?Why did Northern European humanists study and learn Greek? -Because of the idea of humanism‚ it influenced their society to study Greek because they studied the classical texts which were mostly in Greek/Latin. (Humanism was a cultural movement that promoted the study of the humanities—the languages‚ literature‚ and history of ancient Greece and Rome.
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The Renaissance Moves North Around what time did the Renaissance begin to move north? We can say Renaissance began in the mid-1400s to 1450 in Italy‚ when a German printer named Johannes Gutenberg began a work on a project that would create a new way of printing books. He would develop a system of movable type that are individual letters and marks that could be arranged and rearranged quickly‚ and through this new machine the availability of books would change the way information and ideas traveled
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Compare and contrast the ideas expressed in two texts. To what extend do these texts show that national and cultural stereotypes are no longer a useful way of examining the human condition and economic activity? Choose an element in the texts which you find interesting and explain your reaction to it by giving examples from your own experience. People working around the world often meet different kinds of cultures. They frequently feel in contradictory with paradoxical stereotypes that
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audience to think that‚ in spite of all Lady Macbeth’s efforts to unsex herself‚ she is never able to completely separate herself from being a woman. Klein argues that Lady Macbeth embodies in extremity the Renaissance woman and at the same time‚ she deeply perverts this womanly ideal. The Renaissance woman was regarded as a weaker vessel than men and indeed‚ Lady Macbeth embodies the frailty of a woman since she is unable to carry out the murder of Duncan. While critics often claim that Lady Macbeth
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High Renaissance Introduction * the art of high renaissance‚ sought a general ‚unified effect in terms of pictorial representation and architectural composition. * a controlled equilibrium was observed from the increase in the dramatic force & physical presence of work of art. * Because the essential characteristic of renaissance art was its unity-a balance was achieved as a matter of intuition. * As a result‚ the style was destined to break up if the emphasis was shifted
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In the period between 1943 and 1950 Italian cinema was dominated by Neorealism which became the most significant film style of post-war Europe. Formation began back in 1936 when propagandists opened modern Cincitta studios and the film school name ‘Centro Sperimentaledi Cinematografia’. Along with the opening of schools such as this was a movement that placed a group of cinematographers under full-year contracts‚ among them was Carlo Montuori who used his classic techniques in creating ‘Bicycle Thieves’
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Modern age is considered to be the era of democracy tolerance and humanism. People all over the world are supposed to have equal conditions for living and‚ moreover‚ should be treated no matter what their religion or race are. It should be said that humanity needed two world wars to appreciated the price of human life‚ however‚ nowadays it tries to protect it. One can admit that society has already done a great number of steps which helped people all over the world to obtain their rights and freedoms
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Humanism is a very interesting topic. The word human is easy to describe as a breathing living multicellular organism. Although the term humanism may not be easy to describe. At least not so quickly in one sentence. Humanism was a way of thinking and interacting within a society. As Anthony B. Pinn described in his book “What is humanism and Why does it Matter?” humanism was a way of life for many. More importantly the time period humanism began to thrive was in the 1400s during the Renaissance.
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Agu 1 Vanessa Agu Professor Zampirini Italian History 41W 2/17/14 Weekly Response #1 Leopard “Death of the old Kingdom” symbolizes the Prince’s position in aristocracy. His social status is declining. Even though the prince is prestigious‚ his rule/power is coming to an end. A prince cannot have power forever. When it’s time for prince to “retire” another heir will take over. As the prince gets older‚ his power will diminish. The Italians fighting for unification was a representation
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rulers and ordinary people were influenced by the conservative beliefs of the Catholic Church and the attitude of the Papacy towards Italian unity was often reflected in the actions of Italian rulers and mass support for nationalism. In 1815 temporal power was restored to the Papacy in the Papal States and the Pope shared the conservatism of the other Italian rulers who hoped to maintain their own power in individual states. The dominant power in Italy was Austria and the Habsburg family and
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