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The renaissance was a time of over 300 years which changed European history forever. The renaissance started in Italy and worked its way all throughout Europe. It was a time where arts and literature blossomed, advances in technology were evolutionary, and intellectual excitement flourished. The word renaissance means precisely this, rebirth. Prior to the renaissance was the middle ages. The middle ages was a time where most people were not educated and the only book they would own was the…

for that particular painting. A likely purpose for the painting would have been as a spalliera placed above a cassone (i.e. a wall panel placed at shoulder height above a wedding chest) in a wedding chamber, possibly commissioned by the Medici in Florence. Such a painting would be erotic in nature, representing the consummation of the marriage and serving as inspiration for the virgin bride. In this case, Venus simultaneously represents empowerment and subservience. On the one hand, she…

Assignment 9 Science leaves people with many questions. There are so many unexplained things that happen around the world. Many scientists and people have a different answer about things. Also, people question what is true and is not true because they may only have a theory on things they believe. Many people through history knew about things such as devices, airplanes, spaceships, and many other things. In this research paper, I am going to research what scientists have found about people who…

Science leaves people with many questions. There so many unexplained things that happen around the world. Many scientists and people have a different answer about things. Also, people question what true and not true because only have a theory on things. Also, many people through history knew about things device, airplanes, spaceships, and many other things. In this research paper, I am going research what scientists or people research about devices years before it was made. How I feel about…

The Renaissance It is incredibly hard to wrap my head around how a time period, so long ago, can have such a substantial impact on humanity today. The impact of historical events has forever stamped their significance in everyday life in the present. With all of the technology and devices we use in this ever-changing society today, some things, however, manage to remain the same. Renaissance, meaning “rebirth” or “revival”, describes exactly what happened in Italy during the 14th century and…

The Renaissance was a period of revolutionary change, therefore literature, art, and architecture all flourished. When the medieval era shifted into early modernity, this new era adopted new political and social reforms, and these new ideals ran through Renaissance writings. There are notable examples that affected this transition to modernity such as Baldassare Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier and Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince. These pieces of revolutionary writings are prominently…

The Renaissance era and the Middle Ages are two periods in time that are extremely vital to European history. Contrary to popular belief, these periods are remarkably unalike in comparison. The Middle Ages, sometimes known as the medieval period, was a time in European history that began in the fifth century and lasted until the fifteenth century. The Renaissance era was a period that expanded from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century. This era originated in Italy at the end of the Middle…

After the plummet of the black death, that wiped out almost 80% of the population, something known as the Renaissance began to rise and flourish in many parts of Italy and Europe. The renaissance took place during 1350 and ended around 1450 or from the 14 to the 16 century. After the renaissance, people thought they had rediscovered the culture of the roman empire, therefore, the renaissance means rebirth. Like the middle ages, there was a hierarchy system which stated that royalty is on top,…

From the Portuguese which is based on the letters Robert and Elizabeth Browning wrote to each other. Robert Browning often called her ‘my little Portuguese’ because of her dark complexion (Forester 3). On September 12, 1846, the couple eloped in Florence, Italy and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s relationship with her father was never the same. Lauren Forester explains in her article that “her father knew nothing of their wedding, and Elizabeth continued to live at home for a week” (2). After Mr.…

da Vinci he was born to unmarried parents. His dad was a prominent notary, he was a public official that certified legal documents of Florence. His mother wasn’t really in his childhood. When he was fifteen his father a trainer for the new generation of practitioners of a skilled young lady. Her name is Andrea del Verrocchio she was leading the artist of Florence, she was a known…