The Italian Renaissance was called the beginning of the modern age. ... This great new movement was originated and centered in Italy, and without Italian contribution would never have launched European society into the dawning of a new era. ... (Brown, 9) In Florence, which is considered to be the most important center of Renaissance learning in history, the Medici family dominated the ruling class. ... As its name implies, humanism was a philosophy that was characterized by blending concern with the history and actions of all human beings, and their influences on the world with religious du...

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The Renaissance/Early Modern Period is distinguished from other periods in European history almost entirely in intellectual or cultural terms. ... Beginning in Italy in 1400, it spread throughout Western Europe lasting until 1600. ... Humanism began and achieved fruition first in Italy. ... As its name implies, humanism was a philosophy that was characterized by blending concern with the history and actions of all human beings, and their influences on the world with religious duty. ... Their artwork was refined and masterful, and played a great role in defining the Italian Renaissance. ...

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The humanist education emphasized the mastery of Latin, moral philosophy, and history. ... History emerged as a strong point and was stressed heavily. ... In fifteenth century Italy, the political system was turbulent. ... When humanist education became fashionable among the Italian elite, an extremely high demand existed for schoolmasters. I believe that humanist education was in tune with the reality of fifteenth century Italy. ...

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He was an Italian painter and architect in the service of powerful Florentine Duke Cosimo de' Medici for whom he built The Uffizi, the goverment offices. ... With this desire on his mind, Vasari had wrote his book which could be regarded as the first work of art history. ... The artists have become stars of their very stories and of the Italian Renaissance art instead of being "work"ers. ... In this sense, he chronicles history and history of art. Moreover, his concept of history of art reflects a particular view of periodic structure. ...

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During the Italian Renaissance, social and humanistic values started to be expressed in many forms: literature and architecture but most importantly sculptors and paintings. ... These values that were so intricately weaved into the Renaissance through art started movements that would change history. ...

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Humanism The Renaissance, which began in Italy in 1300s, was one of the largest periods of growth and development in Western Europe. ... The Renaissance was started by many rich Italian cities, such as Florence, Ferrara, Milan, and Venice (Bram 274). ... The humanist movement started in Italy, where the late medieval Italian writers Dante, Giovanni Boccaccio, and Francesco Petrarch greatly contributed to the finding and conservation of classical works (Danto). ... These changes within Europe were most notable in Italy, particularly in Florence. ... Through the years known as the Re...

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Italian humanists of the 16th century defined the contemporary art of Italy as a revival from classic art. ... It is vital that one sees these influences and how they carried on into the beginning of the Italian Renaissance, while also noticing how artists integrated elements of their own personal style. ... These similarities show that sculpture all over Italy at the time was being made in the same way, using the same influence from other cultures like the Romans and Greeks. ...

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History of Perspective drawing Perspective is the art in which three-dimensional space can be portrayed on a two-dimensional surface. ... It wasn't until around 1400 when the Italian Renaissance artist, Filippo Brunelleschi, developed an instinctive understanding of perspective. ...

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The medieval ages, a period in European history dating from the 5th to the 15th centuries, preceded the dawn of the Early modern era, and was considered a deviation from classical learning but later reemerged with its connection to scholarship in the Renaissance (Stokstad, 3). ... A basic change from the medieval methods of representing the visible world occurred in Italy during the Renaissance. ... The Renaissance period in art history corresponded to the beginning of the great western age of discovery and exploration, when there was a general desire and curiosity to study all aspects of natu...

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Within the course of two hundred years, there was four completely different statues of David created in Italy; all which are masterpieces. ... Verrocchio is ranked second only to Donatello among the Italian sculptors of the early Renaissance. ... Michelangelo (1475-1564), possibly one of the most inspired creators in the history of art and, with Leonardo da Vinci, the most potent force in the Italian High Renaissance. ... Bernini's sensual awareness of the surface textures of skin and hair and his novel sense of shading broke with the tradition of Michelangelo and marked the emergence of ...

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I will leave out examples; it suffices to say that The Prince encompasses many centuries of human history, many deeply researched examples of politico-military events, and so on. ... It is in this purpose, the same goal pursued by countless political thinkers in history, that we extract much of what the current age considers Machiavellian. ... or carries out this investigation using two parameters in particular, the Italian virtu and fortuna. ... First, in Italian, virtu is masculine and fortuna is feminine. ... As well, Machiavelli presents the people waiting to be ruled as material, and ...

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Sexuality in Renaissance Art The Italian Renaissance, which spanned over the years 1350 until about 1550, is usually defined as a rebirth, focusing on the revival of classical learning and an exhilarating sense of renewed human potential in the moral, political and creative spheres. ... The Renaissance was a period of great riches in Italy, substantial profits were made from the Crusades, and Venice made money from the spice trade, but men seldom ceased complaining about the extravagance of women. ... However, during the Renaissance period, the Greek homosexual influence appeared in the ...

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John the Evangelist" contemplating the crucified Christ", (TURNER, J. 1996) today it is simply known as "The Holy Trinity" So many different facets of art history teaching are compacted into a work measuring only 667 x 317cm and each one aspect is multifaceted. From the composition, iconography, patronage, architectural representation, and painting techniques, too illustrate the influences of predecessors, images of Masaccio's Trinity are used as teaching aids to represent the Italian Renaissance. ... The Camera Obscura, allegedly used by Vermeer was not to come int...

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When looking at the life of one of history's greatest men, the lessons we might learn are countless, despite Irving Stone's fictional twists. ... Detailed descriptions of the people, culture and architecture of Italy actually are vividly portrayed. ... Moreover, just as his father, Michelangelo Buonarroti would inherit a longevity of life during which he would encounter great people, making long-lasting friendships with some of the most famous in Europe, discovering heated rivalries and malices between the most powerful and feared men of over half a century and forge passionate etern...

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Although Machiavelli, lived through a turbulent time in history, three significant reasons for his notoriety become apparent: he was born into an established family which gave him power and wealth to position himself in a government office; he inspired future princes to rule more effectively through past history, man's morality and qualities man should possess; and his sense of rejection and strong desires to return to the political arena after inadvertently using technology over government. ... Although he came from an established family in Florence, Italy, his father's powerful ...

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