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Renaissance
The Renaissance was a period in which Europe underwent a rebirth in regards to classical art, literature, and architecture. The movement originated in Italy during the 14th century before spreading throughout Europe.
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What changes in learning and the arts occured during the Northern Renaissance?
The Northern Renaissance in learning was marked by humanists such as Desiderius Erasmus. The art was influenced both by the Italian Renaissance and the printing press. Artists, such as Albrecht Durer, experienced great success from prints of biblical and allegorical subjects. Portraiture also became increasingly popular during the Northern Renaissance.
Strong Christian influence
What happened in the transitional period from middle age to renaissance?
The Renaissance began during the 13th century in Italy, and the Middle Ages ended in the 14th century. They overlapped, and the transitional period was in both. Much of the Hundred Years' War happened during this time. Also, the middle class continued to rise in power, banking families were extending their wealth, the Hanseatic League was gaining power, and an ever increasing number of brewers were switching from gruit to hops to flavor their beer.
Who gave the inspiration of the art during the Renaissance?
William Shakespeare (An artist), he used the model , Greeth and Roman literature to help to understand the world, and as the inspiration for the art. He suggested the perspective of the drawing (art).
What time period were the late middle ages known as?
I am not quite sure what the early and high middle ages are most commonly known as, however, I do know that the late middle ages are known as the Gothic era.
The southern are mixed with greeks,arabs and normans. The northern with french,germans and slavic caucasians. All the world invaded us.
What three Italian cities were important to the Renaissance?
There were more than three, but three prominent Italian cities during the renaissance were Venice, Florence and Bologna,
encouraging a questioning attitude.
What places were NOT involved in the Crusades?
Plenty of them weren't involved.
In fact, any countries other than Britain and Jerusalem were basically out of the question.
How important was galen in the middle ages?
Galen, who was a physician and philosopher of the ancient Roman Empire, became influential in Arab medicine and so was reintroduced, as a more important person, to the West as other Arab science became important. He was regarded as one of the most important of the physicians and philosophers medieval university students studied.
There is a link below to an article on Galen.
Religous and Social Issues.
How did the renaissance change math?
The Renaissance changed math forever because of the revolutionary nature of the discoveries. Leibniz and Newton separately developed calculus, which makes math an infinitely applicable discipline, not just a way of quantifying objects.
What important changes were happening in art during the Renaissance?
The artists started to use convergence, and perspective during the Renaissance. They also used better techniques in their shadowing.
A group of conspirators led by Francesco de 'Pazzi. They managed to kill Giuliano de' Medici but failed to murder his brother Lorenzo.
Describe the governments of Italian city sTatES during the reNaIssANce?
Nobles became urban nobles and got money from trade not from land, in Italian city-states, they had to make surer to poor didn't rebel and they had to make deals with merchants, landlords, bankers, church leaders, and missionaries. They had to also deal with the other city state leaders, and so they made diplomacy, diplomacy is the art of negotiating, or making deals, with other countries.Which is also known as theocracies
How was northern renaissance art similar to and different from the art of the Italian renaissance?
The art of the Italian and Northern Renaissance shared similar qualities, but also had its differences. As the Italian Renaissance focused more on a rebirth of classic Greco-Roman culture, the art of the time was based off of classical mythology and included famous classic philosophers. In Raphael's School of Athens, Aristotle and Plato are featured in the center of the school. On the contrary, the Northern Renaissance art was characterized by domestic interiors and portraits. Northern Renaissance artists, starting with Jan Van Eyck, began to use different mediums, such as oil paint, to create the art of the movement. The two different eras share a commonality in art through religious themes throughout the art. Christian religious stories and figures were the predominant artistic theme in both times.
Why was food and drink important in the medieval times?
The same as it is now, without it you are dead.
Why did Leonardo da Vinci paint the Sistine Chapel?
Leonardo da Vinci did not paint the Sistine Chapel.
Michelangelo created the frescos on the ceiling and on the wall behind the alter. He did it because his work was commissioned by the pope.
These frescos are the most important works in the chapel and are considered to be among the greatest achievements of Western painting.
The ceiling required about four years of working 20 hours a day, and sleeping only 4 hours each day.
Leanardo da Vinci painted The Last Supper, another famous and important religious painting, but not part of the Sistine Chapel works.
Well, they SHOULDN'T be, but sadly. more often than not, they ARE. Or so they feel too.
How did ideas Spread Among Scientist and Mathematicans?
Part of a scientist's job is to publish his ideas, experiments, and theories for other scientists to test and confirm
Does the Globe Theatre still exist?
No. The globe theater was destroyed in the fire of 1613. It was rebuild but closed at 1642. There is a modern globe theater reconstructed in 1997.
