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Florence: The Cradle of the Renaissance
Chapter 29, pgs. 323-331
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Thought of the Day...
•Imagine this: If you could go to any city in Europe during your summer vacation, where would you go and why? Discuss this thought with the people sitting around you.
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Florence, Italy• Florence is located in
Italy, along the Arno River.
• Between 1300 and 1600, it was home to some of the greatest artists and thinkers of the Renaissance.
• Many advances were made here.
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Architecture and Engineering
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Architecture
•Architects and builders were influenced by Greek and Roman designs.
•They really liked the rounded arches, straight columns, and domed roofs.
• Ideas of humanism also made their ways into outdoor plazas.
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Engineering• Engineers used many
classical architectural techniques to design their buildings.
• The dome of the Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore is an eight-sided cathedral.
• Its design is one of the greatest engineering achievements of the Renaissance.
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Science and Mathematics
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Science
•People began to question old beliefs and started experimenting.
•News discoveries in anatomy, such as blood circulation and the workings of the eye, were made because of experimentation.
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Mathematics•There were also
advances in math.
•Algebra
•Probability
•Gravity