Italy was the first city to discover the Renaissance and the North soon followed. ... Both the Italian Renaissance and Northern Renaissance had a common faith, until the Reformation of the North. ... Humanism and antiquity were major focusses in the Italian Renaissance. ... Art in Italian Renaissance was one of a kind. ... Northern Renaissance Literature was not much different than Italy. ...
The term Renaissance came from the French equivalent of the Italian word rinascita, literally meaning "rebirth." ... Italian scholars and critics began studying the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome. In the 15th century, the Renaissance mainly developed in Italy. ... Italians especially, recaptured the former glory of Rome. ... During the Renaissance, there were many events occuring. ...
"Renaissance" is a French word meaning "rebirth" (Britannica 1). ... The word "renaissance" originally referred to the revival of the values and artistic styles of classical antiquity during that period, especially in Italy (Beckett, 1994, 36). ... Vasari claimed "art had been reborn in Italy in about 1250 and had progressed through "childhood" and "youth" to its 16th century maturity" (Britannica 7). ... The technique of realism, where people are portrayed realistically, is a renaissance revelation that can be seen in many Renaissance artists" work. ... "He is considered one of the most ...
A change came from Italy in the mid 1400s when Masaccio burst onto the scene embodying all the qualities that make the Renaissance the rebirth and rediscovery of Greco-Roman art and literature. ... As time passed this artistic movement spread across Italy to Venice and Rome, and by the Sixteenth century the rest of Europe. ... Directly following this period is an interval that concluded the inspired majesty known as The Renaissance, this period is called The Late Renaissance. ... Spumato shading made it appear as if the lighter parts of the painting were coming forth from the shadows, thus its...
As all Renaissance artists, Botticelli did his share of religious works. ... Botticelli used the halo to "display his exquisite brushwork in a delicate mesh of gold (Renaissance 116). ... The Uffizi in Florence houses the world's greatest collection of Italian paintings. It is said that "even in competition with a galaxy of masterpieces it is usually the room containing Primavera and The Birth of Venus that is the most crowded in the museum(Renaissance 117). ...
