Renaissance ID’s Frederick Wright 1. Renaissance: * The Renaissance was a cultural movement that profoundly affected European intellectual life. * It began in Italy and spread its way across the rest of Europe. * It lasted from the end of the fourteenth century to the early sixteenth century (1375-1527). * This renaissance was significant for many reasons‚ one of which was the use of vernacular language. * The use of vernacular language helped people understand and rationalize
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museums and places in Venice. After a few day eating pasta and drinking wine I was looking forward to our next place‚ Florence! At Florence we walked like the ironman race‚ a lot of miles to get to our destiny. It was the first time I used a train‚ a really fast train! It was awesome! We enjoyed the view of the place‚ the wineries‚ the houses‚ everything was pretty. When we where at Florence it was Easter celebration‚ we saw all the Catholic rituals and it was amazing to see all the people getting together
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perhaps most importantly‚ the Renaissance was an age in which artistic‚ social‚ scientific‚ and political thought turned in new directions. DANTE AS A FORERUNNER OF THE RENAISSANCE Dante Alighieri‚ "the fame of the Tuscan people‚" was born at Florence in 1265. He was exiled by the Florentines in I‚302‚ and at the courts of friends learned how hard a thing it is " to climb the stairway of a patron." He died at Ravenna in 1321‚ and his tomb there is a place of pilgrimage to-day. It was during the
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Piero‚ a notary; his mother‚ Caterina‚ came of a peasant family. They were not married. The boy’s uncle Francesco may have had more of a hand in his upbringing than by either of his parents. When Leonardo was about 15‚ he moved to the nearby city of Florence and became an apprentice to the artist Andrea del Verrocchio. He was already a promising
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his contemporaries. In 1432‚ he was appointed a papal secretary by Pope Eugene IV. Alberti’s architectural training began with the study of antique monuments during his first stay (1432-1434) in Rome. Subsequently he joined the papal court in Florence‚ where he became
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The Renaissance represented a complete departure from the pessimistic and dark times of the middle ages‚ and a transition into a period of optimistic rebirth and celebration of antiquity that the middle ages did not have. Civilians during this period valued individualism‚ and devoted their lives to improving their communities and becoming better citizens. Furthermore‚ freedom city republics which as well were not prevalent during the middle ages‚ were an important aspect of the Renaissance. They
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attractions. A few of the most known attractions are the Leaning Tower of Pisa‚ Colosseum‚ David‚ and Florence Cathedral. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is located in Piazza Del Duomo and is a freestanding bell tower of the cathedral and stands at 183
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Michelangelo when he was only 24. He was given a giant slab of marble that other sculptor had disregard years before. No one has never expected that it turns out to be one of the greatest art work in the history. The statue was made on the city of Florence and was originally located at Piazza della Signoria. It is then moved to prevent breakage from time and weather. The statue is now resides in the Gallery of the Accademia di Belle Arti. Michelangelo choose one of the most famous story of David
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patronage of the city of Florence. Ghiberti is a good example of how it was not just wealthy families or individuals who commissioned works of art for themselves. Unlike Donatello and Leonardo‚ Ghiberti did not seem to do as much art for individuals‚ instead‚ he did more public pieces‚ and was most frequently commissioned to do works for the city of Florence. For instance‚ after being commissioned to create the doors‚ he was commissioned by the Merchants Guild of Florence to make a bronze statue of
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March 1475‚ a few hours before dawn (Symonds 5). His father was a sort of “local governor of the small towns of Caprese…” thus giving him a more graced chance at making it somewhere higher in the world. When his father moved his family back to Florence‚ Michelangelo was “first exposed to stone carving‚” and besides that fact‚ was enrolled in a Latin school. As he continued in this‚ he found that he was drawn more to art‚ than to other professions; this realization‚ of course as it would any‚ upset
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