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    who are both male, Joan Kelly-Gadol offers an entirely different view to the Renaissance by presenting it with a woman's point of view. In his work, Davies discusses the new liberation and progress made by men during the Renaissance. However, Kelly-Gadol shows how women actually lost power and freedom in comparison to the Middle Ages. Burckhardt gives examples of economical and political changes during the Renaissance, specifically focusing on Florence. In contrast Kelly-Gadol has more on a focus

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    Italian Wealth and the Renaissance (Draft) The Renaissance was an intellectual and artistic movement from roughly the 14th to the 17th century centered around humanism and individualism. After starting in Italy, the Renaissance and its humanistic ideas spread North to places like Germany, Flanders, and England. Italy's wealth, caused by its extensive trade, market economy, and elite-ruled political structure, served as a medium for the dawn of the Renaissance. Italian city-states accumulated much

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    expresses themselves with no limitations. Over the years, humans have produced numerous forms of art, such as paintings, sculptures, architecture, music, and the list goes on. For instance, Renaissance art is mesmerizing due to the fact that back then their art was very realistic looking rather than earlier work. Renaissance artist used perspective and foreshadowing in order to create an illusion which made their paintings so realistic. Not only were their paintings realistic looking, but so were their sculptures

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    The word rebirth describes a complete and dominating change in the way something is done, or a fresh start. This word perfectly and appropraitely fits with the theme of the renaissance, meaning exactly that, rebirth, which followed the middle ages. The entire way that society and the world functioned changed fairly abruptly, and the world was different forever. These changes could be seen in the newly rediscovered passion for classical styles and learning that had been almost completely abandoned

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    What did people eat during the Renaissance? The kind of food that people ate during the Renaissance depended on where they lived and whether they were wealthy or a peasant. Peasant Food The average person during the Renaissance was a peasant. Peasants would eat soup or mush for food just about every meal. They would also generally have some black bread. The soup would be made of scraps of food, usually vegetables such as carrots or eggs. Mush was made from some kind of grain like oats or wheat

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    The Renaissance was a rebirth of creativity, freedom, individuality, independence and self- determination. During this time period where humanism was encouraged, there were countless Renaissance men. One astounding and well recognized man was Leonardo da Vinci, he had many aptitudes and talents that portrayed him to be an astonishing artist of the Renaissance time period. Leonardo da Vinci, Influenced many during the Renaissance, due to his great art, anatomy, science literature. As demonstrated

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    Middle ages & Renaissance Stephani Klingensmith Western Governors University The middle ages, also known as the dark ages lasting about a thousand years. A time in history when life was hard and people were very poor. According to the article written in 2008 The middle ages western reserve public media, the middle ages were from 476A.D to 1450A.D. The article stated that the middle ages were called the dark ages because, the great civilization of Rome and Greece had been conquered. Because

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    Giancarlo Velasquez The Renaissance The renaissance was a period of major advancements. From art to technology and from literature to architecture. Artists, inventors, playwrights, architects all played huge rolls during the renaissance. The reason why the renaissance happened was because towards the end of the Black Plague many people were dying so they wanted to change their lifestyle. People wanted to change the way they do things

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    In her book Renaissance Women, Gaia Servadio studies the roles that women have been played throughout art history and argues that it is females who drive the Renaissance to “mature and advance.” Although it is hard to prove whether female is the impetus behind the Renaissance movement, we are convinced that they play a significant role in it. Furthermore, the subject matter of women and the way they are depicted are constantly evolving in response to the flow of artistic movements. In fact, we can

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    couldn’t grow grains some season. Religion people believe that the gods were punishing them over this. Than the Renaissance unfolded in Italy the geography and diversity spread during the large Italian Peninsula. Italy during the renaissance had a lot of city-states it was not a full country. The cities states were Rome, Florence, Milan, Venice, and Etc. Florence was center of the renaissances in the early years; While Rome occupied an unsurpassed role in the ancient world. In Florence there was a lot

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