It is a typical Renaissance painting. ... It was then that artists were in complete control of their materials and were capable of executing masterful works of art. ... Generally speaking--the main elements of the Renaissance were:  Oil paint was used for the first time--prior to this point, egg tempera was the medium of choice.  Both symbols and real-life events were represented together in the same art works.  Chiaroscuro (the balance of light and dark was for the first time shown within a picture by using shadows rather than blocky outlines).  Bal...

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The pride and appreciation exhibited in the work of art for the human physique demonstrated the humanistic ideas of the Renaissance. ... Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374) was labeled as the "founding father" of humanism" during the Italian Renaissance. ... His letters became a blueprint for humanists of the Renaissance, with letters becoming the favorite form of prose (Humanism: Italy 5). ... They thought of themselves as "apostles of a new golden age that would usher in the rinascita " or rebirth of all societies with the resurgence of classical literature and art (Humanism" 1). ... Neoplatonis...

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The Harlem Renaissance is a term used to describe a flowering of African-American literature and art in the 1920s, mainly in the Harlem district of New York City. ... The visual art of the Harlem Renaissance was an attempt at developing a new African-American aesthetic in the fine arts. ... Believing that their life experiences were valuable sources of material for their art, these artists created an iconography (usage of recognizable symbols to convey the artist's message) representative of the Harlem Renaissance era. ... In 1967 the Metropolitan Museum of Art found the remaining 40,000 ...

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Many dramatic changes occurred during this time in the fields of philosophy, art, politics, and literature. ... Talented individuals sought self gratification through art, literature, and architecture, and their achievements would influence future generations for centuries to come. ... During the Middle Ages, painters and sculptors tried to give their works a spiritual quality, wanting their audience to focus on the deep religious meaning of their works of art. ... The sculptor Donatello was one of the first sculptors that tried to realistically portray the dramatic art form of the human body....

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In the early 1900s, particularly in the 1920s, African-American literature, art, music, dance, and social commentary began to flourish in Harlem, a section of New York City. This African-American cultural movement became known as "The New Negro Movement" and later as the Harlem Renaissance. ... The Harlem Renaissance has long been considered by many to be the high point in African American writing. ... The Harlem Renaissance reflected a desire to display the culture of African-Americans to the public. ... Other theater groups of the time included the Harlem Experimental Players, the Krigwa ...

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Sophistication, complexity, and novelty characterized this style of the Renaissance. ... Leonardo's treatises on art and science contain principles of analysis that have profoundly influenced modern thinkers. ... Dramatic political changes occurred in Europe during the Renaissance. ... The Renaissance was a time that created a whole new culture. ... Above all, the Renaissance left us with a world of historic monuments and artistic beauty. ...

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It began in the early 1920's where African American literature, art, music, and dance began to flourish in Harlem, a neighboorhood in New York City. ... The timing of the Renaissance was perfect. ... The black philosopher Alian Locke published his most talked about essay "The New Negro", in his essay he urged that "Art must discover and reveal the beauty which prejudice and caricature have overlaid." ... Alot of things contributed to the decline of the Harlem Renaissance. ... The main reason that the Harlem Renaissance came to an end was the fact that most of the people associated with th...

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Thorough examination of the following aspects of society: politics, science, religion and art prove that the Renaissance was generally a period of revolutionary change. ... Finally, art experienced major changes throughout the Renaissance. ... Realism emerged in all forms of art, such as painting, drawing, architecture and costume, artists stopped focusing completely on creating Christian art, and started to incorporate the world around them into their works. This demonstrates the revolutionary changes that occurred in works of art throughout the Renaissance. Through researching the minor ...

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Humanism In Renaissance Art One of the most extraordinary changes associated with the Renaissance is how those living during the mid-fourteenth to the mid-fifteenth centuries came to regard themselves and their peers. ... This change has been labeled Humanism and is highly evident in a myriad of social spheres throughout the Renaissance. The purpose of my essay is to illustrate that shift in popular thought using the medium of art. To better demonstrate this change I will first briefly address the art of earlier periods, specifically the Late Middle Ages. ... It is the Hu...

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American Renaissance Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter," belongs to the period known as American romanticism, the period called, by F.O. Matthiessen, the American Renaissance. ... Matthiessen's American Renaissance: Art and Expression in the Age of Emerson and Whitman, written in 1941. ... Reynolds's Beneath the American Renaissance: The Subversive Imagination in the Age of Emerson and Melville, written in 1989. ... Generally, romanticism marks a reaction in literature, philosophy, art, religion, and politics from the neoclassicism and formal orthodoxy of the preceding p...

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Other artists during the Italian Renaissance period such as Giovanni Bellini began to express their art through secular and religious themes and ideas that were exhibited through landscapes and portraits. ... Lastly, artists in the high Renaissance s! ... For instance, Florentine Mosaccio, a vital figure in the early Renaissance art, portrayed society's belief of religion through the style of realism and perspective in his famous works such as the Tribute Money and Madonna and Child with Saints that demonstrated ideas of simplicity, unity, and believability. ... Francesca, who was and ex...

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This document will explore the influence of Italian Renaissance art on today's civilization, which has greatly changed the art of today. ... Just like the artisans of the Renaissance, the artisans of today are supported by patrons of art. ... Today's art might not be as lively or diverse. ... They take our cultures and ideas, and express them through their art. Even though it faded away 400 years ago, Italian Renaissance art still has a lasting affect on today's civilization....

