The Renaissance is defined as the "Rebirth". ... The Renaissance originated in Italy. ... Italian architects, sculptors, and painters sought to integrate Christian spiritual traditions with the rational ordering of physical life in earthly space. ... The High Renaissance was between 1490 and 1530. ... The Late Renaissance was what followed the High Renaissance. ...
The Renaissance was the age of creativity, experimentation, and discovery. ... The goal of the Renaissance period was to revive the lost wisdom, art, and culture. The humanists not only wanted to bring these aspects of life back, but also to start reconstructing their present culture along classical lines. The Renaissance period took place from 1265 AD to 1633 AD. ... Many great accomplishments came out of the Renaissance period. ...
Raphael was a painter of the Italian High Renaissance. Raphael, however, lived a short life and was not able to display his full potential of his abilities in the arts. ... Urbino, Raphael's hometown, had become a center of culture during the Renaissance. . ...
Throughout Italy's long history it has gone through essentially 3 times periods in regards to food and culture; the Ancient times, Imperial Rome, and the New World/Renaissance. ... The New World/Renaissance time period was very significant in Italy's history and arguably the most important in its culture. ... Due to the reliance of pastas, breads, lean meats, and olive oils Italians enjoy the "Mediterranean Diet" which lowers the rate of heart disease significantly and improves overall life expectancy. ...
Raphael, an Italian Renaissance painter, is considered one of the greatest and most popular artists of all time. ... Roman Period The twelve years of Raphael's life in Rome are unparalleled. In this short space of time, this young artist multiplied masterpieces and left behind the most complete, serene, and harmonious expression of the renaissance. ... Raphael spent the last twelve years of his life in Rome. ...
There are two major periods in Raphael's short life, the Florentine and the Roman. ... He learned by studying the works of the masters, and thus developed the methods of representing the play of light and shade on a figure (chiaroscuro), anatomy and dramatic action most frequently associated with the high Renaissance. ... In the influential years of his career, he had a tendency to rework many of Leonardo's ideas, and found in them a serenity of expression and composition that would stay with him for the rest of his life. ... Raphael spent the last 12 years of his short life in Rome....
Rubens led a very religious life that was because of the major influence of his family upbringing. ... There, for nine years, he did many originals and also copies of Renaissance paintings. A very important part of his life that developed his artistic being was an influence in the early baroque art of Anniblae Carracci and Caravaggio and also many humanist intellectuals. ...
When I was twelve years old I was sent to learn the techniques required to be an artist from a master artist in Florence. During my six years with him we lived in the home of Salvestro de"Medici in a studio the Medici had provided him. I got the opportunity while living there to meet and learn...
