Patronage in northern Europe is different from the one in Italy. In the early renaissance‚ main patron in Italy is the Medici family. This big merchant family benefits a lot from the fast development of Italian economy. They spent a large number of funds on art region‚ promoting the renaissance to expand. However‚ in the Northern Europe‚ English and France still fought each other in the Hundred-Year war. Two competing Popes still resided in Rome and Avigon. These conflicts influenced the economic
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The Renaissance was "A revival or rebirth of cultural awareness and learning that took place during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries‚ particularly in Italy‚" according to Art In Focus. It followed the Middle Ages‚ and was basically a time of the revival of learning after the Middle Ages‚ or Dark Ages‚ a time with little increase of ideas‚ inventions or developments. During the Renaissance‚ art was a branch of knowledge. It was a way to show God and his creations‚ as well as a science‚ of anatomy
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works of the greatest artists ever known: Rapheal‚ Leonardo da Vinci‚ and Michelangelo. First‚ the “School of Athens” by Rapheal was acknowledged as the perfect embodiment of the Classical spirit of the High Renaissance. It represents all characteristics that can describe the Renaissance ideal: “a high degree of sensitivity to ordered space‚ a complete ease with Classical thought‚ obvious inspiration from the Roman architectural past‚ a brilliant sense of color and form‚ and a love for intellectual
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The Renaissance was a period of European history‚ considered by modern scholars as that between 1300 and 1600. Many dramatic changes happend during the Renaissance. The Renaissance was a period of new inventions and beliefs. The Renaissance was drastically different from the Middle Ages. During the Middle Ages the church held most of the power and it’s economy was agriculturaly based. Exploration and learning was almost put to a stop. During the Renaissance society was transformed into a
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THIS WAS LIMITED TO UNDER 500 words--and WAS AN ESSAY ANSWER (TIMED) FOR A MIDTERM EXAM Question: Describe the importance of the Renaissance in Italy. Answer: The Renaissance‚ literally the "rebirth‚" was just that to Italy. As the Middle Ages came to a close‚ so too did the overshadowing gloom finally subsidize in Italy--and eventually Europe. The new view on human existence spread like wild fire and spawned a rekindled "secular" approach that embraced the Individualist movement (the "successful
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Why did the Renaissance Start in Italy? The Renaissance started in Italy because of three reasons. One reason is because of Italy’s flourishing cities. The cities brought in trade‚ allowing new ideas to be spread. The Medici family /merchant class‚ trade‚ and new ideas in architecture and building designs allowed Italy to have such great cities. The second reason is because of the well educated people that lived there. These educated people developed new ideas and philosophies such as Humanism
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Albrecht Dürer‚ was a famous Renaissance artist from outside Italy. He was born in Germany and he was the most famous German artist of the Renaissance. He was born on 21 May‚ 1471 in Nuremberg‚ south Germany and his father was a goldsmith. As a young man he began his training in drawing and woodcutting. He became an apprentice to the best known artist in the city of Nuremberg when he was fifteen years old. After this‚ he travelled to other European countries‚ including Italy‚ and he met other artists
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Vendetta in Renaissance Italy Book Response Written by Edward Muir‚ this powerful microhistory analyses the events during 1511 in the town of Friuli‚ Italy at the time of the carnival. Muir’s thesis for his book‚ Mad Blood Stirring comes together in separate parts throughout his introduction. Firstly‚ Muir attempts to establish the importance of the Venetian rule over the province and people of Friuli and its capital city‚ Udine. Due to its geographical location‚ this part of Italy was essential
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In the early 1400’s most people did not venture outside of their birthplace. Most did not live long lives. They died either from child birth‚ famine‚ or sickness. Their knowledge of Arts‚ medicine‚ work‚ and law was confined to the small village and the families that lived there. They would have traveled only a few miles to the next village to trade or shop for necessities. The bulk of their food intake would have been corn‚ wheat‚ sorghum‚ rice and barley. But not too far away in the same world
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The effects of Catholicism on the education of women in Renaissance Italy By Lenia Constantinou According to Paul Grendler‚ the conservative‚ clerical pedagogical theorist Silvio Antoniano (1540-1603) reflected on women ’s educational status in Renaissance Italy in one of his written works‚ claiming that " a girl (should not) learn pleading and writing poetry ’; the vain sex must not reach too high A girl should attend to sewing‚ cooking‚ and other female activities‚ leaving to men what was
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