The word Renaissance literally means, "re-birth." ... The Renaissance period in art history corresponded to the beginning of the great western age of discovery and exploration, when there was a general desire developed to examine all aspects of nature and the world. ... The works of the Renaissance are religious and non religious. ... The gothic age ended with the advent of the Renaissance about the beginning of the fifteenth century. ... Today artists from the Renaissance are still highly esteemed. ...

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Gothic Art Gothic Art is the style of art produced in Europe from the middle ages up to the beginning of the Renaissance. ... In the late 14th century, anticipating the Renaissance, Gothic Art evolved toward a more secular style known as International Gothic. ... Bodies, faces and hands are beginning to become three -dimensional (217). ... When originally approaching Gothic art, I was convinced it was not much more than a forerunner to the Renaissance era. ... Beginning with the Nativity, and continuing on until the resurrection I see man...

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Italian Renaissance writers originally used the word gothic as a derogatory term for all architects and artists in the middle ages, which were compared to the works of the barbarian Goths. ... These churches Were symbols of civic pride, and for the first time since the very beginning of Christian art, an appreciation of nature. ... While the west spires were the work of Hans of Cologne, and later during the Renaissance, sculptor Diego! ... This popular form of decoration continued to cover surfaces from Gothic in to Spanish Renaissance architecture. ...

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VOCABULARY Archaeology: the scientific study of ancient people and cultures principally revealed through excavation. Cromlech: a circle of megaliths. Henge: a Neolithic monument, characterized by a circular ground plan. Used for rituals and marking astronomical events. Megalith: a stone of great size used in the construction of a prehistoric structure. ...

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