Renaissance music

of technical movements and slow paced music. A ballet routine is made up of soft flowing movements from the arms and legs and can be performed with what is called pointe shoes which is made up of layer of materials. Pointe shoes allow ballerinas to dance on the tips of their toes which make their movements look slower and softer. Ballet is an artistic form of dance performed to music. A type of ballet is classical ballet, which originated in the Renaissance, Italy. It established in the 19th…

more importantly the product of thought – the expressions of the mind’s explorations and discoveries. Through the masterful depictions of dramatic conflict and comedic predicament, William Shakespeare defined the soul common to us all. As the Renaissance reached from Italy to the North, humanist writers such as Francois Rabelais and Desiderius Erasmus set the tone for new literary discourse. Challenging the absolutist ecclesiastical stance of the Church in Rome, these humanist writers espoused…

Baldisseri Castiglione’s Il Libro del Cortegiano (The Book of the Courtier) was one of the most popular, widely distributed and historically significant books in Renaissance Europe. Written between 1508 and 1528, Castiglione drew upon his years of experience of courts around Italy to imagine a discussion about what constitutes a ‘perfect’ courtly gentleman and lady. Soon after its release it had become a relative success in Italy and continued to grow in popularity, reaching over one hundred…

Before I took Italian 1, I did not know much about the modern Italy. I knew that Italy was a world super power during the Renaissance and rise and fall of the Roman Empire, but I never thought of it to be a modern power. I was very wrong. Italy is still one of the most advance and culturally influential nations on the planet. They are a nation of swift innovation, bold design, and cultural influence. Italy is a nation that historically, and still today, pushes the boundaries in almost every…

This success kept Florence the center of the Renaissance for a long period of time and also made them prideful and extremely competitive. The Medici’s’ inspired artists to express themselves and supported them in their work and in learning the classics, as well, many artists went to Florence to train in art and the classics. Niccolo Machiavelli was a Renaissance humanist who wrote The Prince, which Machiavelli wrote for the Medici’s on how they should…

During the Renaissance; England was booming with a new ideology call humanism, which was an interest in classical works and exploring the human potentials. This also effected how everything was being portrayed in day to day life. Art change with a keen interest in details and an emphasis on realism. music change from the typical Gregorian chant to more instruments, and the way of thought eventually followed with the new wave of change. Thomas More would be a very big part of this with his…

Italy was greatly known for her Great Roman Empire which lasted for about a 1000 years. The place was also the starting point of the very important way of thinking “The Renaissance”, which was the major cause for the art and scientific change we see today. The very important elements of Italian culture are its art, music, fashion and iconic food. Italy is the heart of Western civilization and has been crossroads of the world for it's port in the Mediterranean sea for over 2,000 years. Creativity…

During the Renaissance, the importance of education was realized as more and more children were enrolled in school in order to develop more well-rounded youths, including girls as the roots of gender equality grew, but the rising importance of school wouldn 't go without criticism. Because of the changes in the typical family life from the Black Death, families started to push for their children to become better educated. A normal Renaissance education was based off a humanist curriculum,…

Pasolini’s neo-realist stylistic technique performed a critical function, proving humanism has failed because it has not resulted in the unification of Italy. During the 14th century, humanism was a social movement that arose from the Renaissance, and changed the way people thought(Fieser). Francesco Petrarc, an important humanist writer, was credited for being the founder of humanism(Fieser). There was a transition from medieval life governed by the Church towards philosophical theories of…

"What the film, the comic strip, the TV situation comedy, and burlesque (in the American sense) have been to the twentieth century, the Commedia dell'Arte was to the Renaissance" (Oreglia). Commedia dell'arte which translates to "comedy of arts," was the first professional form of theatrical art. This distinctive form of art first begun in Italy during the early fifteenth century, and thrived with popularity throughout Europe, during the seventeenth century. Commedia dell'arte was termed the…