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The Renaissance exposed the world to new approaches to thought and government. As a result, politics underwent drastic change. Contributors to this exposure included several Renaissance writers. Machiavelli's writing in The Prince introduced the world to the darker side of leading, allowing for deceitfulness so long as the leader and his/her people benefited. Moreover, his writings laid the foundation for a successful leader, on which is not solely limited to ethically just choices. Correspondingly

her. She is almost like the feminist 'flappers' of the 1920s; they aimed to empower women with the same leisure pursuits as men, and yet in the end many ended up marrying and becoming the housewives they so detested. However in Renaissance times it was different, there had never before been such a forward minded and witty woman taking centre stage. The character of Beatrice is fiery and rejects the models of women put upon her by society, particularly the idea of marriage

When the Renaissance started to take traction around the mid 14th century, there came upon a change to many different areas of life within Florence. With the change of the economic system throughout Italy, the rise of a wealthy Noble Class took shape . Within that Noble Class of wealthy merchants, led to key differences in the thoughts and ideals of the perfect Florentine citizen. A key groups of individuals who fell under this veil was the Medici family. The House of Medici began to amass its wealth

Saint Zenobius. It’s sister pieces are spread out in different parts of the world, such places as, London, Dresden and New York itself. The painter of this entire collection is Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) and he belongs to the Early part of the Renaissance. It is worth to note, that Botticelli was taught by Filippo Lippi. Fra Filippo Lippi was a prominent artist of his time and he painted his work with great color and as well with a narrative quality. Botticelli himself made a name for himself by

Renaissance translates to rebirth in the English language, the idea of flourishing or reviving as an entity. The renaissance emerged subsequently after the Middle Ages, and conventionally held to characterized by educational prowess, classical scholarship, and values. Trade during the High Middle Ages paved the way for The Renaissance. In Italy, trade led to the growth and increasing wealth of cities along it’s path. Resources and goods were traded in Asia, Baltic Countries, Spain, France, Flanders

the early Renaissance Neoplatonist period, where Botticelli was one of the first to begin drawing on inspiration from mythology and the classical antiquity period in his artwork, relating it to humanist thought using classical elements and symbolism. T: Sandro Botticelli’s Venus and Mars is a visual representation of the philosophical Neoplatonist thought where “earthly beauty was thought to serve as a way to connect one innerly to the divine” which emerged during the early Renaissance period. (2)

The 'Renaissance Disney' era is the time period between 1989 to 1999. This period of time is significant because Disney started releasing well-known stories with their own twist and they decided to return to a musical style which hit well with audiences. Disney was reluctant to change with the times wanting to stay as traditional as possible, however, as the decade proceeded they were able to find a place where they could use both old and new techniques to make the masterpieces we know today. After

Metropolitan Art Museum has a multitude of art galleries that hold a variety of art pieces that have their own share of stories. The artwork that I chose to dig into the story of is a piece that the museum credits to have been done by the High Renaissance artist, Michelangelo Buonarroti, himself. This particular work is a type of sculpture in which the figures is shown in a three-dimensional form, or freestanding sculpture, that is standing at a height and width of 37 x 13 ¼ and is made purely out

thought in solving problems over divine or supernatural matters. During the Reformation, young, educated clerics, funded by wealthy merchants and wealthy families, travelled throughout Europe to spread their Christian faith to more people. During the Renaissance period, humanists sought to return to classical Greek, a departure from Latin language and literature. The integration of humanist ideology and religion is a departure from modern humanist theory which removes all traces of theology or supernatural

Why the Dark ages aren’t dark? The span of time referred to as the dark ages began after the great Empire of Rome fell and ended before the Renaissance period began. This time lasted from 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. More appropriately this period of time has been renamed the Middle ages, which is an improvement upon the term Dark ages, which has a negative connotation. The term dark ages was awarded to this period in the 1300’s due to the decrease in information that scholars had access to about this