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    Raffaello Sanzio Da Urbino

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    his father’s status on art. Raphael started showing his talents with drawings of self-portraits. As a teen‚ Sanzio was even commissioned to paint for the Church of San Nicola. In 1504 he moved to Florence to develop more knowledge‚ and study the works of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Here in Florence he gained important commissions such as Monde de Crucifixion. Raphael was able to assimilate the influence of Florentine art‚ while keeping his own developing style. In

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    literature‚ was an idea associated with the Renaissance. During the fifteenth century‚ the printing press was developed‚ resulting in the spread of printed word‚ literacy‚ and new ideas. Simultaneously‚ many Italian cities’ trade increased dramatically. Florence‚ the birthplace of the Renaissance‚ was located along the Arno River‚ which made it a popular trading port. Florentine merchants

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    Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15 1452 in the village of Anchiano‚ Italy near the town of Vinci. In 1467 at the age of 15 Leonardo was sent to Florence to work as and apprentice for Andrea De Verrocchio. In 1472 at the age of 20 years old Leonardo was accepted into the painters guild of Florence.9 years later Leonardo begins painting the Adoration of the Magi‚ an altarpiece for the Monastery of San Dontao at Scopeto. In 1495 Leonardo begins painting The Last Supper in the refectory of the

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    scientist‚ inventor and a religious man. He was born in the heart of the Renaissance‚ in April 15‚ 1452 near the town of Vinci‚ in Tuscan. Da Vinci‚ was not born in nobility and was son of a local lawyer. His learning started in the workshop‚ in Florence which was from an artist and sculptor named Andrea del Verrocchio. There‚ Leonardo was introduced to perspective‚ metalwork as well as‚ drawings and paintings and he quickly mastered perspective‚ which was Verrocchio’s speciality. Soon‚ he became

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    The Impact Of Machiavelli

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    father’s library. In 1498‚ he began a political career in Florence‚ Italy that would lead him to write one of the most important books in history—The The Prince (1513). Machiavelli was not a great artist or religious leader‚ but he had the greatest influence on history of any single individual of the Renaissance or Reformation. Machiavelli was a man of action. In 1498‚ at age 29‚ he accepted an important position in the government of Florence. He was entrusted with diplomatic missions to local Italian

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    Donatello Research Paper

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    given the nickname Donatello by his friends and family. His nickname Donatello means “little Donato”. Not much was known about his early childhood or education. What was known was that he attained his early education from a wealthy family from Florence‚ the Martelli’s. While he was with the family he was given his first instructions on becoming a goldsmith. The name of Donatello’s mother was unknown but Niccolo di Betto Bardi was his father and he was a wool comber in Florentine. His father

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    European RENAISSANCE

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    HISTORY Paper V Episode 1 (5.1.1) RENAISSANCE the Rebirth Learning objectives: Meaning of Renaissance Debate among historians over Renaissance Factors that led to Renaissance Characteristics of this period Why Renaissance took place in Italy Scholars and historians mark the era spanning two centuries from the 1330s to the 1530s as the period of rebirth of European civilization. It was a rebirth from the disorder and conflict of the semi barbaric middle ages marked by oppressive feudalism

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    Niccolo di Betto Bardi‚ who we simply know as Donatello. He was born in Florence around 1386. He was the son of a Florentine wood carder‚ Niccolo di Betto di Bardi. How he began his career as a sculptor is undetermined although it is known that Donatello was educated in the residence of the Martelli Family and got his first artistic training at a goldsmith’s workshop and from one of the sculptors working at the cathedral of Florence in 1400 (Web Art). Between 1404-1407 he also worked at the studio of

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    Renaissance

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    Renaissance is the term used to describe the period of European history that saw a renewed interest in the arts. The Renaissance began in 14th¬century Italy and spread to the rest of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. In this period‚ the fragmented feudal society of the Middle Ages‚ with its agricultural economy and church¬dominated intellectual and cultural life‚ was transformed into a society increasingly dominated by central political institutions‚ with an urban‚ commercial economy and lay

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    the biggest Duomo in the world and a huge landmark of Florence‚ Italy. The people being interviewed and who have studied him and the building are amazed at how this happened. Brunelleschi didn’t have the modern materials or machines to build something so great and he also left no blue prints‚ pictures or said how he built it. In class we learned that there was a competition to make the bronze doors at the Baptistery of the cathedral in Florence. Ghiberti got the job and Brunelleschi was runner up

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