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    began to break down. As a result‚ a new cultural‚ economic‚ and political system had emerged: The Renaissance. The Renaissance was the most widely influenced cultural movement in humanist history which marked the starting point of a modern Era. As Jacob Burckhardt stated‚ the Renaissance period is “an era of discovering humans‚” the Renaissance characterizes the rebirth of interest in humans. Renaissance art shattered the dominance of religion in artwork and shifted the attention from heaven to the

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    Renaissance Comparison

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    Renaissance: Compare the two David’s: one by Donatello and the other by Michelangelo. Consider formal and contextual elements (FORMAL: viewpoint‚ materials‚ volume‚ texture; CONTEXTUAL: artist‚ patron‚ viewers‚ original location‚ political/religious/social messages- narrative moment‚ facial features/expressions). Donatello was an artist in the early Renaissance. His interpretation of David is the earliest known life-size bronze nude European art (Stokstad and Cothren 321). The sculpture stands

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    Renaissance Influences

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    Renaissance influences traveled north with the increased travels additionally influenced the cross-cultural influences seen from this period on. There was a religious upheaval that also influenced how people dressed. The Germans rejected the gothic styles that were popular during this period. Spain was very powerful‚ 14th century Ferdinand and Isabella financed Columbus trip to America which is also a pinnacle asset to fashion. King Henry Tudor VIII broke away from the catholic church which saw a

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    The Renaissance Man

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    The Renaissance Man In the film there was a group named the double d’s. They are called double d’s meaning‚ dumbest dog shit. The people from that group are chosen to be in that group because those students are the ones that do not comprehend the army duty. Mr. Raga‚ the teacher from the group double d’s‚ was not as responsible. Facing some of his own consequences like‚ getting fired from his previous job‚ losing his relationship slowly with his only daughter‚ and not taking his new job as

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    Renaissance Individualism

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    Further‚ the emergence of individual interests characterised as humanism or individualism‚ propagated the development of new pursuits of education and scholarly roles for those who lived under Renaissance era Italian civilisation. This is so due to the relative shift away from the study of religious teachings‚ to the desire to improve one’s self through a search for knowledge‚ specifically human knowledge. In particular‚ during the fifteenth century‚ statesmen and merchants would often become fluent

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    Renaissance and Eloquence

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    fluidly out of the mouth and the ability to understand and command the language in such a way that one employs a graceful style coupled with the power of persuasion. Fracesco Petrarca‚ in his study program of the classics and antiquity (Italian Renaissance) focused attention on language and communication. After mastering language‚ the goal was to reach a “level of eloquence”‚ to be able to present gracefully‚

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    Music played an essential role in Italy during the Renaissance period‚ just as it does in current times. Major changes were made in composing‚ disseminating music‚ new musical genres‚ and the development of instruments. Church music was the most important music for those in the Renaissance. Polyphony‚ the use of different vocal melodies‚ became popular and was used in church choirs. The notation of writing music‚ neumes‚ was constantly changed. Neumes originally only stated the direction of the melody

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    Renaissance take over man’s view of man. Back in Renaissances’ time in Europe around the 1400’s through the 1700’s the Middle Ages were focused on God‚ the Catholic Church‚ and the sinfulness of man was seen as full of sin. How did the Renaissance change man’s view of man? In other word‚ How did the Renaissance change the way people thought about themselves? Renaissance thinkers were interested in man’s real nature and his place in the real world. Three good examples of this can be identified in

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    Renaissance Essay By Evan Rodriguez The Renaissance was the rebirth of classical society for most of Europe. Renaissance is French for “Rebirth” and certainly was that‚ many people that lived during the Renaissance believed that they were witnessing the rebirth of classical antiquity‚ in other words‚ the world of the Greek’s and Romans. But it wasn’t only seen as a time of rebirth‚ it was also viewed as an age of recovery from the various setbacks that occurred during the

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    Renaissance What was one of the chief aims of Italian Renaissance art? Realistic portrayal of individual persons‚ especially the human nude What was considered to be most important in education of "Christian Ladies"? domesticity or asceticism What is a fresco? Method of painting water-based pigments on freshly applied plaster‚ usually on wall surfaces. What was the purpose of liberal education? Liberal studies were viewed as the key to freedom‚ which allowed humans to achieve their goals

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