This era is known and studied for great cultural changes, literature, art, music, and successes in Europe. It is also known as the modern age. During the early 14th century, Italian professors began studying Greek and Roman cultures that paved the
The Italian Renaissance laid the foundation for Western values and traditions (Web Museum). The Northern European Renaissance was the movement occurring outside of Italy in the rest of Europe, with many famous artists coming from France, the Netherlands, and Germany. The Northern European Renaissance marked the end of the feudal society and the beginning of modern society, in which money was used more so than land as a medium of trade. Some of the
The Renaissance in 14th-17th Europe was a period of cultural rebirth and revival. Many significant new ideas arose during this movement, and these ideas were most proficiently expressed in Italy. With Florence as the cultural and artistic capital of Europe, Italian “Renaissance men” embodied the principles of the humanism movement. Through arts and science, Renaissance ideas were successfully conveyed in the Italian Renaissance. Art was a crucial aspect of expressing Renaissance ideas.
I was fortuitous to have witnessed some of the most prolific art of our time spanning from Northern Europe to Italy. I have seen the Baroque art in Rome. I’ve seen the “breathing walls†of Francisco Borromi’s Dome of San Carlo alle Quattro; I’ve lived through the flood of Bernini’s Inundation of the Tiber; I have seen heaven above in Fra Andrea Pozzo’s Triumph of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Every piece of work radiates with religious approbation- striking emotion and feelings in those who’ve lost faith in the Catholic Church. However, Northern Europe’s Baroque styles not only embrace religious subjects but also the material reality and everyday activities of the middle-class.
These ideals and concerns heavily influenced the subject matter of the art produced under each movement. Italian Renaissance art focused on classical Greek and Roman mythology, like Sandro Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus. Northern Renaissance art turned its attention to portraits and domestic scenes, the most famous of which is Jan van Eyck’s Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his wife. Along with subject matter, both the Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance had distinct styles also influencing the look of its art. Italian Renaissance art was heavy on symmetry and balance and giving the subjects a sense of mass and volume by using knowledge of the underlying anatomy of the human figure.
Mazzini was a prolific publicist continually publishing letters and articles and was feted by many European liberals. Mazzini’s ideas encouraged several attempted invasions in the years 1833-48 and in 1849 Mazzini was able to take advantage of the Pope’s flight from Rome to declare a Roman Republic. This shows that Mazzini had a profound effect in accelerating the growth of autocracy and the nature of foreign intervention by exercising his opportunism in favourable conditions. He did so to cater to his own desires for a unified Italy and to fulfil the aims of Young Italy. Mazzini had
IWT1 Task One Tonya Myers Western Governors University IWT1 Task One The Middle Ages and the Renaissance periods have many similarities as well as differences socially and artistically. Both the Middle Ages and the Renaissance periods were filled with talented artists. These artists helped to create the future of the artistic world by pushing the social boundaries and creating new ways of expressing art. A1. Earlier Historical Art Period Middle Ages art was largely commissioned by the Roman Catholic Church.
Many individuals were gifted with artistic skill and creativity. I will talk about how the Mediterranean influenced the Northern Artists such as Albrecht Dürer, Peter Paul Rubens, Simon Vouet and Anthony van Dyck. I will pick one famous piece of each and explain how they used Baroque or Italian features. Albrecht Dürer was born May 21, 1471 in the Franconian city of Nuremberg, one of the artistic and commercial centers in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries. He was a painter, draftsman and writer but his greatest artistic impact was in the medium of printmaking.
Duoyi Xi 5/23/14 Thematic Essay 133 The Renaissance The Renaissance is often considered the beginning of the modern era. It has influenced commerce, literature, the arts and sciences in Europe and spread to the rest of the world. Italy had the earliest manifestation of the European Renaissance. England was affected by the Renaissance in terms of literature by one of the most famous authors of his time. Italy had great works of art that were created in that time.
Effects of the Crusades on the Catholic Church The Crusades contributed to increase the wealth of the Church and the power of the Papacy. Thus the prominent part which the Popes took in the enterprises naturally fostered their authority and influence, by placing in their hands, the armies and resources of Christendom, and accustoming the people to look to them as guides and leaders. As to the wealth of the churches and monasteries, this was augmented enormously by the sale to them, often for a mere fraction of their actual value, of the estates of those preparing for the expeditions, or by the out and out gift of the lands of such in return for prayers and pious benedictions. Thousands of the crusaders, returning broken in spirits