The Renaissance was a cultural movement involving a renewal of learning, development in infrastructure, and a gradual reform in education. The Renaissance may be considered as a bridge between the Middle Ages and the Modern Age. ... Galileo was an Italian astronomer who continued the work of Copernicus. ...

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The ingenious cultural impacts of Michelangelo during the Renaissance are still principal to Italian as well as Western culture today. ... Not to cast a shadow on the great artists and writers of the Renaissance, however, while culture is an essential part of society, it is constantly changing. ...

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Bertolt Brecht's Galileo Galilei, a great Renaissance scientist, was one of these men, whose ideas were constantly controlled and scrutinized by Church officials if they questioned the bible's traditional ways of thought. ...

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