🖼️ What Was the Renaissance?
6th Grade 🏺 World History
The Renaissance was a time of new ideas in art, science and learning in Europe, from about 1300 to 1600. It started in Italy.
A "rebirth"
Renaissance means "rebirth" in French. People rediscovered the books and art of ancient Greece and Rome and built new ideas on top of them.
Amazing artists
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and carved the statue of David, and Raphael painted huge, lifelike scenes. Artists learned to use perspective, so paintings looked deep and real.
Science and printing
Around 1440, Johannes Gutenberg built a printing press with movable type, so books could be made quickly and ideas spread fast. Scientists like Copernicus and Galileo studied the sky and changed how people understood the universe.
Quick quiz
What does "Renaissance" mean?
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Which invention helped ideas spread fast?