1 00:00:02,029 --> 00:00:05,910 The Renaissance was a very important period in Spain. 2 00:00:07,169 --> 00:00:11,070 It was a period of improvement and cultural development. 3 00:00:12,369 --> 00:00:18,250 People started being interested in culture, art, science and education. 4 00:00:19,670 --> 00:00:23,289 The Renaissance appeared in Italy in the 14th century, 5 00:00:23,829 --> 00:00:27,670 but it didn't come to Spain until the 15th century, 6 00:00:27,670 --> 00:00:31,670 and it lasted along the 15th and the 16th centuries. 7 00:00:32,030 --> 00:00:38,530 During this period, many things happened, such as the unification of Spain by the Catholic 8 00:00:38,530 --> 00:00:47,909 monarchs after the fall of Granada, also the arrival of Columbus to America, and the publication 9 00:00:47,909 --> 00:00:51,590 of the first grammar book in Spanish. 10 00:00:51,590 --> 00:01:00,549 This book was written by Antonio Nebrija in 1492, the same year of the discovery of America. 11 00:01:00,549 --> 00:01:07,329 full of grammatical information which is actually very boring. But the most 12 00:01:07,329 --> 00:01:11,829 important thing that happened during the Renaissance was the explosion of art 13 00:01:11,829 --> 00:01:18,969 which continues to be important nowadays. Some of the most well-known artists of 14 00:01:18,969 --> 00:01:24,849 the Renaissance were the Italians Leonardo da Pinti who painted La Gioconda 15 00:01:24,849 --> 00:01:38,280 or the Last Dino. He also was an inventor and a scientist. The Italian 16 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:44,200 Michelangelo who was a painter and a sculptor, he painted the Sistine 17 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:52,599 Chapel or la Capilla Sextina in the Vatican and also built el David, el Moises 18 00:01:52,599 --> 00:02:02,519 and la vida very beautiful and famous sculptures in Spain many artists appeared 19 00:02:02,519 --> 00:02:10,479 we had writers painters mentors for example Cervantes was one of the most 20 00:02:10,479 --> 00:02:17,219 famous writers he wrote don quijote de la mancha he fought in la batalla de 21 00:02:17,219 --> 00:02:24,819 Lepanto where he lost his hand fighting. Do you remember when and where La Batalla de Lepanto 22 00:02:24,819 --> 00:02:34,259 took place? Another famous writer is Lope de Vega who wrote El Perro del Hortelano or Fuente Ovejuna. 23 00:02:35,759 --> 00:02:42,340 Also the painter Diego de Velázquez became very famous as he was the royal painter in Palas. 24 00:02:42,340 --> 00:02:49,139 He painted the famous Las Meninas that you can see in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. 25 00:02:50,740 --> 00:02:58,340 El Greco was another famous painter who painted weird and dark pictures usually related to religion. 26 00:03:00,490 --> 00:03:03,629 One of the most important inventors was Gutenberg. 27 00:03:04,129 --> 00:03:06,409 He invented the printing press. 28 00:03:07,590 --> 00:03:10,469 Thanks to him, we can print many books. 29 00:03:11,250 --> 00:03:15,490 Before this invention, monks used to write books by hand. 30 00:03:16,270 --> 00:03:20,990 That took a long time and only rich people had access to them. 31 00:03:21,969 --> 00:03:29,930 Thanks to the printing press, everybody started having access to books, culture and education. 32 00:03:30,590 --> 00:03:35,590 This was one of the most important developments in the Renaissance. 33 00:03:35,590 --> 00:03:43,530 also music became important in the renaissance as a way of showing people's feelings 34 00:03:43,530 --> 00:03:52,889 this period is full of famous names of great artists in spain such as garcilaso de la vega 35 00:03:52,889 --> 00:04:03,090 santa teresa de jesus fray luis de leon tirso de molina sánchez coelho or diego de silue 36 00:04:03,090 --> 00:04:11,090 and many more well-known artists that produced amazing artistic pieces in our country. 37 00:04:11,090 --> 00:04:18,189 As you have seen, the Renaissance was a culturally essential period.