Question

What are five things around you that are influenced by the renaissance?

Answer 1

society, culture, art, architecture, and science i believe.

Answer 2

was that what you where looking for?

Answer 3

okay thanks but what kind of examples? like for example the movie romeo and Juliette is inspired from the times of the renaissance and columns on building are influenced by the renaissance and i need like three more examples

Answer 4

perspective, columns, taxation, water transport, and invention

Answer 5

really? taxation and water transport was made in the renaissance? and what kind of invention or perspective? Thanks btw :)

Answer 6

you are welcome. during the renaissance, the governments started learning or figuring out that they should tax the people. Also the started learning to transport goods down rivers and streams in boats. as far as invention, you may recall Leonardo de vincii, he was a popular inventor and artist, he invented what some say is the first helicopter. He used perspective in painting the Mona Lisa, that's why it looks like she is looking at you no matter where you stand when looking at the painting.

Answer 7

btw, could you fan me and give me a medal

Answer 8

okay thank you

Answer 9

People were shipping transports down rivers long before the renaissance... and da Vinci didn't invent the first helicopter per se, rather he invented something with a somewhat similar idea, and though the design works it's extremely unstable and slow. A different invention of his that worked somewhat better were his mechanical flying wings though not even they could sustain flight.

Taxes were most certainly NOT invented in the renaissance, they were used by governments way back in Persia and Ancient Egypt, over a thousand years before the renaissance.

Lastly, specifically requesting people to "fan me and give me a medal" is annoying and just as bad as "THUMBS UP IF..." comments on YouTube, please don't bring that trash here. If you helped them, they'll usually do both without being asked.

Answer 10

Oh, and congratulations on your first question a7x

Answer 11

thank you @Veritas um so do you know any examples I can use? I know so far i can use columns on buildings, romeo and Juliet, and paintings like mono Lisa bu what else? I need maybe 2 more examples.

Answer 12

When @megatron_88 said perspective in painting, he was right. That was definitely invented during the renaissance. Modern medical theory was definitely influenced by the renaissance though you may want to re-word that for your assignment. Columns on buildings I'm not sure of to be honest, pillars and columns have been used in buildings since... well, since even before Ancient Greece. Mona Lisa is a single specific work, not sure you want to use that as an example of a "influence". Hold on, I did this question before for another girl, let me find it...

Answer 13

well for the assignment we have to take a picture of or sketch 5 things that have been influenced by the renaissance so I was trying to find specific things I can take a picture of or sketch

Answer 14

Ooh, pictures? That's much much easier for me. Hold on.

Answer 15

Back. First up we have two pictures of da Vinci's studies in anatomy, this is what I mean by medical theory, the things we discovered about the human body during the renaissance have forever changed the medical world.

Answer 16

Next up we have art, this is one of my favorite pieces of all time, it's by Raphael and incorporates perspective which was relatively new but also shows how the renaissance drew inspiration from Ancient Greece. This painting shows many ancient Greek philosophers and mathematicians such as Socrates, Plato, Epicurus, Euclid, Aristotle, Pythagoras, and even Alexander the Great. The detail put into the fresco is simply awe inspiring.

Answer 17

oh okay those are good. I didn't know about that. and da vinci also made the first drafting designs for flying machines, automobiles and weapons so I can use that too?

Answer 18

You mean these;



Sure, they're amazing examples of the advancements in war technology during the renaissance. (The crossbow and "tank")

Answer 19

That is a nice picture the one by Raphael . So is it the people in it that are the influence or the architectural designs of the building their in?

Answer 20

Both. Renaissance architecture, life, science, everything was heavily influenced by Greece. See, the renaissance was a time when we were just coming out of the Black Death (Bubonic Plague) and men were trying to go back to a time when advancements in science was changing the world, a more sophisticated time.

Answer 21

the sketches by da vinci above, those are the like the base thoughts that led up to what we have today?

Answer 22

I suppose you could think of it like that, but I'm not sure the inventors of the tank or helicopter knew of da Vinci's sketches haha. They were very basic ideas that men had since the dawn of time, but da Vinci actually sketched out and tried to engineer into existence.

Answer 23

In modern times a few groups have actually built da Vinci's tank from his blueprints, it works but it's extremely unreliable because it HAS to be on a flat surface to move around, not very useful in battlefields.

Answer 24

ohh okay well thank you all the info. It helped alot <3

Answer 25

Not done quite yet, I was waiting for confirmation you understood all this before continuing because the next ideas get a little complicated.

Answer 26

lol okay go on and yes I understand everything much better now

Answer 27

@Veritas You seem very knowledgeable about history. I am not very knowledgeable but i use the knowledge i do have to help however i can. i see that my answer was not correct, im glad you stepped in to save the day!

Answer 28

i am only in 8th grade, i was actually hoping to learn more from people like you on here anyways lol.

Answer 29

@megatron_88 you weren't completely wrong. most of what you said was correct :)

Answer 30

Let me introduce you to something I consider fascinating, phi, the Golden Ratio.

You've learnt of pi by now, right? 3.141592653589

It's a beautiful number but not very useful outside of mathematics.

The Greeks were fascinated by the Golden Ratio 1.61803398875

This number seems a little insignificant at first but the Greeks found that it's present EVERYWHERE in nature and humans subconsciously associate it with beauty.

They took the golden ratio and applied it to their art and architecture, specifically measuring things to fit this pattern.

Answer 31

lol i was jst trying to help and veritas came in and blew me out of the water haha

Answer 32

isnt that also caled the golden angle?

Answer 33

da Vinci also studied the golden ratio in the symmetrical properties of the human body, in the Vitruvian Man.

Answer 34

They're not the exact same concept @megatron_88 but they are related to each other.

Answer 35

yea i thought so @Veritas

Answer 36

The Fibonacci Sequence and Golden Ratio together have essentially mapped out the basic mathematics of nature, it's found everywhere from spiral galaxies in the universe, to simple flowers on Earth... [Pictured]

But now i'm getting too close to "Mathematics", back to the Renaissance, they used the same principles as the Greeks and began to apply the golden ratio to their art and architecture.

Answer 37

These are examples of renaissance architecture, you can see how the symmetry compliments the beauty of the work.

Answer 38

ohh yes I just learned about the golden ratio. I didn't know it was made in the renaissance. yea it's cool how they used that to make a perfect building. ill use that too. the white house in Washington has influence of the renaissance too right? because it looks like it.

Answer 39

NOO. It wasn't made in the renaissance, it was never made, it was discovered by ancient mathematicians, began to stop being used, then was later picked back up and applied to everything in the renaissance.

Answer 40

Well, the White House is based on Greek/Roman architecture, which the renaissance was influenced by, so yes.

Answer 41

okay i get it

Answer 42

@megatron_88 Don't worry about it, I studied the renaissance a ton as a kid I think everyone should to be honest. Greek philosophers said it best; "Knowledge for the sake of knowledge."

Answer 43

yes, i defiantly have much to learn lol

Answer 44

@Veritas i posted an answer for lissydiaz you should check it out

Answer 45

@Veritas and @megatron_88 thank you so much guys :)

Answer 46

Oh no, it was all @Veritas lol

Answer 47

lol yea I guess but thank you for trying :)

Answer 48

It was my pleasure lol :)

Answer 49

No problem, glad to help. Any questions about the renaissance or ancient Greeks/Romans are fun to answer.