During the Renaissance, advances were made in many fields. In literature, William Shakespeare wrote influential plays that helped establish plays as popular entertainment. Renaissance art and statues resembled styles of ancient Greece and Rome, showing realistic human forms and introducing linear perspective. Architecture featured Roman influences like symmetrical domes and pillars. In science, figures like Copernicus, Kepler, and Newton contributed theories like the heliocentric solar system and laws of planetary motion and gravitation. Leonardo da Vinci made detailed studies of human anatomy. The printing press allowed Renaissance ideas to spread more widely.

1. By Joyce Thung
for Mr. Haskvitz
7.8.4- Detail advances made in literature, the arts,
science, mathematics, cartography, engineering, and the
understanding of human anatomy and astronomy

2. Literature
Globe Theatre,
where
Shakespearean
plays are
performed.
•Writers (ex. Cervantes) wrote
romantic novels and the
period of the Middle Ages.
•William Shakespeare- most
famous English writer/
playwright of all times.
-Because of Shakespeare,
plays became an
entertainment for all social
classes.
-Influenced the English
language and created
around 2,000 words.
-Works show the
Renaissance spirit- that human
beings are important.

3. Arts- Statues and Drawings
The Pieta by Michelangelo
•Statues and drawings -
Renaissance similar to the
Classical Period.
•Tried to duplicate the styles of
ancient Greeks and Romans
•shows realistic, lifelike
poses
•shows the human body in
great detail
•drapes of cloth visible in
clothing
•Perspective introduced-
making a three-dimensional
picture on a flat surface.

4. Perspective
•Unimportant subjects are drawn
vaguely and with less detail.
•Main subject(s) of the picture
are drawn with more detail and
specificity.
•To show distance-
-used different shades,
colors and shadows.
-straight lines (for ex.- tiles
on the floor) are drawn with angle.

5. Architecture
Architectural Buildings-
• Influenced by the ancient
Roman culture.
• Buildings in geometrical
shaped.
• Ideas brought by
mathematical discoveries.
• Pillars & symmetrical
domes.
• Filippo Brunelleschi

6. Astronomy
ellipse
•Copernicus- Heliocentric
System.
- Earth revolves around
the Sun
•Kepler- Laws of Planetary
Motion (ellipses)
-Planets move faster
when closer to the Sun.
•Brache- parallax- using the
distant stars to see the
apparent shift of the closer
stars

7. Human Anatomy
•Leonardo da Vinci-
- Muscular & Skeletal
System
- Nerves and Joints
- Organs- ex: the heart.
- Facial structure
- Skull
• Knowledge of human
anatomy incorporated with the
human structure in art.
•More knowledge of the human
body. (internal and physical)

8. Science
•Paracelsus- found
chemicals to cure diseases.
•Sir Isaac Newton- law of
universal gravitation.
•New scientific instruments
invented-
- microscope
- thermometer
- barometer
- telescope (astronomy)
•Scientific method- experiment
& gather data to prove theories
logically.

9. Mathematics
ax4
+ bx3
+ cx2
+ dx + e = 0 (where
a = 0)
Quartic Equation
•Widman introduces positive
(+) and negative (-) signs.
•Del Ferro - founded
formula to solving cubic
equations.
•Christoff Rudolff-
introduced square roots
(√). He also realized that x0
=1
•New mathematical ideas
influenced art and linear
perspective.
•Ferrari- created the quartic
equation.

10. Inventions
•Gutenberg's printing press
- Renaissance ideas
spread quickly
- Illiteracy rates decline
Gutenberg’s
printing press.
Spring clock
• Eyeglasses- developed from
the microscope & telescope
(science).
•Boyle- invented the match.
•Brunelleschi- spring clock, allowing
to be carried (pocket watch).

12. Question #1
Besides stories, what other type of writing did William
Shakespeare write?
A. Magazine articles
 B. Plays
C. Cultural issues
D. Philosophies

13. Question #2
The Renaissance art/statues resembled from which
other period in history?
A. The Middle Ages

B. The Enlightenment
C. The American Revolution
D. The Classical Period

14. Question #3
Who was a famous Renaissance Architect?
A. Brunelleschi
B. Kepler
C. Copernicus
D. Gutenberg
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15. Question #4
Which conclusion did Copernicus make?
A. Law of Universal Gravitation
B. Laws of Planetary Motion
C. Heliocentric System
D. Law of Reflection
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16. Question #5
Which of the following did Leonardo da Vinci study
about?
A. The Muscular System of the body
B. The nerves and joints “ “
C. The facial structure
D. All of the above

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