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The greatest cultural achievement(s) of Renaissance Rome
Italy
Renaissance
Renaissance is a term used to mean a period of rebirth by the Italians which saw changes in culture and great achievements. It was a period of renewed interest in cultural classical antiquity which proceeded the dark ages. The changes associated with this period of cultural transition had significant effects in the life of…
The Transition from Feudalism to the Renaissance
Feudalism
Renaissance
The decline of the western part of the old Roman Empire left Europe without the laws and protection the empire had provided. The vacuum was filled by the creation of a feudal hierarchy. In this hierarchy, the serf, or peasant, was protected by the lord of the manor, who, in turn, owed allegiance to and…
Dr Faustus As a Medieval or Renaissance Hero Analysis
Doctor Faustus
Hero
Medieval
Renaissance
MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE VALUES IN DR. FAUSTUS Christopher Marlowe (baptized February 26, 1564 – May30, 1593) was an English dramatist and poet who was well known for his magnificent blank verse and overreaching protagonists. Marlowe based his play Doctor Faustus on stories about a scholar and magician, Johann Faust, who allegedly sold his soul to…
Renaissance Thinkers
Nicolaus Copernicus
Renaissance
Renaissance take over man’s view of man. Back in Renaissances’ time in Europe around the 1400’s through the 1700’s the Middle Ages were focused on God, the Catholic Church, and the sinfulness of man was seen as full of sin. How did the Renaissance change man’s view of man? In other word, How did the…
The Painting of Mona Lisa Is a Superb Piece of Design
Art
Artist
Leonardo Da Vinci
Mona Lisa
Renaissance art
When talking about a masterpiece, you need to include the painting of Mona Lisa, the most famous painting in the world that created by Leonardo da Vinci in 1503. This painting is a masterpiece because it is a superb piece of a design due to being realistic, it maintains communication with immediate past because it…
Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci Comparison
Leonardo Da Vinci
Renaissance art
AbstractThe masterpieces of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci stun the whole world of humanism and art division that even today, the value of such arts are way out of human comprehension. These pieces of art with alluring phantasms and detailed making have became the pride of human race. The Mona Lisa of Leonardo da Vinci…
| theme | The five major themes of the Renaissance were humanism, secularism, individualism, rationalism, and virtu. |
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| description | The Renaissance is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas and achievements of classical antiquity. |
| information | Began approximately: 1300 Father: Petrarch Invention: Printing press, Armillary sphere, Violin, Leonardo’s self-propelled cart, Achievements: Some major developments of the Renaissance include astronomy, humanist philosophy, the printing press, vernacular language in writing, painting and sculpture technique, world exploration and, in the late Renaissance, Shakespeare’s works. |
