Caravaggio sold his share of land and left to Rome in pursuit of his art career, never to return. He ran through his inheritance very fast and got involved in many crimes during his time in Rome. ... Caravaggio's stay in Rome helped him learn more about art. ... It is a less complex and more emotional type of art, beginning around 1600 in Rome and spreading throughout Europe. ... Luther was a young monk, who was very disappointed with the corruption and greed of the Church he saw during a trip to Rome. ...

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Even in other chapters of the book, Manchester cites many examples, such as the corrupted church, another main point of his book, apathy among citizens, said to be the main cause of Rome's fall, and also the decline of knighthood and manners. ... He emphasizes how new ideas were always contested by the ones in supreme authority the Catholic Church in Rome. ...

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Italian scholars and critics began studying the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome. ... Italians especially, recaptured the former glory of Rome. ... Botticelli's Venus is so stunning that the viewer does not notice the unusually elongated looking neck due to the steep fall of Venus" shoulders and the queer way in which her left arm is hinged to the body. ...

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Although the Renaissance was a relatively short time period, it generated change in many ways. The Renaissance began around the year 1400, at the end of the Middle Ages, which lasted from the fall of Rome in 500 to about 1350, and ended around 1700. The Middle Ages gave rise to various agricultural ...

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The fall of Constantinople in 1453 by the Turks caused a migration wave of Byzantine scholars into western Europe. ... carefully studied and drew inspiration from the ruins of Rome surrounding Italy, gaining a variety of new perspectives and ideas such as the use of symmetry in architecture or town planning. ...

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As time passed this artistic movement spread across Italy to Venice and Rome, and by the Sixteenth century the rest of Europe. ... Here Botticelli passionately tries to recapture the former glory of Rome, because the classical myths had become popular among educated laymen. ... Simply as a side note: Venus was conceived when the Titan Cronus castrated his father, the god Uranus, the severed genitals falling into the sea and fertilizing it. ...

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Also, The Great Papal Schism divided and denigrated papal prestige for over forty years, when two popes were elected for the same position in two different areas: Rome and Avignon, France. ... He explains to Franciscus that falling in love caused him to neglect the original passions of his own life. ... So, it is more important to intellectually improve yourself, than it is to fall in love. ...

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