Defention of Renaissance:

The great flowering of art ,architecture ,politics, and the study of literature

Period:

End of the middle ages and the beginning of the modern world

In Italy:

Began in the late 14th cent

High renaissance:

In early 16th cent (the period of Michelangelo and Machiavelli)

In Europe:

In the 15th cent

Emphasis was humanist:

On regarding the human figure and reason without anecessory relating of it to the superhuman

much of its energy came from:

Neoplatonic tradition in writers such as *Pico della Mirandola.

The word Renaissance has been applied:

in the 20th cent

the Italian Renaissance is still seen as a watershed in the development of civilization why??

because of

1-of its extent

2-its emphasis on the human

Renaissance Definition:

The period in European history that marked the end of the Middle Ages

The Renaissance saw an awakening in almost every sphere of human activity, especially

1-science

2-philosophy

3- arts

The period is best defined by the emergence of a general philosophy that emphasized the importance of the intellect, the individual and world affairs.

It contrasts strongly with the medieval worldview, characterized by the dominant concerns of faith, the social,

collective and spiritual salvation

Prominent writers during the Renaissance include:

1-Niccolo Machiavelli and Baldassare Castiglione in Italy

2-Miguel de Cervantes and Lope de Vega in Spain

3-Jean Froissart and Francois Rabelais in France

4-Sir Thomas More and Sir Philip Sidney in England and Desiderius Erasmus in Holland.