Browning chose the Renaissance as the historical setting of many of his poems because it was a time of great energy and change. ... Through these moments in history Browning discusses such themes as Love, Art, Beauty and Evil. ... In Fra Lippo Lippi 1855 he fused painting, history and religion into a demonstration of , and argument for, realism in art. Set in Florence of the Renaissance it tells of a licentious monk known for his naturalist style of painting. ... However Lippo Lippi believes that art, which attempts to represent things as they really are, is itself a path to the spiritual. ...

• Word Count: 1263
• Approx Pages: 5

His poetry, spanning five decades from 1926 to 1967, reflected the changing black experience in America, from the Harlem Renaissance to the confused sixties. At the beginning of his career, he was surrounded by the Harlem Renaissance. ... At this point in his life, Hughes was enjoying the culture and excitement of the Harlem renaissance. ... Jazz was a flourishing art form that Hughes often liked to write about. ...

• Word Count: 1313
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A group of artists and poets, the pre-Raphaelites shared a conviction that art had become corrupt during the Renaissance, beginning with Raphael, and was in decline there after. ... It was an era when major artists were fundamentally questioning and reinventing their art forms. ... The music of art and poetry. ... Yeats follows to imagine his concept of immortality, art heaven, where the artist becomes the artifact. ... Imagination, eternity and art are akin. ...

• Word Count: 2111
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After only staying there a coulple of months he decided to move to the University of Kansas in Lorance to study the art of agriculture. ... His viewpoints and achievements set the tone for Harlem Renaissance and earned him a lot of respect from the younger black poets of the time (poets.org). ... "The Harlem Dancer" is a poem written by Claude McKay that was written during Harlem Renaissance that took place in New York during the 1920's. ...

• Word Count: 1662
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

After only staying there a coulple of months he decided to move to the University of Kansas in Lorance to study the art of agriculture. ... His viewpoints and achievements set the tone for Harlem Renaissance and earned him a lot of respect from the younger black poets of the time (poets.org). ... "The Harlem Dancer" is a poem written by Claude McKay that was written during Harlem Renaissance that took place in New York during the 1920's. ...

• Word Count: 1634
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In "Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes, it seems as if he is writing from the perspective of a local during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, who finally has the ability to dream of a better life, but does not achieve it. ... He helped shape the Harlem Renaissance, an eruption of African-American cultural expression in that section of New York City in the 1920s. ... Poetry can be portrayed as the art of language. ...

• Word Count: 1645
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

One might think that knowing the true meaning of love through personal experiences would be behind such a creative, powerful poem but it doesn't look like this is the case in this piece of art. ... From modern poetry to poetry from the Renaissance, love still encompasses the same emotions. ...

• Word Count: 1296
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

As a result, Europe saw a cultural and artistic hey-day, as symbolism and modernism in art and literature flourished throughout the continent, especially in France and Russia. ... In 1906 he was admitted to Harvard University, where he studied philosophy and European literature, mainly of the Renaissance period. ...

• Word Count: 1915
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate