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Italian Renaissance Theatre, 2002.
A discussion of the Commedia Del Arte Theatre and contributions of Italian Renaissance theatre to Western theater.
1,453 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper is in two parts. The first part discusses the Commedia Del Arte or drama that employs comedy and has a happy ending, which began during the Italian Renaissance. It examines its origins and its popularity as well as its methods of acting. It evaluates its effect on modern comedy such as the concept of slapstick, timing in the repartee and romantic comedy. The second part outlines the other contributions of Italian Renaissance theatre to Western theater such as the introduction of the profession of acting and theatre and set design.
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"Commedia Del Arte made many contributions to modern comedy. First, timing was important in the repartee and has been in comedy ever since. Second, slapstick comedy, such as that practiced by Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd is a direct descendent of Commedia Del Arte. Third, modern romantic comedy had it origins in the plots and characters of Commedia Del Arte. Finally, both situation comedy and animated cartoons employ elements of Commedia Del Arte (Suzuki; Commedia Dell?Arte)."
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The Italian Renaissance, 2006.
This paper explores the Italian Renaissance's Asian influences as opposed to Western or European.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 53.95
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The paper examines how the Italian Renaissance is often discussed as the start of Modernism, which is regarded as a Western development. However, the paper explains that when the Italian Renaissance's arts are explored, they often show Asian and Islamic influences in forms, textiles, borrowed methods, pigments and styles. The paper refers to Rosamund Mack's volume and other articles to discuss Italian borrowings from Asia and Asia Minor. The paper provides a last note on just how 'Western' modernism is, as a movement through centuries that has European roots and carried on through the West.
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"Modernism is discussed as an European or Western phenomenon. Much stress is placed on the Italian Renaissance. However, one sees that this period had much Asian and Islamic influence. The weight put on Renaissance painting may detract notice of the Italian city-states as trading centres. Naturally, they knew many products and ideas from abroad. Muslim Influence in Italy: This section will give varied examples of art, products and methods that came from Asia Minor and East Asia, by way of the Silk Route or maritime trade to the East."
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Botticelli and the Italian Renaissance, 2004.
An examination of how Botticelli's painting, "Mars and Venus", is characteristic of the early Italian Renaissance period.
777 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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"Mars and Venus" by Sandro Botticelli is a typical example of the art of the Early Italian Renaissance. The writer explains how the painting depicts the relaxed goddess of love, Venus, looking over the sleeping form of Mars, the god of war, showing the power of love to conquer violence and war. It points out that "Mars and Venus" falls neatly within the themes of the Italian Renaissance, which focused on the classical works of both Greek and Roman material. The painting also illustrates Botticelli?s ability to capture muted skin tones and create a fantastic and dreamlike atmosphere.
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"Born Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi in 1445 in Florence, Italy, Sandro Botticelli became one of the most noted artists of the Early Italian Renaissance. Botticelli was known for his commissions for major churches in Florence, as well as his famed wall frescos on the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican in Rome. He painted a number of famed religious paintings, including "The Adoration of the Magi", "Madonna of the Pomegranate", "The Cestello Annunciation", as well as a number of paintings that depicted Roman and Greek legends, including "Primavera", "The Birth of Venus", "Mars and Venus" (WebMuseum)."
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The Italian Renaissance, 2005.
Comparison of two works by Italian Renaissance artist, Sandro Botticelli: Venus and Mars and The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti."
2,510 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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The Italian Renaissance artists were a very influential group in the history of mankind, and their work continues to entertain art lovers and connoisseurs all around the world. This report is a summary and comparison of two of Sandro Botticelli's works from the Italian Renaissance period.
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"Renaissance is French and was coined as a term in the late 19th century. In regard to art movements like the Italian Renaissance, the word is used to illustrate an intellectually based artistic revival that has been inspired by the study of existing Classical literature or art. The entire Renaissance movement originated in Italy around the beginning of the fourteenth century. The movement ran through the beginning of the sixteenth century after making its way through various other European countries.
The origins of the Renaissance can be tied to social and political movements of the time. Italy from a historical point of view in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries can be traced back to unique occurrences in specific cities. The period was full of turmoil as there were many minor wars for internal or external commercial control as well as many political expansion attempts."
