08-THE REBIRTH
THE FRENCH WORD RENAISSANCE MEANS “REBIRTH.” IT IS THE NAME GIVEN TO ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PERIODS INHISTORY. IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE EXACT DATES. BUT THERENAISSANCE LASTED FROM THE EARLY OR MIDDLE 1400S TO AROUND 1600. THE WORD ISFRENCH, BUT THERED-HOTCENTEROF THE RENAISSANCE WASITALY. IT WAS ATIME OF CREATIVITY,
NEW IDEAS, AND NEW WAYS OF THINKING. THE PURPOSE OF LIFE WASNOT SOLELY TO DIE AND GO TO HEAVEN. THERE WERE GREAT THINGS THAT PEOPLE COULDACCOMPLISH HERE ON EARTH. THE TERM “RENAISSANCE MAN” REFERS TO SOMEONE WHO IS GOOD AT EVERYTHING; LEONARDO WAS A CLASSICEXAMPLE OF ONE. ARTISTS NOW CELEBRATED THE HUMAN BODY IN LIFELIKE PAINTINGS.SCHOLARS STUDIED WORKS OF ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN THINKERS THAT HAD BEEN LOSTFOR CENTURIES. EXPLORERS SAILED TO UNKNOWN PARTS OF THE WORLD. NEW CONTINENTSWERE DISCOVERED. SCIENTISTS WERE MAKING STARTLING DISCOVERIES, TOO, ABOUT THEUNIVERSE. INMANY WAYS,THE RENAISSANCE WAS THE START OF MODERN TIMES.
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