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Sexuality in Renaissance Art The Italian Renaissance, which spanned over the years 1350 until about 1550, is usually defined as a rebirth, focusing on the revival of classical learning and an exhilarating sense of renewed human potential in the moral, political and creative spheres. ... It is interesting to note that these works of art were only commissioned for the birth of a son, rather than a daughter. ... Talking about sex became the most popular outlet for self-expression in the Renaissance. ... By the late fifteenth century, however, the Renaissance man was becoming more intereste...

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A Visitation to an Art Museum It is amazing how an early museum visitation can impact students at the beginning of an Art Appreciation class. ... It was fun having access to such rich and beautiful works of different contemporary and renaissance artists which are not only very expensive but also can rarely be found in other museums. ... Additionally, the orderly arrangement of the works of art and their descriptions aid not only in understanding the individual art works but also help in better understanding of the art appreciation text because both are arranged and explained in the same form...

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Although the Renaissance was a relatively short time period, it generated change in many ways. ... A major difference between Renaissance art and artwork from the Middle Ages was that man paid little to no attention to man as an individual, whereas Renaissance artists showed a greater appreciation for beauty and man in general. ... The emphasis on the individual during the Renaissance is reflected in literature as well. ... The Renaissance brought man to focus on life and all of its possibilities. ... In conclusion, the Renaissance gave man a new perspective on themselves, which was apparent ...

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During the time of the Renaissance, there were many social changes that inspired higher forms of art, literature, and architecture. ... One writers to classify the period of the Renaissance was Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt. ... Today, many scholars believe that Burckhardt's assessment of the Renaissance was exaggerated, and they accuse him of overlooking the continuity of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. ... The Renaissance was a period in which Europeans were able to combine two eras in history. ... The Renaissance was the key in bridging the gap between Medieval and modern times...

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During the Italian Renaissance, social and humanistic values started to be expressed in many forms: literature and architecture but most importantly sculptors and paintings. ... This example suggests a certain value that was brought up in this Renaissance: dependent social classes. ... These values that were so intricately weaved into the Renaissance through art started movements that would change history. ... These paintings express the values that summarized the social and humanistic views of the Renaissance. ...

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What was the Harlem Renaissance? What is a renaissance? A renaissance is a movement or period of vigorous artistic and intellectual activity. ... On the other hand, the separatism of American life, which required a separatist foundation to hold segregated exhibitions, the absence of repositories to collect and preserve the art, and the distortions of critics hostile to the very notion that Black people could make high art, only served to widen rather than narrow the breach (Collier, 1985). ... The Harlem Renaissance appealed to a mixed audience. ...

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This relationship is captured in many ancient works of art such as the Parthenon of Greece, the Pyramids, and also in more recent works like Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Mathematical proportions have been conveyed in many forms of art, architecture, music, and nature that bring beauty, order and mystery to people and cultures everywhere. ... At the most basic level, mathematical tools have always been a key element in the creation of art and architecture (Harris). This most practical element brings to us the wonderfully pleasing sensations we get when looking at many of these art form...

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The feud between the values of the medieval world and the emerging fortitude of the sixteenth-century Renaissance has often been construed or portrayed through Doctor Faustus. ... Medieval art and literature, focused on the livelihood saints and the prodigious rather than those of mundane people, as frankly described in Dante"s, The Inferno. The arrival of the Renaissance was an acknowledgment of free individualism and the scientific investigation of nature. In Christopher Marlowe's, Doctor Faustus, Faustus represents the energy of the Renaissance. ... Faustus represented the energy of ...

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The book, first published in 1550 and second in 1568, the much enlarged edition, had ben the crucial source for information about Italian Renaissance art and biographies of the artists. ... The renaissance proverb of "every painter paint himself" is reflected on his book. The artists have become stars of their very stories and of the Italian Renaissance art instead of being "work"ers. ... Renaissance is considered by him as the revival of true art by artists such as Giotto and Cimabue. ... His judgements and conclusions were based on his understanding of art as good as closed to nature , refle...

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"The Birth of Venus" by Sandro Botticelli One cannot describe the "rebirth" of lifelike art without first describing its predecessor, therefore to understand the full glory of the Renaissance, a short explanation of the Middle Ages is needed. ... A change came from Italy in the mid 1400s when Masaccio burst onto the scene embodying all the qualities that make the Renaissance the rebirth and rediscovery of Greco-Roman art and literature. ... Combined the above elements define what we know as Renaissance art, and we can fully attribute the "rebirth" to the bold artists who, with the help of...

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It is one of the most important works of art of the Italian Renaissance. ... Gubbio studiolo is the art historical, it on permanent display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, America's largest and most impressive repository of the past. ...

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The Renaissance Period, spanning from 1400-1600, was more than just a movement in the type of music that was playing; it was a movement of ideas in almost every art form of the time. ... This spanned to all forms of art and generally took people as a whole by the dissemination of information and the pursuit of knowledge. ... This intonation is not well suited for Renaissance music as only the octaves are in perfect intonation, and vocal renaissance music was especially noted for its perfect fourths and fifths (Norton 158). ... The Renaissance had many iconic composers such as John Dunstable (1...

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(AAMC,2007) The definitions and histories of decorative art and the fine art. The differences between decorative art and fine art. ... The essay focuses on the two main catalogues: Decorative art and Fine art. ... Also, decorative art is overlapped with the larger category of applied art. ... It wasn't until the Renaissance that the profession of "artist" was reached to a new higher level, reflecting the newly perceived importance of the "design" element. ...

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