Renaissance Magazine

Renaissance Magazine

Queen
elizabeth

Isabella I Albrecht
Durer
William
Shakespeare

Advances in Architecture

In this period of time renaissance architects studies
greek roman ruins and they modeled their own
buildings.Classical architecture influenced
renaissance builders.Humanist scholars of the
renaissance were influenced by classical ideas.

Architects came up with new ideas. Wealthy
families built private palazzi.The palazzis had shops
on the first floor. They were particularly attracted to
round arches and domed roofs.

They studied Greek roman ruins also. Advances in
engineering made new kinds of architecture possible.
Most people from renaissance valued citizenship.
They had welcomings to welcome building and
architects built the buildings.

Public spaces were often influenced by humanist
ideals. Architects also added their own ideas to
classical buildings style. During renaissance,wealthy
families built private palazzis known as palaces.

Profile

Name: Isabella I
Birth place: Born in the spanish
kingdom
Birth: 1451-1504
Personality: intellagent
Training: learned latin
Talents: forcefull
Achievements: Encouraging
Exploration

Advances in painting

Wealthy patrons made renaissance
florence a thriving center of art.They also
wanted to include realistic backgrounds.

Painters also learned that a feeling of
depth could be created by lines that came
closer together as they receded into the
distance.Renaissance science also gave
painters new materials,such as oil based
paints,to work with.

Oil paint was made by mixing powdered
pigments with linseed oil.The florentine
artist masaccio used geometry to figure
out how to divide the space in a painting to
make scenes appear more as they would
in real life.

Painters use perspective to create the
appearance of depth on a flat
surface.Renaissance artists used several
techniques to indicate depth.One was the
size of objects.The smaller a painted

profile

Name-Queen Elizabeth
Birthplace-London
Birth/death-1533-1603
Personality-Elizabeth was strong
minded ruler, but she was not stubborn
Training-she learned to speak greek,
latin, and french.
Talents-she inspired great love and
loyalty.

Advances in Sculpture

Renaissance sculptors
were influenced by
the humanist interest
in realism, so
sculptors began
carving figures that
looked like real people
and showed emotions.

For the first time the days of ancient Greece and Rome,
sculptors made freestanding statues that could be viewed
in the round. The new statues caused quite a sensation.

Donatello was one of the first sculptors to use the new,
more lifelike style. A good example was his statue of david,
the young warrior in the bible story. His work influenced
Florence’s other great sculptor, Michelangelo.

Michelangelo created his own version of David, carved in
white marble. It stood 17 feet tall and it famed as an ideal of
male beauty. It became prized expression of Renaissance
genius in Florence. Michelangelo had an enormous
influence on other artists.

Profile of the german artist

Name: Albrecht Durer

Birthplace: German, city of Nuremberg

Birth/Death (yr.): 1471-1528

Personality: Durer’s self-portraits show him to be a
fashionable, confident man.

Training: He studied classical sculpture for years to
learn ideal human proportions.

Talents: Skilled at making engravings and
woodcuts.

Achievements: Durer’s work set a new standard in
painting because of their clarity, expressiveness,
and fine detail.

advances in literature

Have you ever wondered how much literature mattered
back then to the people? Well, it advanced in many ways.
Some of the advances was when the writer wrote about
non-religious topics, the world around them, themselves,
and they used to use impersonal styles.

One reason that literature advanced was because The
topics were usually non-religious. For example, Dante’s the
Divine comedy highlights strong emotion. It was also social
commentary too. It became a model to other renaissance
writers.

Another reason that literature advanced was that they wrote
about the world around them. In medieval times, writers
wrote in Latin and religion. Renaissance writers were
interested in individual experience and gave more thought
and feelings into their work.

Lastly, renaissance writers advanced in literature is
because far more writers wrote in Latin. As a result, far
more people can read their work. They became more
individual.

Profile: William Shakespeare

Name: William Shakespeare
Birthplace: English Stratford Renaissance
(1564-1616)
Personality: William was very quiet, mysterious,
curious, and keenly observant. He also had a good
sense of humor.
Training: He studied Latin and classical literature.
He became an actor with a theater company in
London.
Talents: Skilled actor, Greater poet and playwright.
HUGE talent for expressing thoughts and feelings in
memorable ways. He had a skill to present his
understandings.
Achievements: Many of his 38 plays are still
performed around the world.

Important people back then

Queen Elizabeth Isabella I

William Albrecht
Shakespeare Durer