Particularly in this paper, the focus will be mainly on the celebration of life of the deceased, and the purposes in doing so. If you're going to your eternal rest in the Eternal City, as it was thought of in the Renaissance, then the belief was that you should definitely go out in style. ... The Renaissance was a golden age of church building. ... Every Renaissance church in Italy is filled with masterpieces of Funerary Art. ... By the High Renaissance, led by Michelangelo's tombs, the effigies are often sitting up, and later may stand. ...

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Sculpture was Michelangelo's main goal and the love of his life. ... Michelangelo embodied many characteristic qualities of the Renaissance. ... Michelangelo portrayed life as it is, even with it's troubles. ... The largest fresco of the Renaissance, it depicts Judgment Day. ... He soon produced his first large-scale sculpture, the over-life-size Bacchus (1496-98, Bargello, Florence). ...

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Michelangelo is often referred to as the most famous artist of western civilization, and a supreme Renaissance artist. ... Michelangelo embodied many characteristic qualities of the Renaissance. ... Throughout his life, Michelangelo displayed imaginable talent. ... Michelangelo embodied many characteristic qualities of the Renaissance. ... Michelangelo expressed his own ideas and feelings, portraying life as it is. ...

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" (Crompton 9) Prior to the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Church affected almost every aspect of daily life and was once the highest power in all of Europe. ... The Papacy controlled so much wealth during the Renaissance that popes were "held up as heroes of art and splendor, and as the very model and definition of corruption.... The Church used to be the wealthiest corporation in all of Europe, the chief leader of all European nations, and controlled all aspects of life imaginable. ... The Protestant Reformation brought about a change that completely altered life in Europe. U...

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The Middle Ages began with the fall of the Roman Empire and ended with a great renaissance. ... The kings were over the earthly aspects of life, while the Pope was over the spiritual side. ... Well, all of this is true, but the middle ages was a time where all three sides interacted and gave us a whole new central way of life (Cantor 230). ...

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When the Renaissance finally took hold of Europe it represented a great time for the Church to reform itself and with that a Protestant Reformation may never have come into being. ... Even though life was full of hardships for he and his family Luther final made it to the Brethen of the Common Life where he would start to receive an education. ... " This represents the turning point in his life as recalled by Luther himself. ...

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