presentacion sobre lo que fue el renacimiento

1. RENAISSANCE
Daniel Rojas
Martin Altamar
Juan Osorio
David Tello
Carolina Rojas

2. WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
It was specially an artistic
movement which was
interested on returning to the
classics Greek-Roman period
The movement is like a Re-
born after the obscurantism

3. SOME HISTORY
The renaissance was a period from
the XIV to the XVII century
Renaissance appeared in the north of
Italy in cities such as Veniece, Milan
and Florece
Humanism was an important cultural
movement of renaissance, also was a
method of learning that includes the
study of moral philosophy, history,
poetry, grammar and rhetoric, better
known as humanities.
 The movement spread out in Europe

4. IMPORTANT
CHARACTERISTICS
Renaissance focused on
anthropocentrism as philosophy of
life
Science and reason were really
important
Seeking knowlegde in different fields
to explain everything
Beauty concept was related to reason
 Strong interest on Art, Literature and
scientific investigation

5. ABOUT AUTORS
Chapman, George (1559-1634), poet,
dramatist, translated classics like
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Coverdale, Miles (1488-1569), translator--
Bible.
Tyndale, William (1492-1536), translator, tract
writer--New Testament (trans.).
Bacon, Sir Francis (1561-1626), philosopher,
essayist--New Atlantis; 'The Advancement of
Learning," Essays
Lyly, John (1554-1606), novelist, dramatist--
"Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit"; "Euphues and
His England."
More, Sir Thomas (1478-1535), prose writer--
Utopia.

6. Playwrights:
Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616), dramatist--with John
Fletcher, The Knight of the Burning Pestle.
Dekker, Thomas (1570-1641), dramatist--The
Shoemaker's Holiday.
Fletcher, John (1579-1625), dramatist--with Francis
Beaumont, The Maid's Tragedy; with Shakespeare, The
Two Noble Kinsmen
Ford, John (1586-1640), dramatist--The Broken Heart.
Heywood, Thomas (died 1641?), dramatist--A Woman
Killed with Kindness.
Jonson, Ben (1573-1637), poet, dramatist--"Song to
Celia."
Kyd, Thomas (1558-94), dramatist--The Spanish
Tragedy.
Lyly, John (1554-1606), novelist, dramatist--Euphues: the
Anatomy of Wit; Euphues and His England.
Marlowe, Christopher (1564-93), dramatist--Doctor
Faustus; The Jew of Malta;
Tamburlaine.
Massinger, Philip (1583-1640), dramatist--A New Way to
Pay Old Debts.
Middleton, Thomas (1570-1627), dramatist--Michaelmas
Terne.
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616), dramatist, poet--As

7. DRAMA
POETRY
PROSE

9. REFERENCES
http://americanhumanist.org/Humanism/What_is_Humanism
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/497731/Renaissance