fall of Florence which concluded with a bloody war for the right to question the power of the Church. The Medici brought great minds with them like Leonardo Da Vinci and Galileo Galilei. The Medici Renaissance as its own rebirth also gave the birth‚ or rather the force that pushed for the Scientific Revolution. At the early heights of the Medici Empire‚ Lorenzo De Medici‚ came on to power at the death of his father. Lorenzo started a new form of connection with the people of Florence by opening
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the province of Mache. It is probable that he took his first lessons from his father‚ a provincial painter named Giovanni di Santi‚ before going to Florence .By 1500 he was working in the studio of Perugino (an artist well known for his serene and beautifully colored works). Raphael had influence from Michelangelo and Leonardo‚ both lived in Florence during this time‚ Raphael‚ whose early work already was surpassing his master’s work. Raphael’s work became beaming‚ robust‚ and clear in color. Throughout
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Galileo Galilei Galileo was born in Pisa (then part of the Duchy of Florence)‚ Italy‚ the first of six children of Vincenzo Galilei‚ a famous lutenist‚ composer‚ and music theorist; and Giulia Ammannati. Galileo became an accomplished lutenist himself and would have learned early from his father a healthy scepticism for established authority‚[15] the value of well-measured or quantified experimentation‚ an appreciation for a periodic or musical measure of time or rhythm‚ as well as the illuminative
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Michelangelo when he was only 24. He was given a giant slab of marble that other sculptor had disregard years before. No one has never expected that it turns out to be one of the greatest art work in the history. The statue was made on the city of Florence and was originally located at Piazza della Signoria. It is then moved to prevent breakage from time and weather. The statue is now resides in the Gallery of the Accademia di Belle Arti. Michelangelo choose one of the most famous story of David
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Giovanni Boccaccio The Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio is best known for the Decameron. For his Latin works and his role in reviving Hellenistic learning in Florence‚ he may be considered one of the early humanists. The culture of Giovanni Boccaccio is rooted in the Middle Ages‚ but his conception of life points forward to the Renaissance. Boccaccio ’s work reflects both his middleclass mercantile background and the chivalric ideals of the Neapolitan court‚ where he spent his youth. He strove
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arts of painting‚ sculpture‚ and architecture‚ a draftsman‚ an accomplished engineer‚ and a pioneer investigator‚ in the natural sciences. Life and works in painting * Born in 1452 in Vinci‚ Republic of Florence (now in Italy)‚ Leonardo spent his youth in Tuscany and in 1469‚ went to Florence with his father . Shortly there after‚ he entered the studio of sculptor Andrea del Verrocchio as an apprentice‚ where he received a diversified training‚ until 1476. He worked with Verrocchio on the painting
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David by Donatello and Michelangelo When thinking about a triumph over an unimaginable feat‚ the story of David and Goliath comes to mind. During the Italian Renaissance‚ Florence was under constant change and turmoil however David remained a consistent symbol of endless possibilities for the people. “For the Florentines‚ David represented the essence of civic virtue-courage‚ fortitude‚ and faith” (Murray‚ 39). Various artists have revealed their own depictions of the young shepherd boy but
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father’s library. In 1498‚ he began a political career in Florence‚ Italy that would lead him to write one of the most important books in history—The The Prince (1513). Machiavelli was not a great artist or religious leader‚ but he had the greatest influence on history of any single individual of the Renaissance or Reformation. Machiavelli was a man of action. In 1498‚ at age 29‚ he accepted an important position in the government of Florence. He was entrusted with diplomatic missions to local Italian
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Vinci was born on the fifteenth of April‚ 1452‚ near the town of Vinci‚ not far from Florence. He was the son of a Florentine notary‚ Piero da Vinci‚ and a young woman named Caterina. Leonardo spent most of his life in Florence and Milan. In 1469 he was apprenticed to Andrea Verrocchio‚ a leading Renaissance master. Leonardo acquired a variety of skills while he remained at the workshop until 1476. He left Florence for Milan in about 1482 to work for Duke Lodovico Sforza. He stayed in Milan for
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Renaissance ID’s Frederick Wright 1. Renaissance: * The Renaissance was a cultural movement that profoundly affected European intellectual life. * It began in Italy and spread its way across the rest of Europe. * It lasted from the end of the fourteenth century to the early sixteenth century (1375-1527). * This renaissance was significant for many reasons‚ one of which was the use of vernacular language. * The use of vernacular language helped people understand and rationalize
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