The Beginning of the Renaissance; Sixth grade World History; Homeschool

 The Beginning of the Renaissance; Sixth grade World History; Homeschool

May has been a busy month for me so it kept me from being active for the blog. But now, the last month of school has finally arrived. So here I am, writing my first blog for June. This week, I have been learning about the Renaissance for World History. Most of these facts come from “Everything you need to know to ace World History in one big fat notebook”.

The Renaissance begins:

After the Medieval Age (Middle age), the Renaissance began. The word “Renaissance” means rebirth, so the Renaissance was a time of reformation during the 1350-1650.

The Renaissance originated in Italy when large cities had become independent from the control of a king and even churches. Many people started to emphasize the importance of secularism, which is something that’s not related to religion.

Humanism:

Humanism, is something that focuses on humans rather than divine matters. Humanists were people who believed in humanism.

The interest in Humanism was a major part of the Renaissance. Writers started to write literatures that focused less on religion. William Shakespeare, the writer for Romeo and Juliet, was one of the great humanists who’s writing emphasized human emotions that are still present to this day.

Like writers, many artists began to make art that wasn’t focused on religion. People started to draw, paint, and crave sculptures of nature and humans. Artists found interest in human and nature. Leonardo Da Vinci, an Italian artist who created the Mona Lisa, studied anatomy or biology. He drew many arts of human body and bones. Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor who created the Statue of David. The statue declared the perfection of the human form. A Flemish (an area that is now divided among Belgium, France and the Netherlands) artist named Jan Van Eyck, imitated nature by painting on wooden panels.