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    The Importance of Nudity During the Renaissance The Renaissance was a time of incredible artistic creations. In particular, during the Renaissance the beauty of the human body was rediscovered and celebrated in art because the culture of the time was interested in celebrating the joys of this world. The period between the fifth to the fifteenth century, commonly known as the Middle Ages, was a time of modesty and dedication to the church. Nudity was not expressed in artwork; within the church

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    The Renaissance and The Middle Ages Compared The Renaissance was a period from about 1450 to 1600 and it means rebirth. It was a time when people had great art, literature and philosophy. Three of the great people of that age were Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Johann Gutenberg. The Middle Ages or the Medieval Ages was a period from about 400 to 1500. It was a time when people focused on the church which had great influence and power over the people. Although the Renaissance and the Middle

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    environments, permeating all of society during the Renaissance. The popularity of this animal produced a unique and influential identity for the horse during this period, and this identity constituted several parts. With this multifaceted identity, the horse received new roles in human society. I am attempting to explain these roles of the horse and their effects on the horse and human. By first explaining the context of the horse and rider of the Renaissance, I set up a discussion of the specific changes

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    Surgery in the Renaissance The time period of the Renaissance brought many great medical discoveries, but it also brought other discoveries that were harmful to the patient. One specific group of medicine that was controversial to this time period was that of surgery. Back in the day, especially the Renaissance, surgery had its uses, for tumors and hernias surgery was the cure. For the most part, surgery wasn’t looked upon as the ideal way to treat a patient’s illness or disease as it would usually

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    A renaissance man is someone who is skilled in many fields and has a broad band of knowledge. The term Renaissance man is mainly derived from various artists and scholars of the European Renaissance. The most common Renaissance man of this period was Leonardo Da Vinci. Besides being a master artist, he was an engineer and anatomy expert. During the Renaissance, educated men wanted to become Renaissance men. They were expected to know several languages, understand philosophy and scientific teachings

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    a cultural movement called the Renaissance existed. The Renaissance housed some of the greatest intellects, such as Leonardo da Vinci, and a radically different way of thinking emerged. Humanism developed largely and rapidly among this time, and was greatly influenced by a man named Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536). Erasmus, a Dutchman, originally lived among monasteries where he developed many opposing views during his years of service. In the midst of the Renaissance, around the 16th century, the

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    The Renaissance era served as an impact to the development of our modern day American society including the cultures plus the creative expressions we have today. The influence gave light to individualism of humans providing unique approach to every idea set forth and side tracked the dominant ideals that were heavily followed by the church. Although religion has always been a major part of all civilizations and cultures even throughout the Renaissance period, the potential that every individual

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    The Renaissance began in Italy during the 1300s in which a of rebirth of the arts, economy, science, and culture of Europe occurred. Before this time, during the Middle Ages, war and disease precluded advances in art and literature and the powerful influence of the Catholic church limited significant advances in science and philosophy. The Renaissance took influence from classical Greek and Rome and expressed and expanded upon many of the ideas of that time. Art became more realistic and focused

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    Renaissance means “rebirth” and that what it literally was. The Renaissance period is right after the Medieval ages (Britannica 4/15). This period is famous for its culture also for exploration (Britannica 4/15). This time is also called the rise of Humanism because people were going away from the Medieval times (WCG 9/09). During this time the Catholic church was losing its power(Source). The Humanism way of life did accept the older church deeply rooted traditions and traditional ways of thinking

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    The Ugly Renaissance Discussion 1. Why did the Renaissance originate in Florence and prosper for so many years? In many ways, Italy had benefits over northern Europe in detaching from the feudal system and accumulating enormous amounts of wealth. I think that above all else, geography was Italy’s anchor in this respect. Being a projecting land mass sticking out into the Mediterranean Sea, and beneficially located between the main part of Europe and the Byzantine Empire, cities within Italy had little

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