The classical poets and mythologys were well known throughout the Middle Ages. ... In the middle forground, long golden haired Venus covers her breast with her right hand and stands upon giant shells. ... During the late 1400s to 1500s, the High Renaissance style endured for only a brief period. The High Renaissance was created by a few artists of genius, among them, Leonardo da Vinci, Donatello Bramante, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian. ... During this time, the essential characteristic of High Renaissance art was unity. ...

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1.The Italian Renaissance followed on the heels of the Middle Ages, and was spawned by the birth of the philosophy of humanism, which emphasized the importance of individual achievement in a wide range of fields. ... However, the apex of artistic talent and production came later, during what is known as the High Renaissance, in the form of Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michaelangelo, who remain the best known artists of the Renaissance. ...

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The period is more or less considered as playing out what had been set up in the later Middle Ages. ... The Renaissance is defined as the revival or rebirth of the arts; the period in European civilization immediately following the Middle Ages; conventionally held to have been characterized by a surge of interest in classical learning and values. ... 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 humani...

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These included a high percentage of unemployment, especially amongst the peasantry in the south of the country, as well as issues concerning high taxation and low wages. ... A third of the population was under the age of 15 due to high birth rates, and a quarter of children born died before their first birthday. ... Women accounted for half of the work force and a quarter were children under the age of fourteen. ... There was high competition in these public sectors, which resulted in mass unemployment. ... The middle classes became more politically involved, accounting for 2 million (25 % of ...

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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 architecture was based around roman architecture and was much more beautiful then anything that had been constructed in the middle ages. The book by Vitruvius "Book de Architectura-, which contained many of the simple design elements had used in the classical ages. ... It rose quite high in the center and was crowned with a lantern. ...

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"The Birth of Venus" by Sandro Botticelli One cannot describe the "rebirth" of lifelike art without first describing its predecessor, therefore to understand the full glory of the Renaissance, a short explanation of the Middle Ages is needed. During the Middle Ages, art had strayed from elaborate depictions of great mythological stories and beautiful scenes from the bible, to images of humans as corrupt beings and scenes of judgment and salvation from the bible. ... A short period known as High Renaissance (1500-1520) gave birth to some of the most influential and greatly known artists, a...

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Thus, artists such as Mosaccio and Giotto depicted art that unlike the Middle Ages, showed emotions, feelings, and bright colors, thus demonstrating the deep concern for naturalism in the society. ... Lastly, artists in the high Renaissance s! ... In his international style, he drew religious and secular paintings that stressed several ideas about life and ascertained its achievement in the high Italian Renaissance. He also drew many famous nude paintings such as the Venus of Urbino that demonstrated the unique theme of nudity throughout the high Renaissance. ... Lastly, in the high Renaiss...

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All of them got jobs during and after high school. ... My father graduated high school in 1974. ... Even though they went to high school together, they never knew each other until after. ... When I reached the age of fourteen my father had put me to work in the restaurant. ... All through middle school and high school I had a job working for my family. ...

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The medieval times ruled for some nine hundred years, encompassing the Dark Ages and the black plague. Following the ecclesiastically ordered medieval ages, came the bright colorful Renaissance time period. ... The faces are solemn and lack emotion, representing the people of these dark ages. ... Art evolved into great colorful works from the time of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. ... Late style of the Renaissance, called Mannerism, was characterized by sophistication, complexity, and novelty rather than the harmony and clarity of the high renaissance. ...

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The Italians, through organization and cleverness exploited their advantages, and by the high Middle Ages strong, wealthy and independent city-states, unlike the manors of Europe, had evolved. ... He is seen as the writer who most clearly had one foot in the Middle Ages and the other in the Renaissance. ...

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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 Ka: the soul, or spiritual essence,...

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Popes of the Roman Catholic Church ruled the middle section. ... 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. ... At the same time as he was painting The Last Supper , Leonardo designed and constructed a full sized clay model for a 24 foot high statue of the Duke's father on horseback. ...

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It is remarkable that the same countries (Italy, Netherlands, Sweden) can be at the high penetration level for some appliances and at the low penetration level for others. ... In contrast, Africa, Asia, and Middle Eastern societies are typically categorized as tradition-based which is featured with centralized, cooperative, agrarian, pre-industrialized systems. ... In this new multicultural age American citizens could be of Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, Haitian, Russian, Bosnian, Native American, or Indian ethnic descent. ...

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