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    The Renaissance was an artistic advancement era of astonishing beautiful structures and artwork that flourished all over Europe. The Renaissance marked a new period in the appearance of creativity, thus changing Europe. As the Renaissance began spreading northward out of Italy it began mixing and combining new ideas, creating a Northern Renaissance. The social changes in Italy were inspired by humanism. Italian artist, writers, and philosophers were motivated to study classical antiquity, and explore

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    technology. A long time ago, people couldn’t afford books. Since they have started making printing book on paper instead of dried sheepskin that become cheaper and quicker to make. The first printing press was made in 1450 by Albertchrt D. The northern renaissance contributed by creating a printing press. The other idea that changed the worldview was scientific revolution. Until the mid 1500’s people thought that best thing to learn was from the bible and through ancient thinkers work. Ex.) the astronomer

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    Tuscany was home to the Etruscans until it was taken over by Rome in 351 BC. After the Roman Empire had fallen, the region soon became known as Tuscany and was ruled by a series of different rulers. It then developed into its own political entity with rulers of its own. In the twelfth century, each Tuscan city was beginning to gain its own independence. By the time the Middle Ages came around, major Tuscan cities such as Florence, Pisa and Siena began to gain wealth because of their abundance of

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    Renaissance and Reformation The development of the Reformation was caused by New Info, New Tech, Effects. I will be talking about all 3 of those topics. I will first talk about New Info and how people discover new information that was spreaded across Europe. Second I will talk about New Tech and how Compasses, Maps, and Print and Press were created and change how people learned. Third I will talk about Effects, this will be about how and what New Info, and New Tech did that changed what is today

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    No I do not think that The Dark Ages is an appropriate term for what is called The Middle Ages. There are many different reasons why it should not be called The Dark Ages like it was not it was the black pelage or something it was in the middle of the year of 1050-1450. So now I am going to list my three reasons why I think that it is not appropriate to call it the dark ages. It is not appropriate for The Middle Ages to be called The Dark Ages because in the Magna Carta there were rules of not imprisoning

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    The Middle Ages

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    Bondone’s work, Lamentation of Christ, is a perfect example of this transition. Being a piece painted just at the beginning tip of the Renaissance, it utilizes realistic human bodies and faces. Bondone also played with depth, adding a small amount of three-dimensional space to his piece. The proportions are relatively realistic, while most of art previous to the Renaissance was much more abstract. At this point artists were being rediscovered and began to expand on the idea of linear perspective, horizon

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    history beginning in the 1400’s to the mid-1700’s which we identify in art history as The Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo periods. Focusing on the influence new scientific knowledge had in the art produced during this time with specific examples from each period and artists of the time. Keywords: Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Art, History, Science, Knowledge The Renaissance Beginning with the Renaissance (1400-1600) we see a change in the subject matter being portrayed by artists of the time

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    change did Philippe Aries describe in his work Centuries in Childhood? 2. Why MIGHT it have occurred? Cite 2 reasons (p. 369) The First Big Changes: Culture and Commerce. 1450-1650 A New Spirit. 3. How did Petrarch’s writing in the early Renaissance differ from most writing from the Middle Ages?

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    The Renaissance Man

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    The Renaissance Man In the film there was a group named the double d’s. They are called double d’s meaning, dumbest dog shit. The people from that group are chosen to be in that group because those students are the ones that do not comprehend the army duty. Mr. Raga, the teacher from the group double d’s, was not as responsible. Facing some of his own consequences like, getting fired from his previous job, losing his relationship slowly with his only daughter, and not taking his new job as

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    stated in her book “The Annotated Mona Lisa” (32). During the Renaissance period, artists discovered new techniques, that gave paintings and sculptures more character. It seems, the paintings that were created during this time, have multiple layers that give the paintings more meaning and makes the painting livelier. An artist before the Renaissance period used tempera paint on a wood panel. However, artists creating art during the Renaissance period used fresco on plaster walls and oil on stretched canvas

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