RENAISSANCE LEGACY Isabella Devine

ARCHITECTURE This is an example of a dome in Saint Peter’s Basilica and recent place I have gone to. This has examples concentric. The shapes share the circular center. Domes in churches were very popular during the Renaissance. This architecture is one of the many ways that the people of the Renaissance brought back it teachings and ideas from Ancient Greece and Rome.

LITERATURE

In English class I read and watched Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. A big part of the Renaissance was humanism. William Shakespeare was influenced by humanism when writing his plays. It gave is characters emotions and feelings in the plays.

ARTThe Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci is hanging in my house. Leonardo da Vinci used perspective in his piece and fresco. Leonardo tried to make a new fresco for this piece, but it was unsuccessful. Art played a huge part in the Renaissances. The human emotion shown in their faces of each person in the painting is a prime example of Humanism.

INVENTION

The thermometer is one of the many inventions during the Renaissance. The thermometer was invented by Galileo. I have many thermometers used to check if I have a fever, to check food, and to check the temperature. This invention during the time of humanism helped solve a human need and problem.

INVENTIONI use eyeglasses and they are invented in the Renaissance. Eyeglasses are used to help eyesight out. This is important to the Renaissance because it is an important invention that is still used today. Even though it is is not the original it gas been modified to what we need to do today , it was invented during the Renaissance, a time of rebirth. This invention during the time of humanism helped solve a human need and problem.