of the word “Renaissance” comes from Latin ‚it means renacimiento in Spanish which in English means rebirth.The Renaissance‚ is a cultural rebirth of art of Greece and Rome because during the Middle Ages the church banished and outlawed anything that was before Christianity. The Renaissance period started around the in year 1350’s this happen after the Middle Ages‚ it ended around the year 1550’s. The Middle Ages started around the 5th Century to the 15th Century.In the Middle Ages people were really
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I have been drawing for as long as I can remember. I honestly don’t remember a time I didnt draw. But if I had to take my best guess‚ it would probably be around when I was four to five years old. I can remember being in kindergarten and whenever we had free time‚ the first thing I would do is get out a marker‚ colored pencils‚ and some paper and start drawing away. Of course it wasn’t very good at the time but it kept me occupied and brought me joy. Even when we got assignments‚ instead of doing
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it can be noted that women commonly bore their breasts. Long hair and makeup were popular and many festivals and events were held at the 1400 room palace. Nothing was fortified. These people had a love of art‚ color‚ and leisure‚ as depicted in many of the frescos at Knossos. Minoan art occasionally featured geometric and repetitive forms on walls‚ floors‚ and ceilings‚ but more common were figurative and landscape elements. Often seen were both local and foreign flowers and plants. It is
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The music of the Renaissance and Medieval periods was shaped by its culture in the way that the music expresses what is going on around them. For example in the medieval period people lives were shaped around the church and therefore their music was also. You have the Gregorian chant‚ which was named after the Pope St. Gregory the Great and then you have all of the songs‚ which follow the order of mass. You also have the Christmas carol There is no Rose Today that came out of this era also. The
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The Harlem Renaissance was a movement revolving around literary and intellectual African American culture from 1918 to 1937. Originally called the New Negro Movement his movement was about embracing the theatrical‚ musical‚ literary‚ and visual arts‚ and participants sought to break away from the white stereotypes of “Negroes” that had affected their heritage. Along with influencing much of the African American culture today‚ the Harlem Renaissance provided a huge stepping stone for African American
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Aegean Art and Architecture Several closely related but distinct cultures developed on islands and peninsular adjacent to the Aegean in the third and second millennia BCE. The Cycladic culture was named for the islands forming an irregular circle north of Crete. The culture on the mainland is called Helladic. Together these separate cultures forms the civilization known as Aegean. Until the second half of the nineteenth century‚ much of the civilization was known from the Iliad and the Odyssey
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and developing on from the renaissance era where orchestras had only just began to be used rarely and only in tiny groups‚ with a small range of instruments. The main factors influencing this development include: instrumental technology‚ different classes of the public‚ playing techniques‚ economics‚ the role of music directors and changes in musical tastes. The violin family‚ violin‚ viola‚ cello and bass‚ replaced the viols that were previously used in the renaissance era‚ and this new kind of
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Baroque is a style in art and a set of styles of European classical music. The word Baroque is also used in architecture‚ painting‚ sculpture‚ dance and literature. The word Baroque comes from Portuguese the word barocco which means strange. It was first used in France to mean works of art that did not follow the current trend. The Baroque Period was between the Renaissance and the Classical periods and it was from about 1575 to about 1770. In the Baroque period‚ there were lots of absolutist
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Giotto‚ Cimabue‚ Donatello‚ Mossaccio .these are a few artists of the Renaissance that impacted the era. With these artists a cult of genius began in the Renaissance. There was the Age of Exploration when Columbus "discovered" America in 1492‚ as well as Magellan’s and other Europeans’ discoveries around areas of Africa. The African slave trade fueled European Renaissance. There were several works that helped establish the era such as the "Arenal Chapels at Pagua" which was a dramatization
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between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance is known in history as a time of great change in Western culture. It has been said that “art reflects life‚” so as culture changes across the centuries‚ so does visual art. A review of the history of art from the end of the Middle Ages to the early Renaissance also reveals many significant changes in visual features over this time period. One major change in the arts occurred in a shift of the subject of the art itself. Artists in the Middle Ages focused solely
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