Scholars and historians now recognize that the groundwork for these outstanding accomplishments were already apparent in medieval Europe. ... A basic change from the medieval methods of representing the visible world occurred in Italy during the Renaissance. ... Attention was no longer on the spiritual dominion as was exclusively exhibited in medieval times. ... There were many notable artists during the Renaissance period that earmarked the transition from the medieval era. ... Famous artists, Painters and sculptors, competed against each other and many times were influenced by each other. ...

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The western world saw many great accomplishments in artwork during the Medieval and Renaissance times. ... It was not necessarily focused on the spiritual realm as exclusively as the medieval times. ... Sculpture in the medieval times was expressed in many different mediums (see Appendix A and B). ... The definition of architect in medieval times was that of a designer or theoretician. ... The backgrounds of the paintings of medieval times were often just solid colors. ...

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In Medieval times, people seemed to rely mainly on the church and God for their entertainment purposes; whereas during the Renaissance, the focus was more secular: humans and life on earth. ... This is the first time we see the use of a double plot in which the honored and revered story is compared to a similar situation but of a base (and most times, immoral) story. ... As the Medieval era ends and the Renaissance emerges we also see a shift in the attitude towards "evil." ... The steadfast, secure world of the Medieval age was at an end. ... Lear's life ends tragically without a...

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Before the Medieval period came to an end a large population of Europe was taken out by the Black plague. ... When the Renaissance first came to Italy, medieval times were just coming to an end. The style of Baroque took the medieval style over completely. ... Baroque art featured realism and naturalism, daily human life and times. ... Some regions of Italy overcame demolition from the Medieval and Renaissance periods. ...

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Before the civic spirit and individuality evident and necessary to the Renaissance came to fruition, there had to have been something to trigger a change in the mentality of the medieval civilization. The medieval manorialism fostered illiteracy and ignorance and a very narrow view of the outside world, people did not question their place, the church, or the need to prepare for the after life. ... These ideas provide the vehicle, in which the transition from medieval thinking of vassalage (servitude) and the afterlife to a return to the principles of the Pax Romana occurred. ... That Petrar...

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Art has come a long way in time from the early prehistoric art through the Classical period and then into the Renaissance, all the way to where we are now, art has evolved with the times. ... The Renaissance is seen as building on, rather than breaking with, its medieval heritage (Canto, 1994, 13). ... "Sandro Botticelli had his own style that was influenced by the times. ... Botticelli is of his generation in his enthusiasm for themes "from classical mythology and along with it in his suiting the ancient pagan materials to a form that repaired by the early renaissance, a form realistic yet...

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This "re-birth" marked Europe's transition between the medieval times to modern Europe. ... Artists would have symbols in their paintings to explain the meaning of their work, making Renaissance paintings more mystical in its message than medieval art (Hale 103). ...

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If one were to gaze upon the statue of "David" by Michelangelo (1475-1564), they would notice the high esteem in which the human body was portrayed. The sculpture almost appears to be a person itself, so real, proportionate, and beautiful that it is uncanny to fathom that it is an interpretation by ...

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