Queen Elizabeth's Influence On The Italian Renaissance

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Intro:
Slide 1: The Renaissance started in Italy and made its way to England. We see many italian influences in the art and music during this era. Since Queen Elizabeth was such an important figure we also see her influence in most of the art and plays.

Topic 1: Art
Slide 2: Many famous artist of this time traveled to Italy and found inspiration for their art, Italian models influenced both France and England in the beginning of the renaissance.
Slide 3: The Renaissance was a time of change into a more modern world, during their free time the people in england devoted themselves to self expression. One of the most popular forms was painting (Marx).
Slide 4: A better known painter of this time was Nicholas Hilliard, he painted miniature pictures …show more content…

Most artists focused on the beauty in their surrounding and painted or drew people and the nature around them.
Slide 6: Many artists were hired to paint pictures of the nobility and their families. There are many portraits of Queen Elizabeth seen from all artists during this time, she and the british navy where the most popular subjects to portray in art.

Topic 2: Music
Slide 7: The music of this era reflected the feelings of the people in response to the changing world.With more people having pride in their Queen and country they often sang of “politics and religion” (Thompson).
Slide 9: The most popular subject though had to be about adventure. Many wrote lyrics about knights, fair maidens, and dramatic quests.
Slide 10: The music was light and uplifting consisting of many ballads and madrigals that made the rhythmic tempo more smoothing and fluid. To achieve these goals of fluidity many musicians used “pipes, drums, and bells” as their instruments of choice (Hinds).
Slide 11: The rise in the music popularity, musicians were hired in almost all of the courts. They were hired to play at dances, birthdays and special events, to lift the moods of the