The Italian Renaissance Culture

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The Italian Renaissance Culture The Italian Renaissance began in the 14th century and ended in 16th century. The Italian Renaissance reason for beginning was because of the variety of artists and sculptors in Italy trying to get their work noticed. The different types of art during the Italian Renaissance were from sculpting to painting to philosophy to science and many more types of art. In this essay I am going to be talking about the famous people of this culture filled time. One of the types of art during this time was painting and sculpting. Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci were two of the most famous painter/sculptors of the Italian Renaissance. Michelangelo was born in 1475 and accomplished many of the famous works of all time before his death in 1564. Some of his works are the painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and he also did many nude sculptures. Another famous painter of this time was Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was born in 1452 and died in 1519. Leonardo is most for his painting the Mona Lisa which was painted in 1503. The Last Supper was also painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1498. In the Italian Renaissance people also tried to understand science. Some scientists of the Italian Renaissance were Galileo and Copernicus. Galileo is most famous his scientific works on the planets and the stars. Galileo said that the planets orbit the sun; the church disagreed and arrested Galileo in 1633. Another famous scientist during the Italian Renaissance was Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolaus is famous for his solar system theory also. The Italian Renaissance was also time for philosophy. Some philosophers at this time were Pico della Mirandola and Petrarch. Petrarch is most well-known for his view on humanism. Petrarch is also known as the “Father of Humanism”. Another philosopher at this time was Pico della Mirandola. Pico is well-known for 900
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