The Renaissance: An Extension Of The Middle Ages

The Renaissance period is known for the revival of the classical art and intellect born in ancient Greece and Rome. The Renaissance is also a time that is marked by growth, exploration, and rebirth. The Italian Renaissance started in Florence and progressively made its way into Venice and then into the great city of Rome. During the Renaissance, Rome was home to some of the most renowned works of art and the finest architectural masterpieces in the world - too many that still holds true today. Along with the delicate architecture and grand artistry, Rome was also home to a mixture of people and cultures. It is in this cultural context and through the book A Street Life in Renaissance Rome: A Brief History with Documents, that understanding how men, woman, and specifically Jews and Christians lived in Rome becomes important to better understand this period of renewal.

In the time between the 1300's and the 1500's, a great transformation took place in Europe. Prior to the 1300's, Europe had experienced what has been called the Middle Ages, but after 1500, the continent was fully into the period known as the Renaissance. The impetus for the transformation that took place was the onslaught of the Black Death, or a two hundred year nightmare in which the Bubonic Plague devastated European society. The changes that took place as a result of the Plague altered the economic, social, artistic, political, and intellectual foundations of Europe forever.

The Middle Ages were regarded as a dark and desolate time period in history. Society during this time had no social progress, incessant wars, extreme violence, and no improvement to intellect or education. The Renaissance marked the end of the Middle Ages lasting roughly from the early 1400s to the 17th century. The Renaissance was exceptionally different from the Dark Ages because the human intellect, social climate, and the beliefs of Renaissance men was the opposite of the Middle Ages. Acting as a bridge between the Middle Ages and present times, the Renaissance innovated art, architecture, philosophy, science, and literature. Also, there was a shift from heavily relying on the Church to a focus on humanism. William Manchester author of

The Renaissance was a time period in Europe from the 1300's to the 1700's which

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” A quote by Michelangelo. The Renaissance was a glorious period where the ideas and values of ancient times were “reborn”. It lasted from the 14th to the 17th century. The Renaissance concluded the Middle Ages and marked the start of the modern world. It began in Italy and spread throughout Western Europe. The Renaissance significantly affected our Western Worldview with the lasting changes in technology, science, and humanism.

The Renaissance was an efflorescence of the arts and changes in many different areas such as political, social, economical, and cultural. It was the rebirth of art, literature, and learning in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from an agricultural to an urban society. The Renaissance ideals emphasized ideas of humanism and human achievement. Artists and writers used realistic techniques, such as perspective, and they believed man should be the subject of study, not God.

The renaissance was a time of learning, but it wasn’t a time of schools as we know them today. Public schools for everyone were still a long off. In Renaissance Europe, schooling was for those who could afford it. Some people were well educated, while others never attended school. Boys-education for Renaissance boys was of two sorts .There was classical education based on the Latin language for boys who planned to go on to a university. There was also education through apprenticeships for boys who planned to pursue a trade.

Renaissance time period was the beginning of many changes. However, not just in the field of art, but also fields like science, mathematics, biology, and religion the staple of many works of art in the past. This was the beginning stages of change, and Galileo would ultimately pay the price of imprisonment for challenging what we thought we knew. Many great artists would also come from this time. These artists would not just be you typical painters or sculptures from the past, but better rounded knowledge based artists. Artists who would understand the science and mathematics behind everyday events, whether this was when looking at human bodies and how they moved or the stars and how they moved about in our solar system. They began the more realistic thoughts on how things worked and art started to very slowing exit out of the usual biblical and eternal works of art. However, many great artists throughout the renaissance period would be born and

In my last writing journal, I talked about why people like Donald Trump are so popular. Since then I read a CNN article in which they interviewed people at Trump rallies and asked them why they supported the man. My takeaway was that these people are afraid of change. This is actually pretty obvious if you think about the last word in Trump’s campaign slogan. Trump wants to make America great again. The “again” implies that we’ve lost something, that we’re not as good as we used to be. Obviously a lot of people won’t agree with my belief that change, as a whole, is almost always a good thing. I believe that if we are creating change then life will get better. Change doesn’t always lead to improvements in everyone’s lives, but, collectively,

The word Renaissance means “rebirth” in French. It began in Italy and spread to Europe and lasted from the 1300s to the 1600s. Toward the end of the Middle Ages, culture began to flower. There was three different types of art during the Renaissance, Classical Art, Medieval Art, and Renaissance Art. Classical Art lasted from 500 B.C.E. to 500 C.E., artists valued balance and harmony, in the painting there was little background or sense of perspective. While Medieval Art lasted from 500 to 1300 C.E., and those art was religious, showing Jesus, saints, and people from the Bible, the artists also had the more important people larger than the rest. Also, Renaissance Art lasted from 1300s to early 1600s, but this art showed religious and nonreligious scenes, scenes showed real people doing daily tasks.

Nyctophobia; the fear of the dark. However, it’s not exactly the fear of darkness itself, but rather, what could be lurking within it. Now, the Dark Ages weren’t actually “dark”, but it was a time of rapid decline in Europe in which historians don’t have much information. After the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe was thrown into a never ending battle of hardships. From the Black Plague to the loss of beloved heroes and heroines, the country really was left in the dark, until a flicker of hope emerged offering a new beginning: the Renaissance. The Renaissance lasted from the 14th to the 17th century and was an era of “rebirth” in European history. During this period, culture throughout Europe underwent a dramatic reformation where classic

The Middle Ages, also known as the Medieval Period, lasted from the 5th century to the 15th. The Middle Ages began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is divided into three different groups: early, high and late middle ages. In the Early Middle Ages, around the 5th century, emperors were often controlled by military. Between the 5th and 8th centuries, new peoples and individuals filled the politics that was left empty by the Roman government. A rise of Islam also came about in the Early Middle Ages. Migrations and invasion of the 4th and 5th centuries disrupted the trade networks the surrounded the Mediterranean. Goods from long-range trade was replaced with local products, which was a trend throughout old Rome. During the High Middle Ages, there was a huge expansion of the population. The estimated population went from 35 to 80 million. While the high Middle Ages were good, the first few years if the Late Middle Ages were marked by famines, including the Great Famine of 1315-17.

Often described as an intellectual movement, the Renaissance was generally defined as an astounding culture of classical antiquity. Although, this period sparked a huge change for people who lived in Europe, many citizens ended up appreciating not only the scholarly achievements and scientific advances among the artists, but also their distinctive and awe-inspiring arts. At last, there had been a sudden explosion involving the culture and the arts in all of European history. Furthermore, there came a time within this period where the humanistic content, technological mastery and heroic work of various arts heightened; this was known as the High Renaissance Period. In other words, the technology, tools and trainings were at its peak. As a result, the artists acquired more confidence than those who lived in the early renaissance period. During the 1500’s – 1530’s, numerous writers, philosophers, scientists, poets and artists prospered all throughout this time, including three men whom people recall as the High Renaissance Triad: Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.

The Renaissance embraces a series of religious and idealistic changes which revolutionized many fields of science, literature, and philosophy at the time. Many ideas and theories surfaced during this time that would be ignored or would be unsupported during any point in time beforehand because of the uniform cultures and ideas at the time. Now, people are doing the impossible and thinking the unthinkable which led to the progression of the human race. The uneducated have a chance at education, the art, and the overall culture of Europe drastically changed during this time period. England all on its own had drastic changes that would forever change the world. Here is a glimpse of the Renaissance Era in England.

a time of the revival after a long period of cultural decline and stagnation. Stagnation means lack