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    Middle Ages and Renaissance where microcosms apart in every aspect of human life with the “Renaissance” literally means “awakening” or “rebirth”. In areas of art, tools such as perspective, realism, and individualism showed the great leap in creativity during the Renaissance. Likewise, the worldly individual, or the “Renaissance Man”, was an improvement over the ignorant, spiritual man of the middle Ages. Also, the revival of classical learning and education that occurred in the Renaissance was the exact

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    The Renaissance(or rebirth) that had started in Italy, was an explosion of art and literature that had lasted from 1300 to 1600. Before the Renaissance, well educated men and women in Italy sought to bring back Italy’s past of classical Greece and Rome traditions. Instead, they started a whole new period that led to the different values of humanity, and innovative styles of art, literature, and learning. This Renaissance spread from Northern Italy to the rest of Europe, and there were three contributing

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    The High Renaissance

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    The High Renaissance was more impactful than the Early Renaissance. While the Early Renaissance provided the foundational skills required for Renaissance art and thinking, the High Renaissance allowed for artists and their talent to expand and influence other regions. To the average individual, the Late Renaissance remains the most prominent due to the creative and technical prowess of famous artists, and the development of Europe’s literary and philosophical culture. The High Renaissance is the

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    Renaissance Impact

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    views in the area the Renaissance had the greatest impact, it is evident that the art was fundamental to further advancements. We believe that the following information clearly, gives our opinion on how the Renaissance impacted art more than literature, music etc. Some may say that the Renaissance had a major development in astronomy, humanist philosophy, the printing press, vernacular language in writing, world exploration, etc. however, according to the video “Renaissance Art” by Discovery Education

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    The Renaissance Era

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    In the wake of death, destruction, and war came the Renaissance. The Renaissance was an era of cultural rebirth that swept across Europe during the 14th to the 17th century . This era marked the time in which man returned to their classical learning and values of ancient Rome and Greece and began to change their attitude towards religion (Renaissance Art). While the Renaissance is in the past it continues to live on throughout many different fields of art, theories and movements. However, paintings

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    Renaissance Dbq

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    How did the Renaissance change Man's View of the World? In The Middle Ages was stretched from the fall of the Roman Empire around 500 CE to about 1350. It was a time of darkness, disease and religion. Most people were illiterate in the Middle Ages. The Renaissance began in 1350 and lasted about 1700. Renaissance means ''rebirth or revival.'' Today's education does not produce many Renaissance thinkers. The Renaissance was a period of big change in European history. Art and literature

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    1500's. After the Middle Ages, a broad change occurred which happened to be the" renaissance" meaning (rebirth). During this age changes occurred such as the development of nation-states, the emergence of the middle class, the advent of commercial capitalism and the rise of rationalist thoughts. With the developments of scientific and technological studies and inventions, it allowed the expansion of learning. The renaissance was a huge impact on Europe at that time especially Italy where it was energized

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    Renaissance Rebirth

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    these are the words that describes the Renaissance period. The Renaissance period was a period in Europe during the 1300-1700 it was a period of “rebirth”. It was the period between the high middle ages to the modern age. The Renaissance period influenced/ pioneered the things or ideas we use today.During this period, science and technology boosted while,the arts became famous. Renaissance humanism and the bubonic plague (black death)led to the renaissance period this is because there was a need

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    EDUCATION DURING THE RENAISSANCE The renaissance was a time of learning, but it wasn’t a time of schools as we know them today. Public schools for everyone were still a long off. In Renaissance Europe, schooling was for those who could afford it. Some people were well educated, while others never attended school. Boys-education for Renaissance boys was of two sorts .There was classical education based on the Latin language for boys who planned to go on to a university. There was also education through

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    Renaissance Dbq

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    changed plenty over time, throughout the Renaissance it was changed by our art, literature and of course science. In document a we saw the painting on the left from before the Renaissance as an angel and centered around the Catholic Church while in the painting on the right done during the Renaissance is more about detail and 3-dimensional, there is no religion being shown through the painting. We can tell by comparing both these paintings that the Renaissance was less religious and not centered around

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