Allegory: an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances 1. Botticelli: One of the leading painters of the Florentine renaissance‚ developed a highly personal style. The Birth of Venus 2. Desiderius Erasmus: Dutch humanist scholar who studied early Christian as well as classical culture; criticized the Church. 3. Fresco: the art or technique of painting on a moist‚ plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater
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paper and the printing devices were the most influencing cause of Renaissance. It is true because the intellectual awareness increased in the real sense only after the invention of printing. 7. Decline of Feudalism: The Renaissance was able to flourish because the Feudalism was declining. The cause of decline of feudalism was the rise of middle class and their support to the kings. It was this middle class which promoted Renaissance only when the feudalism declined. 8. Occupation of Constantinople
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Irvin Alfaro Mrs.Fauver English 1 (College Prep) April 26‚ 2013 Marriage in the Renaissance Era Marriage customs today are very different than those of the Renaissance era. During this era women had limited options in marriage and life. In Michael Best’s article‚ “The Age of Marriage‚” he indicates that although people did not get married as young as people believed‚ marriage was still not so much about love. For example‚ “in some noble houses marriages were indeed made at a young age for
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Was the Renaissance a new development or was it just a continuation of the Middle Ages? The Renaissance was a new development completely different from the middle ages. Even though many scholars claim that much of the ideas of the Renaissance came from the middle ages and that their were many progressive changes during the middle ages‚ the Renaissance had enough unique qualities to justify itself as a completely separate period of time in history. During the Renaissance there were rises of new social
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stimulated the successive phase of the Humanism and Renaissance‚ that best known for its cultural achievements. Accounts of Renaissance literature usually begin with Petrarch (best known for the elegantly polished vernacular sonnet sequence of Il Canzoniere and for the craze for book collecting that he initiated) and his friend and contemporary Boccaccio (author of the Decameron). Famous vernacular poets of the 15th century include the renaissance epic authors Luigi Pulci (Morgante)‚ Matteo Maria
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referred to as the Harlem Renaissance. African Americans thrived in music‚ theatre‚ dance‚ literature‚ education‚ and art during this time period. The cause of the Harlem Renaissance included an important migration where thousands of African American people relocated to urban areas primarily up North. With many rural southerners moving up north‚ they had an opportunity to achieve more things and be influenced by several insightful African Americans. During the Harlem Renaissance‚ the New Negro Movement
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The Harlem Renaissance remains one of the most momentous creative movements in American history‚ exceeding its original importance to one specific interest group and hence cannot be looked upon simply as a convenient metaphor. This essay will show that in addition to the eruption of creativity‚ the Harlem Renaissance should be acknowledged for its significant contribution to changing the self-perception of the Negro in America in such a positive and significant way that eventually transformed the
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The Renaissance era was a time for larger‚ fuller-figured women with wide hips‚ big hair and huge dresses with oversized shoulders and large puffy sleeves. It seemed everything about the Renaissance Era was large. While the makeup at the time was understated‚ bright red lipstick was in vogue. Blonde hair was also in‚ which was a huge change from the darker hair of previous centuries. As the Renaissance Era came to an end‚ everything swung in a totally different direction. By the time the Victorian
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civilizations work together as one‚ and the individual had no place in society. Everything was about being one. However‚ starting with the Renaissance‚ and leading up to the Reformation‚ Scientific Revolution‚ and Enlightenment periods‚ the focus switches. The individual was finally in the picture. This change begins in the 1300s with the start of the Renaissance. The Europeans
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Jeremy Harper Women In Renaissance FRQ Cheeeman-Meyer 9/16/14 The Renaissance is known as a time of great learning‚ achievement‚ and the flourishing of the arts. However this common view of the renaissance conveniently overlooks about half of the population‚ women. While many men of the era did indeed make great strides‚ the women were left behind still languishing in a relative Dark Age. While there were a few notable exceptions women’s involvement in the renaissance was almost non existent and
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