Mr.Karp
Period 3
Renaissance DBQ
During the Time period of The Renaissance was a time that many art, liteture and science advancements were made. People refer to this time period as the time period of ‘rebirth’ of learning that had been put on hold since the fall of Rome. The renaissance was a time of much advancement across the board.
Throughout the time of the Renaissance there were numerous famous, artists, inventors and scientistists; some famous for one of those achievements listed and otherss known for all three. The men known for all three were referred to as the Renaissance men. The Renaissance man was skilled in all aspects of learning. A very famous renaissance man, Leonardo Da Vinci made many one of a kind sculptures and murals but also contributed to science. Da Vinci would depict the human body in drawings and describe different muscles and use his art skills for other scientists to work off of (Doc.1). Da Vinci also had a famous drawing titled ‘The Vitruvian Man’ where he showed how the human body moved. Along with contributions to biology the renaissance men also came up with the Scientific method. The scientific method changed the way we come to conclusions by having a set way to come up with answers with repeating experiments and questioning our hypothesis. (Doc 2). While all of the scientific advancements were important, science wasn’t the only place that …show more content…
They invented Linear Perspective; a type of drawing or painting using lines and a focal point making their drawings have an allusion of looking 3-D. ( Doc. 4) This form of art is fusing math and art into one is another example of the renaissance men being scholarly as well as creative. Along with perspective drawing artists also hid simple shapes like triangles in their pieces to make them more aesthetically pleasing to the