... When the Renaissance first came to Italy, medieval times were just coming to an end. The style of Baroque took the medieval style over completely. When the middle ages ended, cities, and buildings were all small with nearly no color or life to them. When the Baroque style came about cities were transformed into large, colorful, geometrical hotspots. There were festivals around every corner ... and music was played all over. Music was a humongous part of the Renaissance. Baroque became the major style of music starting in the 1500's. The characteristics of Baroque music are: A strong bas...

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... Linden became a major thoroughfare, St Hedwig's Cathedral, the FranzÖsischer Dom (French Cathedral), the Opera House, and the Fridericianum Forum were built, and the Tiergarten was re-designed in a Baroque style. These buildings still dominate Berlin's inner city. The king's appreciation of the humanities paved the way for a new era of classical architecture. As there was a large French influence in the ... city, which can still be seen today, several buildings around the city built in the French style of that time still remain.As Berlin was made the capital, and was influential at thi...

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... reached a peak of accomplishment. Florence, Rome and Venice were cities that were prominent during this period. The popular artists at this time were Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael. These artists developed a style of art that was calm, balanced, and idealized, reconciling Christian theology with Greek philosophy. See fig 3, 4, and 5 which are examples of these artists" work. The Renaissance in Northern Europe is ... . Paintings and other pieces of art in this time period showed vivid exaggerations of light, movement, spatial tension, and theatrical gestures. These traits are also sh...

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