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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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    The Renaissance was a time of cultural prosperity in Europe that lasted from 1350 to 1600 AD. During this time in history new ideas were being formed. Trade started to flourish and a new banking economy started to form. New ideas for medicine and natural remedies also started to blossom. The people who created these natural medicines were called apothecaries. Apothecaries were people who prepared and sold medicines and drugs. They were like modern pharmacists. Apothecary shops were first started

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    Dance in the Renaissance Era is an era that is very intriguing but also very amazing because we can see where dance really started and how it has evolved over time since the Renaissance Era. Although the Renaissance is a very interesting era to examine it is also made clear what a hard era this was for dance but also a great era for dance. I feel that within the Renaissance dance era there are a lot of pros and cons as dance wasn’t necessarily appreciated in this time and was seen as something

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    The renaissance art begins in Italy in the 14th century and spread to northern Europe by the 16th century. One that would shape the thoughts and the lives of men. This period of renaissance drew near the fifteenth century through the recovery of established writings. The times we live in today started with the Renaissance, it was the beginning sign of another age. It influenced, religion, politics, literature philosophy, science, and the most important topic is art. During the renaissance art changed

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    Italian renaissance, Italy was divided into individual city states ruled by wealthy families. The term renaissance translates to rebirth and references the period from the late fourteenth to the early seventeenth century in Europe during which art, culture, politics, and thought flourished. The renaissance originated in Italy and spread throughout most of Europe. The invention of the printing press and increased use of vernacular in writing facilitated the spread of information. Renaissance art, politics

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    made handwritten copies of the Bible - were priests.” This shows that mostly priests had the Bibles and the only way other people can get Bibles were for the priests to handwrite every word in the Bible and give it to the person. But during the Renaissance from 1400 to 1700 people had learned different things and had more than one source. People would use math, science, and more. In the text it states, “As more people

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    the Middle Ages to the Renaissance After the Middle Ages, or during the Renaissance, many changes in people’s everyday lives were made, which made these two periods of time differ drastically. Most of the transformations that occurred happened in three different parts of a society. In politics, people went from living in Manors ruled by a lord loyal to the King, and suffocated in feudalism, to having more freedom, as well as a growing middle class. Also, during the Renaissance new ideas about how

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    The Renaissance was a movement that deeply affected European intellectual life in the early modern period. Beginning in Italy, and spreading to the rest of Europe by the 16th century, its influence was felt in literature, philosophy, art, music, politics, science, religion, and other aspects of intellectual inquiry. Renaissance scholars employed the humanist method in study, and searched for realism and human emotion in art. The emergence of Renaissance ideas led to the growth of modernism .Renaissance

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    The time period of the Renaissance included many features or details that may seem incredulous to many people of today’s society. Some of which even include the inequality of men and women, and certain relationships of families which can consist of fathers and children or husbands and wives. In the play The Taming of the Shrew written by William Shakespeare, each character and the environments around them were greatly affected due to these features. In fact, the entire final outcome and result would

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    Tutor’s Name: Subject: Date: Renaissance and Reformation, 1350-1600 Renaissance was a time that began in 1300, during the last middle age and ended in during the late 1500s but correctly marked the period of the European history. The word in French meant ‘rebirth’ of the European civilization. The Reformation was the break from the Catholic Church and the birth of Lutheranism or Protestant that was championed by Martin Luther King. The essay will focus on the origin of Renaissance and Reformation explaining

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