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    Italian phrases‚ words‚ mottos‚ and quotes in heraldry‚ art‚ and popular use (with translations) A buon intenditor poche parole – Few words (are sufficient) for the good listener  A chi fa male‚ mai mancano scuse – Who does evil‚ is never short of excuse  A nemico che fugge‚ fa un ponte d’oro – Make a golden bridge for a fleeing foe  A poco a poco – By little and little  A prima vista – At first sight  A vostro comodo – At your leisure‚ at your convenience  Ad ogni santo vien sua festa –

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    Humanism changed the visual arts in the Italian Renaissance by advancing the portrayal of human anatomy‚ showing independent thought‚ and through the revival of the Classics. Michelangelo‚ Raphael‚ and Botticelli represented the ideals of humanism through their art. And their masterpieces show the advancement of society during the Renaissance. People weren’t depicted correctly during the Middle Ages‚ but as the passion for knowledge grew during the Renaissance‚ people were shown more accurately in

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    The Italian Renaissance was a momentous time period for all things to do with the arts and culture. Art was branching into other avenues far from just being expressionism. It became a “statement” whether it be political‚ social‚ or economical‚ there was a message to be conveyed to a particular party. In a sense “Italian Renaissance” is to broad of a term in a historically and culturally. Each region and city-state within Italy experienced the Renaissance is different ways. Moreover‚ the

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    Mannerism: The anti-High Renaissance The height of Italian Renaissance art had reached its summit in the late 15th century with the advent of the three masters of the High Renaissance: Leonardo‚ Michelangelo‚ and Raphael. Their works of art exhibited the pinnacle of man’s aesthetic ability in creating realistic depiction of the world through anatomically detailed human bodies‚ harmonious perspectival space‚ and emphasis on uniformity derived from nature. However this astounding progress in artistic

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    A.P. European History The Italian Renaissance was a time of rebirth in which many new ideas arose. People’s ideas of what is most important as well as what is acceptable were changing with new information. Art of the period began to change along with most of the other topics. The artistic ideals that are most evident in the time of the Italian Renaissance include individualism‚ secularism‚ and humanism. Individualism can be considered as valuing one person over the whole. Secularism began to

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    The Italian Job After watching and taking notes in the lecture the first movie that came to mind that I felt had many of the elements discussed was The Italian Job. The main elements I saw in this movie were‚ creative use of tension buildup and release through audio techniques and different movement and viewpoints with the camera. Many points in the movie instrumental music was being used to set or create a mood of suspense while the group of “thieves” are in the middle or performing a heist.

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    of Predappio in Romagna. According to Ivone Kirkpatrick (1964)‚ Romagna‚ at that time‚ was a hotbed of anticlericalism and republicanism. It was an era of rural nonconformity. Mussolini himself was named after both a Mexican revolutionary and two Italian revolutionary socialists. Both his grandfather and his father were politically involved‚ his grandfather in the struggle against the papacy and his father in the struggle to institute revolutionary socialism in Italy. However‚ his mother was deeply

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    natural world and often rejects the importance of belief in God (Dictionary.com‚ 2017). From this definition the values of the individual and realistic reason can be seen. These two factors are the biggest influences on the Humanistic movement in the Italian Renaissance. Humanism can be simply described as an intellectual movement but to leave it at that would be a discredit to this incredible regime‚ for Humanism brought self worth to what it means to be human. It incorporated critical thinking‚ analyzation

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    The idea of humanism was created during the Italian Renaissance. The Italian Renaissance began during the 14th century and ended during the 16th century. Humanism was centered around the importance of human being and their achievements. Due to the interest in human achievements humanist thought that individualism was important. Many people loved the idea of individualism because it celebrated people’s uniqueness. As society became aware of humanism‚ the role of people in society changed drastically

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    In medieval Europe‚ rural life was governed by a system of feudalism however with the introduction of agriculture this life began to change. “As a result‚ during the 11th century‚ the commercial economy began to develop once more‚ stimulating urban growth and the revival of trade (Gilbert‚ chapter 1)”. In these new centers of urban life‚ trade signaled the re-introduction of contact between previously isolated nations. This revival is the start of a cultural movement called the Renaissance‚ which

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