martin Luther

But it not go there by itself it was made by key important people like Martin Luther a monk who started the reformation because he hated how the Catholics worship he decide to worship base on the bible says and convert a lot of people also translate from Latin to German for people to read.The reason why he want it to base it on the bible because he saw how the Catholics think the pope is a God and worships of pictures that artist painted.

John Calvin

 John Calvin was author of Calvin's Institutes of the Christian  Religion. He also a person behind the Geneva Bible. That convert more people into reformation. 

William Tyndale

William Tyndale who translate the bible into English and his style of translate turn into the basic of translated bibles. 

Desiderius Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus was a scholar who translate the Latin word to make it easier for people who study Latin can read better.It help Martin Luther and William Tyndale to translate the bible. King Henry VIII make England a reformation christian country that take the idea from martin Luther.

St. Ignatius of Loyola

 lastly St. Ignatius of Loyola found the Jesuits. who travel around Europe and build schools and churches to teach people about the christian faith.That reform the Catholic church.

    

A NEW START IN THE CHATHOLIC CHURCH

click to learn more

 It was 1517, a German monk named Martin Luther started to question the Catholic church on their teachings. He asked day in and day out until one day when he decided that he couldn't wait for there answers. He boldly nailed a list of his questions and complaints to the door of  his church.This act is known today as the 95 Theses.( This was some traditional stuff that the people did then) After he made his bold move, he was kicked out of the Catholic Church. This lead to the remaking of the Catholic Church and the creation of Luther's church .the Lutherans.  
        Now you probably think that this man was crazy. I mean to think he could prove a point to people who  knew much more then him (like many of the catholic leaders) ,but he wasn't.  Here is why ,when I was in third grade my parents made me watch a movie call KEEPERS OF THE  FLAME. It explained how he could possibly tell people who most likely taught him that they were wrong. It's like a third or forth grader trying  to tell the teacher how to teach!  The movie said that after one of his required classes, he started to read  the Bible for himself (which the Catholic Church did not like for people to do without guidance from the Catholic Church.) Luther learned all the lies that the church had been telling. He learned tricks they had played.   Like  taking away all the Bibles so they could teach people things that were not even in the Bible,and having people pay to have their sins forgiven(which were all very important in the 95 Theses.)  Martin was tired of the lies that came from The Catholic church, so he left the Catholic Church.  In doing that he helped spark the Reformation.

The Renaissance and it's contributions

The Renaissance was a time period when Europe gain new intrest in learning that lasted from the 14th century to the 17th century it started in Florence,Italy then spread throughout Europe, they've gain back important things based on classic sources like art and education. Traditionally the transformation has led it to being viewed as being a bridge from the Middle Ages to the 21 Century the Renaissance even gained social and political reformation. The Renaissance's contributions were artistic development Polymaths like Leonardo Da Vinci and MichealAngelo who inspired the word Renaissance man, for more info go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance
                                                                

Martin Luther

Martin Luthers 95 thesis he wrote 95 things that the church  was doing wrong and nailed aganist the church like baptizing babies, keeping the bible away from the citizen and telling them different things, or saying you have to pay your way into heaven. Martin Luther left the catholic church and started his own church which was called the Lutheran church. He also started the printing press in 1517, To make bibles print faster. He translated the bible into German, cause people couldn't read latin(also known as the dead languages). New world discovery Freedom  of  Religion, So when people went to the new world  they went on boats and they were given the right to worship who they pleased.  By Kyel Johnson

Martin Luther of reformation

Martin Luther was a German priest who started the protestant church and translated the bible into German.His translation of the bible helped make standard bibles in German. Luther began the protestant reformation with his Ninety-five theses(or ideas on what the church did wrong.)in 1517 .Luther disagreed with the Roman Catholic church and its beliefs.He believed the people did not need a pope.He made a theology that rest on God's activity in Jesus Christ,rather than in human works.And he focused on God and Christ.

 click here to see video                                                                                      
by raekwon