The legacy of the renaissance

The Renaissance is very different from other time periods. No one will really knows the certain date or the ending of the Renaissance. Most scholars still till this day reconsider if the Renaissance was an actual time period or if it was just an extension of the Middle Ages. The Renaissance was all about individualism,supporting, and accepting people around them. It was actual a time of enlightenment! The Renaissance, a period of literary, mathematics, and artistics. It was a special time. Individualism was major part of the Renaissance. If you look at some of the Renaissance artist all of them have a different features and none of them tend to look the same, but for the Middle Ages art they all seem to have the same features. Middle ages would

The Renaissance started in Italy during the 1300’s before spreading throughout Europe in the 1500 and 1600’s. It came about because of a change in the way of thinking. In an effort to learn, people began to want to understand the world around them. This study of the world and how it works was the start of a new age of science. “The people were curious and questioned the known wisdom of the church. They began to use experimentation and observation to solve worldly problems”. (Johnson). Many Renaissance intellects focused on trying to define and understand the laws of nature and the physical world. During the Renaissance, great advances occurred in science and technology as well as others areas.

The Italian Renaissance had two distinct periods during its lifetime. The first being the “Early Renaissance”, which took place between the late 13th and the early 14th centuries. The second period was known as the “High Renaissance”, which took place during the 15th and 16th centuries. These two periods had very distinct foundations and styles behind the art and architecture of their respective periods. The Early Renaissance revived many old themes which later became the foundations for the High Renaissance. While the High Renaissance strayed from previous traditions and had its own form of art and essentially perfected early themes and styles of art and included more scientific/mathematic components.

After the idealism of the Renaissance (c.1400-1530), Baroque art above all reflected the religious tensions of the age - notably the desire of the Catholic Church in Rome (as annunciated at the Council of Trent, 1545-63) to reassert itself in the wake of the Protestant Reformation. Thus it is almost synonymous with Catholic Counter-Reformation Art of the period. This period is often thought of as a period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, architecture, literature, dance, theater, and music. The style began around 1600 in Rome, Italy, and spread to most of

Italy can be looked at as the home of the renaissance and consequently the immergence of great art. Artists such as Michelangelo, Botticelli, Da Vinci, and Raphael are some of the greats and are looked at for standards. But what about the artists whose lives are mysteries, and their works that were influenced by the greats? These artists hold just as much importance in the history of art as do the artist’s whose names can be recalled off the top of an average person’s head. During the sixteenth century things began to change in the art world, and that change was the Baroque. This new style of art brought a revolution to how subject matter was painted, it brought upon “… a radical reconsideration of art and its purposes…” (249) and how artists of all ranks could learn to paint the up and coming style of Baroque.

Known as the founder of the Renaissance, Leonardo De Vinci was an astonishing man. Born on April 15th, 1452, he later died in 1519. Leonardo left behind beautiful art, wonderful ideas and eccentric concepts of science and nature. His art focused on realizing contrast, he focused on the understanding of where peace resides, so does destruction. He introduced many ideas to art that were new for his time, for example, his technique of smoky backgrounds brought life to his paintings. By the age of twenty, he was a master artist. As he included mathematics to his art, he precisely incorporated his beliefs about nature. His most known pieces include The Last Supper and The Mona Lisa. Leonardo De Vinci is considered to be one of the greatest artists and naturalists to ever live.

Before the purity of Neoclassicism, even before the carefree artists of the Rococo era, there was the dramatic and emotive Baroque. The term "baroque" is said to have been derived from the Portuguese word for an irregular pearl, and is certainly an adequate description. In the wake of what has become known as the Protest Reformation, the Catholic Church held the infamous Council of Trent. This eighteen year deliberation addressed several aspects of Catholicism under scrutiny and led to the requirements that new art depicting religious notions should reach the illiterate masses. Up until this point most religious forms of art were designated for the highly educated and sophisticated. This led to the

Leonardo da Vinci, born April 15, 1452, has been labeled by History.com editors as “the ultimate "Renaissance man," [who] practiced all the visual arts and studied a wide range of topics, including anatomy, geology, botany, hydraulics and flight.” (History.com Staff) Da Vinci is a renowned artist of his time. As a child, da Vinci had not been educated in art, but at the age of 15 his father had him apprenticed to Andrea del Verrocchio of Florence. Until da Vinci became an independent master in 1478, he remained with Verrocchio studying and learning techniques. When da Vinci moved to Milan between 1495 and

