The Renaissance became a true rebirth to the people of Europe by pushing them out of the feudalistic middle ages and moving them one step closer to democracy. ... As people grew more aware of themselves, they noticed that they were living in a unique and new age. They felt that they had pulled out of the barbaric years of the middle ages and into a new golden age of intellectual achievement. This golden age began with the belief in individualism. In the middle ages, Christian humility discouraged self-absorption, which deterred many individuals to receive historical recognition. ...

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Originally the mausoleum was a decorated cylinder, with a garden top and golden quadriga. ... The Renaissance was a golden age of church building. ... Much of this money went to sponsor the great architects and artists of the age. ...

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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. ... Part of the Renaissance coincided with Lorenzo de" Medici's reign, which was a golden age for men of genius; one who fl...

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Seen as a bridge between the Middle Ages and the modern era, The Renaissance also marked a cognitive shift from a religious perspective to a more intellectual and social focus. ... Renaissance theorists felt that they were embarking on a glorious new time period, parting from an era they regarded as "the dark ages". ... Western Europe had been unified by one Church during the Middle Ages, which was controlled in the ancient city of Rome. ... As previously mentioned, art and learning during the Middle Ages were centered on the church and religion. ... These individuals also purchased and collec...

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The investigation of aged Greek was essentially obscure in western Europe from the fifth century c.e. ahead. ... As humanists in Petrarch's ring perused more aged creators they found that a full energy about their writing obliged a careful foundation in the writing and society of old Greece. ... "1430) and Guarino da Verona (1370/1374 "1460) pulled in affluent understudies to study aged writing and society in their schools, and alongside Bruni they composed instructive treatises that delineated their pedagogical system. ... Case in point, Julius Pomponius Laetus (1428 "1497...

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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). ... They thought of themselves as "apostles of a new golden age that would usher in the rinascita " or rebirth of all societies with the resurgence of classical literature and art (Humanism" 1). ...

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