1. The Legacy of the Renaissance
in Palm Beach County, FL .
Chris Walker
11/15/12
World History V12
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2. Renaissance Legacy-Architecture
This image of St. Mark’s Greek
Orthodox Church in Boca Raton
reflects Renaissance
architecture.
Humanism during the Renaissance
adopted classical Greek
architectural influences, which
can be seen in St. Mark’s
symmetry and its columns. The
Byzantine influence was also an
inspiration to Renaissance
architecture, and is reflected in
the dome of St. Mark’s. St. Mark’s Greek Orthodox Church
in Boca Raton, FL.

3. Renaissance Legacy-Art
This photo was taken at the
Norton Museum of Art in
West Palm Beach. Many
Renaissance paintings by
actual Renaissance artists are
on display and people still
flock to gaze at their beauty.
Renaissance art reflected the
ideas of humanism and
showed human beings in the
real world without regard to
The Gayle and Paul Gross Gallery on
religion with the use of the third floor of the Nessel Wing at
shadow and perspective. the Norton Museum of Art displays
many Renaissance paintings.

4. Renaissance Legacy-Literature
This image represents literature
from the Renaissance. William
Shakespeare wrote plays during
this time, and they continue to
be re-enacted by people today.
Shakespeare’s plays reflected
humanism because his
characters showed human
emotions and character faults.
This theater troop does
improvisational versions of A poster of a theater troop
performing improvisational
Shakespeare’s plays with a Shakespeare plays at the Kravis
modern twist. Center for the Performing Arts
in West Palm Beach, Fl.

5. Renaissance Legacy-Inventions
This image of J.K. Rowling’s Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
is one of many in her best-
selling book series.
Duplication of these books would
not have been possible without
the invention of the printing
press during the Renaissance.
Humanism is reflected in modern
literature as authors are free to Harry Potter is one of the
write about topics other than best-selling book series of
religion without being all time, made possible by
the invention of the
persecuted. (Most of the time) printing press.

6. Renaissance Legacy-Science
This image of a poster of upcoming
events at the Dekelboum
Planetarium in West Palm
Beach expands on the
Renaissance interest in
astronomy.
During the Renaissance, in contrast
to the beliefs of the church,
humanists had a renewed
interest in astronomy, and
Copernicus’s theory of the sun A poster of upcoming events at the &
being the center of the universe Dekelboum Planetarium at the
and the Earth revolved around South Florida Science Museum in West
it. This theory still prevails Palm Beach, FL.
today.