The Renaissance

There were many new inventions like paper, the printing press, eyeglasses, gunpowder, the telescope, and the first flying machine.

Period from 14th to 17th centuries

Leonardo da Vinci- Renaissance Man. Born in 1452. He was an Italian polymath, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, artist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. Died 1519.

"Re-birth"

The Renaissance

St. Peter's Basilica is an example of the Renaissance architecture

Mona Lisa1503-1517

The Last Supper1495-1498

It was considered to be a bridge between the middle ages, and modern history and it began as a cultural movement in Italy.

It was the time of scholars and thinkers,classic learning and wisdom

Angela Simonchyk

Some paintings by Leonardo da Vinci

"Flying Machine" 1485

Telescope 1590

Printing Press 1456

Gunpowder 1346

Submarine 1568