The Relationship Between Art and Politics During the Italian Renaissance During the Renaissance, art and politics were two very powerful and celebrated arenas of Italian culture. ... This is evident through the excessive warring and violence that was so prevalent during the Renaissance. In Italy, the Pope came to assume a great amount of political power, which he used to influence other leaders and conquer neighboring lands. ... Artists, during the Renaissance, were often very poor and could only survive on how good their work was. ... This is evidence of the growing power of the church, polit...

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The Renaissance, which began in Italy in 1300s, was one of the largest periods of growth and development in Western Europe. ... The Crusades which took place before the period of the Renaissance are a major factor in the coming about or "birth" of the Renaissance. ... The word Renaissance means a "rebirth". ... With these new perspectives came a new age of art within the Renaissance. ... The Split of the Church and the eight Crusades to recapture Jerusalem are two of the many reasons for the "birth" of the Renaissance, yet both are important to the birth of the Renaissance. ...

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"Inasmuch as Luther's revolt from Rome and the spread of Protestantism occurred after the height of the civilization of the Renaissance and before some particularly fundamental advances in modern European political, economic, and social development, it is tempting to think of historical events unfolding in an inevitably cumulative way, from the Renaissance to the Reformation to the "Triumph of the Modern World." ... Although scholars continue to disagree on points of detail, most agree that the Protestant Reformation drew relatively little from the civilization of the Renaissance, ...

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Michelangelo embodied many characteristic qualities of the Renaissance. ... The largest fresco of the Renaissance, it depicts Judgment Day. ... The great Renaissance poet Ludovico Ariosto wrote succinctly of this famous artist: "Michael more than mortal, divine angel." ... Two generations of Italian painters and sculptors were impressed by his treatment of the human figure: Raphael, Annibale Carracci, Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino, Sebastiano del Piombo, and Titian. In conclusion, Michelangelo (1475-1564), was arguably one of the most inspired creators in the history of art and, with Leon...

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This humanism movement started during Renaissance period and it was based upon the study of classics, or the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome that emphasizes the dignity and worth of the individual. ... This Renaissance humanism spread and in northern Europe a new type of humanism emerged; it is called Christian humanism. ... The popes, who were supposed to be the spiritual leaders of the Catholic Church, were too often more concerned with Italian politics and worldly interests as leaders of the Papal States; they failed to meet the church's spiritua...

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Michelangelo, an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet, lived from 1475 to 1564. ... Michelangelo is often referred to as the most famous artist of western civilization, and a supreme Renaissance artist. ... Michelangelo embodied many characteristic qualities of the Renaissance. ... Michelangelo embodied many characteristic qualities of the Renaissance. ...

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The popes received large revenue sums from their extensive property holdings in Italy. ... By the end of the Middle Ages and beginning of the Renaissance in Europe there was a new branch of Christianity called Protestantism. ...

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