The Renaissance
- Created by: MaggieH
- Created on: 01-04-15 11:31
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- The Renaissance
- Geography
- Before Renaissance people believed...
- The world was flat.
- If you travelled too far by sea you would be eaten by sea monsters or fall off the edge of the world
- There were only half the continents we know of today.
- During the Renaissance people believed...
- The world was round.
- More seas, oceans and continents.
- London was centre of the world instead of Jerusulam
- I think these changes happened because...
- They had more advanced equipment to navigate
- They were curious.
- They weren't afraid.
- Before Renaissance people believed...
- Art
- Before the Renaissance...
- Artists were controlled by the Catholic Church.
- Most paintings were of Jesus
- The sculptures weren't very sophisticated
- Artists were controlled by the Catholic Church.
- During the Renaissance...
- sculptures were made more elegant and realistic.
- Paintings and sculptures were more detailed
- Art was less religious
- I think these changes happened because...
- The Church didn't control art any more.
- Before the Renaissance...
- Literature
- Before the Renaissance...
- Monks hand-wrote books on animal skin
- They had to write every book by hand with intricate designs so there weren't many books
- As monks were the only ones writing them, only religious books were printed.
- During the Renaissance...
- The printing press was invented to produce books instead of handwriting them.
- This meant that there were lots more books so more people could learn to read and write
- The printing press was invented to produce books instead of handwriting them.
- I think these changes happened because...
- People were angry with the Catholic Church for only printing religious books.
- Before the Renaissance...
- Anatomy
- Before the Renaissance people believed that...
- Body was sacred so couldn't be cut open.
- Church wouldn't allow dissection+it was wrong to dissect.
- During the Renaissance people believed that...
- It was okay to dissect people for scientific knowledge.
- The human body was as we know it today.
- I think these changes happened because...
- People began to doubt the rules of the Church
- Before the Renaissance people believed that...
- Physics
- Before the Renaissance people believed that...
- The Sun travelled around the Earth because it moved across the sky over the course of a day.
- During the Renaissance people believed that...
- The Earth travelled around the Sun once a year.
- I think that these changes happened because...
- Galilao discovered these things as he was curious. Even though he was put in prison he stood for his beliefs until they realized he was correct
- Before the Renaissance people believed that...
- Geography
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