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Renaissance SEE ALSO

▸ ▸ Aircraft p.13
▸ ▸ Ancient Rome
Italy experienced great change in science and art p.20
between 1400 and 1600. This movement then spread ▸ ▸ Art p.28
across Europe. It was called the “Renaissance,” which ▸ ▸ Inventions

means “rebirth,” because it looked at ideas that originally pp.136–137
came from ancient Rome and Greece. ▸ ▸ Religion p.208
▸ ▸ Writing p.280

Buildings The great dome
Renaissance builders of the cathedral
in Florence was
copied ancient styles built in 1436.
to produce larger, more Science
elegant buildings. These Scientists began to This flying
buildings often had carry out experiments for machine was
columns and domes. the first time. They made designed by
Leonardo da
important discoveries about Vinci. It never
space, science, and medicine. actually flew.

Art This painting, by Pietro The people at the front of
Renaissance artists used a more realistic style Perugino, shows Jesus the painting appear larger
than previous artists. They tried to show light giving the keys of than those farther away.
and shade and came up with new types of Heaven to St. Peter. This is called perspective.
paint and materials.

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