This paper will be discussing a time period in southern and northern Europe called the Renaissance. ... This was a period of new and renewed understanding which intern transformed the medieval world. ... Florence, Rome and Venice were cities that were prominent during this period. ... This was a period of turmoil, revolution, and new expectations. ... These traits are also shown later on in the Baroque Period to depict major storytelling devices for the seventeenth-century. ...

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Michelangelo, as well as Leonardo, were both geniuses in art and paved the way for other great artist of this time period and time periods to come. The Renaissance was period of time when art was very important. ... The death of Raphael signals the end of the Renaissance and the rise of mannerism, which lead into the Baroque Period....

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It was not permitted to paint nudes during this period; moreover the clothed figures were done with blatant ignorance to anatomy. Art during this period was used as an aid to the church; therefore whatever was boorish or sacrilegious was destroyed. ... A short period known as High Renaissance (1500-1520) gave birth to some of the most influential and greatly known artists, among them Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael. Directly following this period is an interval that concluded the inspired majesty known as The Renaissance, this period is called The Late Renaissance. From approximately 1520 ...

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