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    Early Renaissance

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    Early Renaissance Early Renaissance: Music‚ Architecture‚ Paint! The Early Renaissance followed the middle ages and was from 1400 to 1600 time period. The Early Renaissances were mainly located in Italy‚ but they are also located in most of Europe. In this area Music‚ architecture‚ and painting became very huge ideas. The literal meaning of the word Renaissance is “rebirth.” The idea of rebirth applies to the music of this period. A main characteristic was the rebirth of humanism‚ which is

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    Although many historians may argue that the culture of the Renaissance maintained societies in Medieval Europe‚ however the culture of the Renaissance developed societies of Medieval Europe because science became more advanced. According to the pictures of Document B‚ before Copernicus‚ people believed that the Earth was the center of the universe. Then when Copernicus stated that the sun was the center of the universe‚ he got into trouble with the church‚ and everyone thought he was crazy. Today

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    There were specific conditions in Italy that made the emergence of the renaissance possible. Had any of these circumstance been different perhaps we would be living different lives today. The rebirth or renaissance was a cultural movement that started an artistic transformation and started the scientific revolution. The Renaissance started in Italy in the 14th century and spread to Europe by the 16th century. During the Renaissance artists changed the way they painted and sculpted‚ they began to paint

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    Renaissance Humanism

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    Renaissance means to be born again. The Renaissance was a period of cultural and intellectual rebirth for Europe; it started in Italy in the 14th century and lasted until the 17th century. Humanism was a very important piece of the Renaissance. This period happened just after the Middle ages which is dated from 400 to 1300. It was a method of learning based of reasoning and evidence. Studia humanitatis means humanistic studies‚ which were grammar‚ rhetoric‚ poetry‚ history‚ and moral philosophy.

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    The English Renaissance

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    What was there a revival of? Humanism; Prior to the Renaissance‚ arts and learning were all channeled through the Church. With the flowering of the Renaissance‚ there was a renewed interest in (acceptance) of secular humanism‚ as represented by interest in secular philosophy. Interest in the sciences; Galileo‚ anatomical dissection as represented by Da Vinci The Arts; Prior to the Renaissance‚ virtually all art was religious in subject and the Church was the major patron of the arts. Think of

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    Renaissance Painters

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    Renaissance painters such as Leonardo Da Vinci‚ Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni and Tintoretto were a defined as the High Renaissance artist in their age. Although they were all artist of the same phase but they decided to express art in different ways‚ in order to bring back the art work of Rome into their Glorious age. Leonardo Da Vinci focuses more on scientific researches and a broad variety of art works such as painting‚ sculptures and architecture. While Michelangelo focuses more

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    The High Renaissance

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    The High Renaissance The renaissance was a period between 1400 to 1650 where the influences in art‚ philosophy‚ and literature extended far beyond the bounds of what they’d ever been before to include new theories and styles which give character to this all new classical model. The actual term renaissance means the revival of art and literature under civilized terms in Europe extending from the 14th to the 17th century. It was also characterized by an overwhelming theme of renewal of life‚ character

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    The name "Renaissance" meaning "rebirth" is given to a period of big cultural achievement spanning three centuries. The idea of rebirth lies at the heart of all Renaissance achievements: artists‚ scholars‚ scientists‚ philosophers‚ architects‚ and rulers believed that the way to greatness and illumination was through the study of the Golden Ages of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The Italian Renaissance was one of the most colorful‚ vital‚ and exciting times in history. The Renaissance in Italy flourished

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    The Italian Renaissance

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    The Renaissance was a name given to period of history. Renaissance means a ‘rebirth’. The Renaissance movement that originated in Italy during the end of the middle Ages‚ explains "Medieval and Modern History." It served as a rebirth in education‚ art‚ and technology .this created a new culture. One must wonder why Italy was the perfect setting for a Renaissance to create a new era of time. Italy was in a great location on the map and easy sea trade routes. In the city-states area had easy water

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    Harlem Renaissance

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    The Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance was a time when African-American artistic creativity started to flower in the 1920’s‚ centered in the Harlem community of New York City. It was a literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture. This movement was led by well-educated‚ middle-class African Americans who expressed pride in the African-American experience. They would celebrate their heritage and wrote with defiance and poignancy about the trails of being black in

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