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    referred to as the Renaissance was a time of great social and cultural change in Europe. Generally speaking‚ the Renaissance spanned from the 14th to the 16th centuries‚ spreading across Europe from its birthplace in Italy. During the Middle Ages‚ Italy was not the unified country that it is today. The Italian Peninsula was instead made up of a number of independent city-states‚ most of which were ruled by powerful families. The period of time during which the European Renaissance fell was between

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    Renaissance Art Renaissance is a French word that literally means “Rebirth” and is referring to the rebirth of learning in northern Italy after there was hardly learning in the middle ages. During the Renaissance‚ there was a great renewal of education and ancient times. But‚ the Renaissance was more than just studying works of ancient scholars; it influenced sculpture‚ architecture and painting. In Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa‚ the mysterious smile reflects the newly emerging Renaissance

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    The Renaissance From the fall of the Holy Roman Empire to there was a dark age in Europe where all technology and thinking stopped. Europe was a battleground for feudal lords and their knights trying to control the surrounding territories. The dark ages started to end when Pope Urban the 2nd called for the crusades of the holy lands and the city of Jerusalem. The renaissance began in Italy‚ and spreading to the rest of Europe by the 16th century‚ its influence was felt in literature‚ philosophy

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    Revolutionary of Renaissance Art (briefly) Key dates: 1300s This movement began in Italy in the 14th century and the term‚ literally meaning rebirth‚ describes the revival of interest in the artistic achievements of the Classical world. Initially in a literary revival Renaissance was determined to move away from the religion-dominated Middle Ages and to turn its attention to the plight of the individual man in society. It was a time when individual expression and worldly experience became two of

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    cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft5m3nb3ft&chunk.id=d0e9454&toc.id=d0e9454&brand=ucpress 9 Renaissance and Reformation An Essay on Their Affinities and Connections This essay was commissioned by the organizers of the Fourth International Luther Congress‚ held in St. Louis in 1971. I tried to demonstrate in it not only the affinities of the Reformation with the Renaissance but also the European-wide character of the impulses underlying the Reformation. I naively assumed that none

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    “The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century” (Renaissance History‚ 2008). It is a French word for rebirth. It also a revival of the classical art and intellect of Ancient Greece and Rome. The art in the Renaissance time was more life-like and contained perspective. (Interactive Schooling‚ 2013). It was perceived as a "rebirth" of ancient traditions‚ and later on it was a tradition. Some famous artists from the Renaissance were Leonardo

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    The Renaissance defined.-- "Renaissance‚" French for "rebirth‚" perfectly describes the intellectual and economic changes that occurred in Europe from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries. During the era known by this name‚ Europe emerged from the economic stagnation of the Middle Ages and experienced a time of financial growth. Also‚ and perhaps most importantly‚ the Renaissance was an age in which artistic‚ social‚ scientific‚ and political thought turned in new directions. DANTE

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    Renaissance Comparison Essay The Italian Renaissance culture and arts and the Northern European Renaissance was a way of life‚ similar to our modern day way of life‚ ranging from things such as architecture‚ painting‚ literature‚ sculptures‚ pottery‚ and philosophy. Between the two eras‚ there are social and cultural similarities and differences. The social and cultural similarities between the Italian and Northern European Renaissance were their artistic views in reference to religion

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    The culture of the Middle ages to the Renaissance profoundly affected European life; in art‚ literature‚ and astronomy. During the Middle Ages people did not live very long; so the people believed very strongly in religion. The artist painted all religious figures and the paintings were very dull and did not have any perspective. The Renaissance brought in a new era of paintings and sculptures. The artists started to paint with detail such as expressions‚ muscles in the body‚ and making every feature

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    Proto Renaissance art‚ 1280-1400 Italian Renaissance painting Giotto‚ Lamentation‚ Cappella degli Scrovegni In Italy in the late 13th and early 14th centuries‚ the sculpture of Nicola Pisano and his son Giovanni Pisano‚ working at Pisa‚ Siena and Pistoia shows markedly classicizing tendencies‚ probably influenced by the familiarity of these artists with ancient Roman sarcophagi. Their masterpieces are the pulpits of the Baptistery and Cathedral of Pisa. Contemporary with Giovanni Pisano‚ the

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