... Leon Battista Alberti, a scholar, painter, sculptor, mathematician, poet, and architect. Some buildings by Alberti important to the development of Renaissance architecture include the Rucellai Palace, S. Andrea, and the remodeling of S. Francesco. The design of the Pallazo Rucellai is the result of a concious attempt to recreate the appearance of a classical building (Lowry, 1967). Every detail of the fazade has an antique prototype ... the front of the church. The fazade at S. Andrea is also raised by six steps, giving the church an added sense of dignity (Hughes & Lynton, 1962). In th...

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... literature, philosophy, and the arts. Humanism, "with its respect for the classical past, was merely a convenient vehicle for the subtle genius " of scholars, authors, and artists of the Renaissance (Kekewich 3). Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374) was labeled as the "founding father" of humanism" during the Italian Renaissance. His achievements in the retrieval of Greek and Roman traditions, including rhetoric, and his attempts ... ...

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... movement in which art, literature, music, philosophy, and education contributed to numerous developments and influences. The Renaissance movement had its genesis in fourteenth century Florence, Italy with the notable writer Francesco Petrarca (or Petrarch) endorsing the idea of a reawakening of the literature and learning of ancient Greece and Rome. The word 'renaissance' means rebirth. Seen as a bridge between the Middle Ages ... ...

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... settling down to replenish the city with their offspring. The restrictions on women's dress were expected to form an outward manifestation of the inner subordination they were expected to adopt. Francesco Laurana's bust called Aragonese Princess (1490) was originally decorated with wax flowers and extensively painted, but in accordance with the restrictions imposed on women's clothing and ornamentation, the decorative features ... ...

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