The Renaissance & Baroque Arts The Renaissance, also known as the period of “rebirth”, directly followed the Middle Ages. Some considered the Renaissance period as a bridge from the “Dark Ages” to the modern era or the “light”. This period in history lasted about four centuries—late 13th century to the early 17th century— featuring “a revival of classical art, literature, philosophy, architecture, and learning” and introduced some of “the finest artists and intellectual achievements in the history
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said to hold priceless treasures from the Renaissance and the Age of Baroque. In this chamber we hope to find several different items. The items in the chamber are said to represent the arts, music, architecture, philosophy and literature. We have done it, we have reached the chamber. It is amazing, it holds even more than we could have imagined. Upon entering the first item that I noticed was the statue of David. It is a work of genius by Renaissance area sculpture Michelangelo. Michelangelo
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Painting with Blue and red Barnett Newman, Voice of Fire, 1967 Owned by the national gallery of Canada, museums try to get these different collections. Very close to Canada culture, shown at the expo 67 in Montréal, the world’s fair. When the work came up for by the widow by the artist, the museum thought, it was a great idea, and offered a much lower price than what she could get at auction. But the how this work defies our expectations in art. One of those are is representation. Art should represent
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før brukte på å kopiere en bok for hånd, kunne man nå trykke tusen bøker. Columbus seilte til Amerika og han regnes som oppdageren av denne verdensdelen. I astronomien fant Kopernikus ut at jorden ikke var senteret i universet. En annen ting som skjedde er at vitenskapsfolk og kunstenere ble opptatt av å utforske litteratuen og kunsten fra antikken. Denne perioden kalles for renessasnen. Begrepet ‘renessanse’ kommer fra det franske ordet ‘renaissance’, som betyr ’gjenfødelse’. Franskmennene selv
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¬¬¬William Shakespeare The time of renaissance was a time of rebirth and rethinking. The inventors and artists of this time have shaped our future dramatically, from the blueprints of war machines of Leonardo da Vinci to the paintings and sculptures of Michelangelo. The printing press also was a very helpful and controversial invention, it allowed people to make scripts and plays and then print them helping the likes of Shakespeare and such to show their work on the larger scale. William Shakespeare
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a cultural movement, known as the Renaissance emerged as an important impact to the beginning of a historical era. It developed during the Middle Ages in Italy and later expanded to Europe. It was around this time, from the period in mid 14th century thru 16th century, when the well-known artists, such as Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo, contributed to bringing about changes to the world of art and even inspired the term “Renaissance Men”. The word renaissance meaning “rebirth” in French, influenced
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Renaissance Humanism encompasses the philosophy that people are capable of truth and goodness. Much of this ideology and philosophy representing art and literature, whose roots are deeply planted in classic Latin, came to the forefront in the Fifteenth Century. Art and literature in the Fifteenth Century were a revival of “Greek and Roman studies, which emphasized the value of the classics for their own sake, rather than for their relevance to Christianity” (Hunter & Payne, 2003). Humanists
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right changes with the cause. As soon as one person makes himself the strongest, all previous claims established on the right of the strongest are nullified. Thus, the primary flaw with this right is that it can be broken legitimately. ………Because no man has a natural authority over other men and because
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Michelangelo - One of the best artists/sculptors of the renaissance. His work was requested by some of the richest men in the world. He also made art for the pope and church. Dante - Called the “Father of the Italian language” Wanted the white guelphs to remain in power. Boccaccio - Wrote the Decameron to convey wisdom about human behavior. Petrarch - The first “Man of letters” and his work reflects the early attitudes of the Renaissance. He had sparked the literary movement, and more great
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and pieces of the original masterpiece. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519, Old Style) An Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. His genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man, a man of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly
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