Romanek, Trudee.

Great ideas of the Renaissance / - New York : Crabtree, c2010. - 32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm. - Renaissance world . - Renaissance world. .

Includes index.

Renaissance -- Religion -- People and possibilities -- Education -- Medicine and anatomy -- Astronomy and mathematics -- Art -- Literature and drama -- Music -- Architecture -- Society and power -- Commerce -- Warfare -- Everyday life.

Great Ideas of the Renaissance surveys the major advances that were made in art, architecture, sculpture, science, medicine, transportation, and culture. Merchants, monarchs, and religious leaders all promoted and encouraged creativity, and artists, scientists, and great thinkers pushed back the frontiers of philosophy, the arts, mathematics, and technology.

Lexile: 1140.

9780778746164 (pbk. : alk. paper) 077874616X (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780778745969 (reinforced library binding : alk. paper) 0778745961 (reinforced library binding : alk. paper)

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Renaissance--Juvenile literature.


Europe--Intellectual life--Juvenile literature.
Europe--Civilization--Juvenile literature.

CB361 / .R645 2010

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