A true inspiration, Leonardo da Vinci left his legacy as the Renaissance Man when he died May 2, 1519 (“Leonardo da Vinci,” 1990). “To some people he was just a painter, but many knew him as much more” (“Leonardo da Vinci,” 1990). People look up to him and think of him as the man who faced the world and the man who I want to be like one day. Nevertheless, Leonardo da Vinci was a man that faced many challenges in his life and was and still is an inspiration to all.

Similar to many other art movements, the beginning of the High Renaissance can be credited to one man, Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15th, 1452 in modern day Italy. Considered a scientist, inventor, and artist, Da Vinci is arguably one of the greatest and most talented minds in all of history. Da Vinci was notorious for his curious personality and kind nature. “Today, he remains best known for two paintings, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper” and is referred to as “Renaissance man” by many scholars (History.com Staff, “Mona Lisa”).

The Italian renaissance was a period of creative explosion. The term renaissance symbolizes rebirth, which is exactly what occurred in Italy during this time. An entire culture was remade through art. There was a resounding interest in the classics created by ancient artists. The humanist movement encouraged the study of humanity’s history in order to create a deeper understanding of how to move forward as a society. There was a seemingly unquenchable thirst for knowledge and creation. Many new art forms developed in this period, including opera. The Florentine Camerata, a group of scholars, created early forms of opera. Claudio Monteverdi, a renaissance composer, developed opera into the art form that is still performed today. The work of the Florentine Camerata and Claudio Monteverdi worked in harmony to create and develop this new form of music. Monteverdi’s educational background, his rebellious drive to create, his serendipitous career, and his unequaled talent allowed him to develop opera into an art form that no other composer of the time could have produced.

1. This is a photo of a sign in my hometown of Batesville, promoting the "Shakespeare in the Park" event on August 4th, and demonstrates the influence of the Renaissance and humanism on our modern literature and plays. The play to be performed by the Cincinnati Shakespeare Co. is "A Midsummer's Night Dream". Shakespeare was a famous English playwright during the Renaissance period. Shakespeare was greatly influenced by humanism and explored his characters' emotions in his play. In our modern world, Shakespeare's plays are some of the most well-known plays are are performed continually. Thus, our non-secular modern literature and plays are influenced by the Renaissance and humanism.

Our world, as tiresome and inequitable as it might be, went through and continues to go through significant societal changes attributable to the renaissance. Although we're still dealing with copious cases of endless discrimination and bigotry, including but not limited to racism, gender and religious inequality, and not to mention the fact that a majority of people are unknowingly using racial or homophobic slurs casually as insults, one can only imagine how disastrously worse our society would be had the genius minds of the renaissance not broken the illusion that free will wasn't an option. The renaissance taught people that they were allowed to think for themselves and that curiosity was human nature. The people of the renaissance pioneered

Originating in Rome during the sixteenth century, Baroque art emerged during the Protestant Reformation. With the creation of Lutherism and Calvinism Europe was politically and religiously re-shaped. With the influence of new religions dominating various European nations, the Catholic Reformation was created as a response to the outburst of Luther’s actions. The Council of Trent in 1545-63 was a part in the rise of Baroque artistry in Europe. The Catholic Church created the Counter Reformation as means to reinstate their influence as well as persuade people to support the church. In Spain and Italy Baroque artists adapted the religious topics derived from the Catholic Reformation. With characteristics such as contrasting light and dark shades

Leonardo da Vinci was one of the most important men of the Italian Renaissance. He single handedly influenced art, vast fields of science and engineering of that time period. He was considered the epitome of a “Renaissance man.” He was born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy and died on May 2, 1519 ("Leonardo da Vinci"). He always had a curious mind, keen intellect and a strong sense of curiosity even from a young age. Over Leonardo’s lifetime, he had over 15 different occupations however he was known prominently as a scientist, artist and an engineer (Heydenreich). Leonardo da Vinci's artwork, discoveries in science, inventions, and innovations greatly impacted Europe during the Renaissance