By the 7th century BC, new civilizations that were based on the new technologies that came around were on the rise. New civilizations and kingdoms appeared began to appear in Asia. City states cropped up in the Middle East and North Africa. During this period, scientific and mathematic advances were rising alongside new productive techniques. “Long-distance trade, a rise in the importance in of merchants as a social class, the use of coins…the use of phonetically-based alphabets,” all came about and changed the course of history (Harman 47).
Bramante and Aesthetics of High Renaissance The time of the High Renaissance gave artists like Bramante, Leonardo, and Michelangelo a chance to be motivated and inspired to explore their talent. The focus of architecture moved physically from Florence to Rome and Venice during this era. Donato D’Angelo Bramante (1444-1514) made his mark as the first in a long line of talented architects of the new Saint Peter’s Dome. Bramante inspired many people with the opportunity to convey themselves through their own architectural works. His works helped to define the High Renaissance period as well as Italy.
Arts of the Italian Renaissance The Italian Renaissance, the period in which Europeans experienced a profound cultural awakening, caused educated Europeans to develop new attitudes about themselves and the world around them. During the Renaissance education, literature, and most of all the arts flourished greatly. During the Renaissance, some of the most famous artists of all time made their debut. Art during this time is known for having its very own distinct, unique style. The Renaissance proved to be a time of transformation of the artist as they came to occupy a different place in society for art was becoming more than just a craft.
The Renaissance was a cultural movement in 1450-1600 which began in Italy in the late middle ages and then spread to the rest of Europe. It was a period of learning based on classical influences ranging from the work of artists like Michelangelo to scientists like Galileo to writers like Shakespeare. This surge of learning was caused by manifestation of a boundless and insatiable curiosity urging people to find out all they could about the world and man. They turned eagerly to the study of classic influences of classical literature and ancient monuments because they gave the key to what seemed an immense storehouse of forgotten knowledge. Even though great scientists, like Galileo, immerged and excelled in their own fields of work the rebirth of science also affected and fuelled the rebirth of the arts.
Art and architecture had major impacts on humanity. For example, The Renaissance, which occurred from the 14th century to the 17th century. It rebirthed an age of learning. A major part of this was due to the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg around 1440. When people become more educated and literate, the started to question the authority and beliefs of the Catholic Church.
What changes happened during the Renaissance and why did these changes happen? The Renaissance (rebirth) started around the early 14th century and lasted until the mid 1550’s. The Renaissance was one of the largest periods of growth and development in Western Europe, things like architecture, art, religion and many more works are known to have been developed. The Renaissance helped and changed the way people thought and lived their lives. During the Renaissance art was said to be very important, artists like Michelangelo, Raphael, Breughel the Elder and Leonardo Da Vinci created amazing works of art like the Mona Lisa, the Last Supper, the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel.
The renaissance is known for its influence on exploration and expansion across the globe. Although it has always been human nature to explore, take Columbus’ exploration of the “West Indies” which he helped discover America, the Renaissance brought up interest leading to the exploration. The Renaissance led to the rediscovery of Greek and Roman texts and the new developments of technology, which led to the discovery of America. The Renaissance was a time of enlightenment for Europe. It brought about the end to the dark ages and led to a new wave of knowledge that swept through all of Europe.
Magdalena Simic Dr. Pratt HU – 141 February 14, 2013 Demonstration of Humanism in Renaissance Art The Renaissance, French for "re-birth", was a period that lasted from about the fourteenth century until the seventeenth century. The Renaissance began in Italy, but with the rise in cross-cultural education and travel it spread throughout Europe. This period was marked by an immense increase in the amount of and the transformation of paintings, sculptures, and architecture, among other cultural artifacts. Although the Renaissance could be subdivided between numerous sub-categories, all of these sub-periods share the common traits of a renewed interest in the classics, as well as the emergence of the humanistic approach to the arts as well as everyday life. The movement into classicism was clearly evident from the beginning of the Renaissance.
Of course the classical past was the unique draw of Italy, but it should not be forgotten that there was a lively fine arts scene in which foreigners were keen to participate and an intellectual circuit for the ‘curious’ traveller. Travellers’ interests had developed through the eighteenth century into interest in subjective interpretations, but again there were the arts as well as a political and religious situation to debate over. Where the Encyclopedia’s useful statement appears to fall down would be with the Romantic Grand Tour which developed from the very end of the eighteenth century. Yet even here travellers continued to seek self-improvement, where the sublime mountains and picturesque ruins of old classical civilisation proved an ideal ground for the provocation of emotions. Finally, although Italy contained a unique variety of attractions, this is not enough to explain such amazing stability of the tour, and in fact the social prestige attached to Italian travel as well as the enormous quantity of works on the country were just as important in reinforcing travel.
Ibn Rushd was a significant Muslim scholar whose work highly influenced Western Europe, ultimately initiating a particular trend that lasted for centuries, which was an important source for the emergence of the Renaissance. For some time during the Middle Ages, the Muslims led the world in their pursuit of knowledge. Much of this knowledge was discovered by Muslim scientists, while other knowledge was derived from different cultures. Muslims synthesized, elaborated, and spread this knowledge to Western Europe during their presence in Iberia. It is said that Ibn Rushd understood, interpreted and analytically discussed Aristotle's philosophy more than any of his predecessors or contemporaries (Amr and Tbakhi).