... was to create a greater sense of realism through the use of real people rather than all experienced actors. Additionally, the use of everyday conversational speech as opposed to rhetorical or literary dialogue was employed to give it an authentic feel. In addition to these characteristic, Italian Neo-realism's narrative elements were also signature to its movement. It avoided neatly plotted stories ... achievement in Italian cinema, they fell between the firing lines of the country's ideological debate. To conservatives it was impermissible to show society's flaws so brazenly, to libera...

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... was to create a greater sense of realism through the use of real people rather than all experienced actors. Additionally, the use of everyday conversational speech as opposed to rhetorical or literary dialogue was employed to give it an authentic feel. In addition to these characteristic, Italian Neo-realism's narrative elements were also signature to its movement. It avoided neatly plotted stories ... achievement in Italian cinema, they fell between the firing lines of the country's ideological debate. To conservatives it was impermissible to show society's flaws so brazenly, to libera...

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• Has Bibliography
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... are impassioned expressions of inner feelings and religious conviction. Leonardo's treatises on art and science contain principles of analysis that have profoundly influenced modern thinkers. The short narrative tale is best represented in this period. These tales formed the basis of many European literary works, such as Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet. The social movement of the Renaissance was humanism; a philosophy based ... ...

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