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Hidden Time Capsule Analysis

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In this assignment, I am a cultural anthropologist searching for a hidden time capsule from both the Renaissance Age and the Age of Baroque. In each capsule it is rumored that there are at least two examples of each of the following items locked inside: Art, Music, Descriptions of drawings or architecture, Philosophy, and Literature. The period after the Middle Ages is known as the Renaissance in Europe. This era ushered in a sense of cultural renewal with a focus on classical learning and values of ancient Greece and Rome. During the time of the Renaissance, politics were relatively stable and there was a sense of expanding prosperity. Because of this, the development of new technologies such as printing presses, a new system of astronomy and an influx of newly discovered lands. Additionally, philosophy, literature, and art were also becoming synonymous with the Renaissance era. The style of painting, sculpture and decorative arts identified with the Renaissance emerged in Italy in the late 14th century; it reached its zenith in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, in the work of Italian masters such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael (History, 2010). Renaissance art had a definitive theme. It was …show more content…

The sketches were of buildings that were eventually built in and around Rome. The Renaissance revival of Classical Rome was as important in architecture as it was in literature. During the Renaissance, architects trained as humanists helped raise the status of their profession from skilled laborer to artist. They hoped to create structures that would appeal to both emotion and reason The other sketch that I found in the capsule from the Age of Baroque of building were abstract and slightly deformed. The most notable characteristics are the use of movement, such as a curving wall or a fountain with jets of water forever changing shape (Encyclopedia of Art History,

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