The High Renaissance The renaissance was a period between 1400 to 1650 where the influences in art‚ philosophy‚ and literature extended far beyond the bounds of what they’d ever been before to include new theories and styles which give character to this all new classical model. The actual term renaissance means the revival of art and literature under civilized terms in Europe extending from the 14th to the 17th century. It was also characterized by an overwhelming theme of renewal of life‚ character
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The Three High Renaissance Masters A look at Leonardo da Vinci‚ Michelangelo‚ and Raphael ➢ Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian artist and scientist who lived between 1452-1519. ➢ Leonardo was the original Renaissance man‚ whose roles included inventor‚ engineer‚ architect‚ mathematician‚ geologist‚ and astronomer. ➢ While he is best known as a painter‚ Leonardo primarily worked for the military producing designs of tanks‚ airplanes‚ and submarines‚ hundreds of years before such
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creative work‚ and education. The humanist movement spread to northern Europe‚ France‚ England‚ and elsewhere‚ and continued to flourish until the mid-seventeenth century. Among its more familiar literary figures are‚ in Italy‚ Dante Alighieri‚ Francesco Petrarca (known as Petrarch)‚ Giovanni Boccaccio‚ Baldassare Castiglione‚ and Niccolò Machiavelli; in England‚ Thomas More‚ Francis Bacon‚ and John Milton; in France‚ François Rabelais and Michel de Montaigne. Books setting forth an ideal of
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Dante and the Road to Humanism During the Renaissance‚ the belief of humanism became extremely popular. After the black plague people began to wonder if God had abandoned them. As a result‚ they began to look for their own answers through observation and experiment; this method was called empiricism. Through this man began to place himself at the center of the universe instead of God. Men began to embrace their own talents and spent less time worrying about the next life and more living in the
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UTGC NOTES Nicanor Reyes Hall Built in art deco style Designed by Pablo Antonio Sr. (National Artist for Architecture) “Our Malayan Heritage” (Painting in NRH HALL) – painted by Simon Saulog (1950’s) Nicanor Reyes mini garden – shaped liked head of the Tamaraw `Statue of Nicanor Reyes – made by Peter de Guzman Stylized letters that can be seen along Quezon Blvd‚ inspired by the ancient Filipino hand writing
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Old English. Circa 500A.D. Beowulf: First version=Codex Cotton Vitelliusfire‚ so passed down orally Lacunae=holes from moths First word of poem is Hwaet=O.E. for a greeting: hey‚ listen up! Whale’s way=the sea Comitatus=latin=duty of follower to hand everything won to the king who then distributes the wealth based on merit Grendel=large‚ condemned by God; descendant of Cain‚ “one against all‚” wont pay Wergild=price paid to family of the enemy you killed in battle; a matter of honor. Witan=council
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The family was very important in renaissance Florence as it constituted the primary unit of association. Within renaissance Italy there can be seen to be three distinct ideas as to what constituted a family‚ the nuclear or immediate family‚ the extended family including aunts‚ cousins‚ grandparent and the bloodline or linage which included all ancestors who shared the family name. The Florentine concept of the family or famigilia was‚ as theorized by Goldthwaite‚ the nuclear unit‚ not the extended
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types of moods in his paintings. Leonardo Da Vinci most famous painting was the Mona Lisa painting. He started the painting in the year 1503. The painting was thought to be a woman name Lisa Gherardini‚ wife of a Florentine cloth merchant name Francesco Del Giocondo. They also said the reason for her smile was because she was pregnant. During the 1485 to 1490 Leonardo da Vinci was a renaissance painter. The duke from his time kept him busy painting pictures and sculpting and designing elaborate
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Robert Baum‚ The author of "After The Ball Is Over: Bringing Cinderella Home"‚ is a professor at The University of Waikato in New Zealand. He wrote the article for Culteral Analysis. He wanted to inform the common people who may be interested in the Grimm’s Fairy Tales how they wrote their folktales‚ and how they incorporated beliefs of their own such as their religion. The mainy used Christian Folktales‚ because that was their religion. By making the alterations to use their religion it encouraged
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everything in the scientific world. Some of his most famous paintings included the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. Mona Lisa‚ also known as La Gioconda‚ was a portrait that meant “merry woman‚” which was suggested to be a wife of a silk merchant named Francesco del Giacondo.
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