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=Overview of the Renaissance= By Marshall

What is the Renaissance?
The Renaissance was a great time period of new inventions like the change of art, literature, and science. Many different types of art and invention were made by famous artists like Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti and Raphael Sanzio. This was the time of the rebirth of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures and life styles and ways of communtication but as they relived these cultures, many different inventions were created like the telescope and the printing press.

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When did the Renaissance happen?
This period of time lasted from the 14th to 17th century. This time began when the Middle Ages was about to end at the 15th century.

Where did the Renaissance happen?
This time period was started in Italy and then moved on to other European countries like England, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain

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 * Map of Italy where the Renaissance began.**

Many famous arts were created in this time by Leonardo Da Vinci who created the Mona Lisa, and The Last Summer. Michelangelo with the St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and Raphael with the Madonna della Seggiola.

Why did the Renaissance happen?
The people living in the European countries wanted to bring back ancient Roman and Greek cultures with the art and sculptures they created, but they felt they needed to focus more on science and medicines on people, and they didn't evolve their lives around the church and what the priests have to say about what is happen and how they have to do it.

How did the Renaissance happen?
The people studied the ancient Greeks and Romans and improved on their ideas of architecture, science, medicine, art and literature.

//Bibliography//
Book: - Students Discovery Encyclopedia on page 200. Author : The World Book - The Renaissance in Europe on pages 4 -31. Author : Lynne Elliott - The Renaissance on page 6 - 67. Author :Michel Pierre

Websites: - Wikipedia