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On the heels of the Middle Ages |
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The antithesis of the Middle Ages |
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Rise of wealth and merchant class in Italy |
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Opening up of culture via Crusades |
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Conflict between: |
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Nouveau Riche and Old Weath |
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City state conflict |
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Lorenzo De Medici |
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Rediscovery of Roman Law and Writing |
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Roman rediscovery led to a general rediscovery
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Rise of Humanities: |
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Rediscovery of Greece stemming from the late
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Began with Dante’s Divine Comedy: rediscovery of
the human ability |
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The worth of the human being |
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Humankind is god’s greatest creation, a polar
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The ability of Humankind was recognized |
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Optimism |
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Dante |
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Pertrarch |
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Poetry |
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Boccaccio |
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Machiavelli: The Prince |
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Castiglione |
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Literary ideas take hold and…boom! |
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The single greatest example of dominance in one
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No period with the exception of modern
technology has illustrated such total dominance by one era in World
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In other words, the Renaissance is Art. It is home to the world’s three greatest
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Leonardo Da Vinci: |
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Michelangelo |
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Rafael Santi |
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The specific names will be provided, but what is
important is the messages and themes that run through the art and the style
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Story: |
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True “Renaissance Man” |
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Most talented man ever? |
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Here is some evidence |
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Master in many areas: |
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Painting |
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Best of all time |
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