Renaissance+Notes+1

"to be around' ended 1650 Started in Italy, at early 1300s New styles of art Religions were born Expanded solar system Books became available Voyages started

Ancient Greece shows great architecture, math,government, and literature among the meditarraen and black sea ruled egypt Overtaken Romans took the Greek cultures Roman Empire - magnificient Highly organized military system

Latin Corruption weakened Romans Overtaken by Barbarians Dark ages: culture declined Built using woods Lacks art skills Christian religion took hold of europe 1300 - 1350 = start of renaissance Study of God = most important branch of learning Earthly life, philosophy = popular studied the civilization = dug through ruins and marveled at the artworks Wisdom of past = key to understanding Venice = grown wealthy with the trades from Asia Florence = financial center, literature and art Ruled by upper class royalty Owners of the largest bank.

Discovered how to use perspective Andreas Vesalins = father of anatomy Did dissections