Sophistication, complexity, and novelty characterized this style of the Renaissance. ... This instilled an obligation to participate in the political life of the community and public duty. Dramatic political changes occurred in Europe during the Renaissance. ... The Renaissance was a time that created a whole new culture. ... Above all, the Renaissance left us with a world of historic monuments and artistic beauty. ...

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When the new upper class movement, Renaissance, occurred in Italy around the 14th century, a revival of the classical forms originally developed by the ancient Greeks and Romans, an intensified concern with secular life, and interest in humanism and assertion of the importance of the individual began. ... This then allowed the creation of new styles and mathematical input that manifested everyday life with religious aspects. ... In his international style, he drew religious and secular paintings that stressed several ideas about life and ascertained its achievement in the high Italian Renaissa...

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This example suggests a certain value that was brought up in this Renaissance: dependent social classes. ... These values that were so intricately weaved into the Renaissance through art started movements that would change history. Each value began to express how social classes were forming (with more definition) and humans were not focusing as much on their after life but now on their present life. They still held their views of religion and God but tried to connect with their religion on a more "humanistic" level rather than on a godly, after life, form. These paintings express the value...

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Perhaps the most prominent feature of the Renaissance was the furthering of the arts, and the advancement of new techniques and styles. During the early Renaissance, painters such as Giotto, and sculptors such as Ghiberti experimented with techniques to better portray perspective. Their methods were rapidly perfected and built upon by other artists of the early Renaissance such as Botticelli and Donatello. 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 bes...

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