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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Major achievements in the renaissance

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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 JulietHamlet, 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

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The schools of Athens

Mona Lisa

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