... just an appreciation for who made it, but where and how, and when it was made. Most of the painting and sculptures I've seen in this class are by nameless artists that are totally dead to history except for that piece of chipped and cracked pottery that somehow withstood millennia, but does that make it any less extraordinary or important? No ... ...

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... our adventure in Spain. Let us venture forth across the Mediterranean in 14th century Italy. The renaissance in Italy was a great time for all artists to expand their horizons. Some of the greatest painters of all like Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci came from this great era. Even the ruler of Italy, Machiavelli, got involved in the arts. In fact, he wrote ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School