A report on Renaissance
Period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas and achievements of classical antiquity.
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Middle Ages
25 linksIn the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history.
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history.
It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery.
Florence
23 linksCity in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region.
City in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region.
It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center.
Italy
15 linksCountry that consists of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and several islands surrounding it; its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region.
Country that consists of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and several islands surrounding it; its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region.
The Renaissance began in Italy and spread to the rest of Europe, bringing a renewed interest in humanism, science, exploration, and art.
Michelangelo
16 linksItalian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance.
Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance.
The Renaissance, a renewal of Classical scholarship and the arts, had its first flowering in Florence.
Renaissance humanism
14 linksRevival in the study of classical antiquity, at first in Italy and then spreading across Western Europe in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
Revival in the study of classical antiquity, at first in Italy and then spreading across Western Europe in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
During the Renaissance period most humanists were Christians, so their concern was to "purify and renew Christianity", not to do away with it.
Early modern period
12 linksThe early modern period of modern history spans the period after the Late Middle Ages of the post-classical era (c.
The early modern period of modern history spans the period after the Late Middle Ages of the post-classical era (c.
1800). Although the chronological limits of this period are open to debate, the timeframe is variously demarcated by historians as beginning with the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, the Renaissance period in Europe and Timurid Central Asia, the Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent, the end of the Crusades, the Age of Discovery (especially the voyages of Christopher Columbus beginning in 1492 but also Vasco da Gama's discovery of the sea route to India in 1498), and ending around the French Revolution in 1789, or Napoleon's rise to power.
Italian Renaissance
25 linksPeriod in Italian history covering the 15th and 16th centuries.
Period in Italian history covering the 15th and 16th centuries.
During the Renaissance, great advances occurred in geography, astronomy, chemistry, physics, mathematics, manufacturing, anatomy and engineering.
Republic of Florence
11 linksMedieval and early modern state that was centered on the Italian city of Florence in Tuscany.
Medieval and early modern state that was centered on the Italian city of Florence in Tuscany.
During the Republican period, Florence was also the birthplace of the Renaissance, which is considered a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth”.
Giorgio Vasari
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Giorgio Vasari (, also, ; 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter, architect, engineer, writer, and historian, best known for his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing, and the basis for biographies of several Renaissance artists, including Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.
Petrarch
10 linksScholar and poet of early Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists.
Scholar and poet of early Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists.
Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited with initiating the 14th-century Italian Renaissance and the founding of Renaissance humanism.