If one were to gaze upon the statue of "David" by Michelangelo (1475-1564), they would notice the high esteem in which the human body was portrayed. ... In 1368 Petrarch wrote De sui ipsius et multorum ignorantia (On his own ignorance and that of many others), which became a significant example of the contrast of humanism of the Renaissance to scholasticism of the Middle Ages. ... Petrarch urged others to awaken from the darkness "of the Middle Ages and move forward out of "the slumber of forgetfulness into the pure radiance of the past" (Humanism 1). ... At first, the humanists fervently defe...

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The period is more or less considered as playing out what had been set up in the later Middle Ages. ... It was during this time that Europe was busy pulling herself out of the economic stagnation of the Middle Ages. ... Of all the practices of Renaissance Europe, nothing is used to distinguish the Renaissance from the Middle Ages more than humanism as both a program and a philosophy. ... During the Middle Ages, painters and sculptors tried to give their works a spiritual quality, wanting their audience to focus on the deep religious meaning of their works of art. ... Renaissance writers wa...

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Popes of the Roman Catholic Church ruled the middle section. ... They fought wars against each other and against smaller neighboring states to increase their power. ... The slopes above Vinci lead to Mount Albano, a high peak where Leonardo later hiked and made observations about the atmosphere. ... By the age of 21 Leonardo was a skilled painter, Verrocchio permitted him to help with an important painting of the Baptism of Christ. ... When the French governor of Milan died in 1511, political changes forced Leonardo to leave the city once again. ...

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An act of power over nature. ... Middle Kingdom Senusret III 89 65 He appears depressed/worried, not idealistic or heroic. ... VOCABULARY Amarna style: Art created during the reign of Akhenaton, which features a more relaxed figure style than in Old and Middle Kingdom art Engaged column: a column that is not freestanding but attached to a wall Hieroglyphics: Egyptian writing using symbols or pictures as characters Hypostyle: a hall in an Egyptian temple that has a roof supported by a dense thicket of columns In situ: a Latin expression that means that something is in its original location K...

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