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Italian Renaissance: A Political Science Perspective, 2002.
A presentation of the society which developed during the Italian Renaissance and the political factors which influenced its formation.
2,855 words (approx. 11.4 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 84.95
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This paper looks at the Italian Renaissance from a political science perspective with particular focus on Florence and the crisis of legitimacy of the Renaissance. In order to fully understand the politics of the times, the writer briefly examines the background of the Renaissance and why it started in the Italian city-state of Florence. The types of government and politics that developed during the period and the effect these developments had on European politics and history are also discussed.
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"Most scholars and historians are in general agreement that western civilization went into a cultural, political and intellectual decline following the eclipse of the Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. The decline lasted through the so-called Middle Ages until a series of dynamic intellectual and cultural movements in Europe from the 14th to 16th century (the Renaissance or ?re-birth?) acting as a bridge between the classical and the modern age catapulted Europe towards rapid development leading to the Age of Enlightenment, the industrial revolution and the present times. The origin of Renaissance is said to be Italy, with its center of gravity the city-state of Firenze (Florence, in English), although the movement later spread to the rest of Europe. The period of Renaissance is also notable for having produced several remarkable persons such as Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1516 AD)?the great painter, scholar, inventor and Niccolo Machiavelli (1569-1527)?the brilliant historian and political thinker."
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The Italian Renaissance, 2005.
A brief analysis of the notion that what characterized the Italian renaissance was a sense of human power and a glorification of human activity.
1,383 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 46.95
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Beginning with a definition of the term renaissance, this paper explores, through specific examples of writing, art and architecture, how and why the Italian renaissance may be characterized as a glorification of human power and human activity. Petrarch and his contemporaries are presented as examples of a return to classical idealism in Europe. Further, an exploration of the dignity of man, as well as renaissance art and architecture are detailed, giving weight to the paper's thesis. Specific art examples discussed in the paper include the Merode Altarpiece (1425-1428) by Master of Flemalle, Michelangelo Buonarrotis' David and Bramante's Tempietto.
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"The Renaissance, from the French word renaissance and the Italian word rinascita, both meaning rebirth, is considered by some to have officially begun in 1341 when Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374) was crowned in Rome with the Laurel wreath, the ancient symbol of victory and merit. Petrarch, as one of the first humanist writers, explored modern life through the lens of the ancient Romans and Greeks. Both Petrarch and his contemporary Boccaccio (1313-1375) "were famous in their own day as poets, scholars and men of letters - their achievements equivalent in honor to those of the heroes of civic virtue." As the word humanism suggests, the principle concerns of its advocates were human values and human interests, which are distinct from, but not entirely opposed to, the other worldly values of Christianity."
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The Italian Renaissance, 2005.
This paper highlights Asian and Muslim influences on the Italian Renaissance.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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The paper notes that the Italian Renaissance is often thought of in terms of humanism and landmark high art as it influenced the next chapters of European art history. This paper argues the importance of Muslim influence, notably in everyday and decorative items and arts that were most important to what happened in Italian centres whose material cultures were more Eastern than we might imagine.
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"The Italian Renaissance is often studied for its humanism and its famous paintings. Less time can be devoted to everyday practical items or the decorative arts, that were also shaped by diverse influences reaching Italy. Rosamond Mack wrote on Italian trade with Muslim societies that it brought much change to Renaissance ceramics, glass and textiles and again, noting the importance of what can be quite ordinary decorative articles. (2001) Islamic cultures were declining by the 15th century, by which time the arts in Italy were flourishing."
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Renaissance Theaters, 2002.
A look at the role of some major contributors to Renaissance theatre.
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This is a 10-page paper that analyzes the role of Palladio, Serlio, Sabbattini and Furttenbach and their contribution to Italian theaters in the Renaissance period and in today's theaters.
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Titian and Great Artists of the Italian Renaissance, 2004.
This paper describes the life and times of Titian, the great Italian Renaissance artist, as if Titian was telling his story.
2,645 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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This paper, in relating the personal story of Titian, also includes descriptions of the work and lives of other great Italian Renaissance, such as Ghirlandaio, Giorgione, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Bellini brothers. The paper points out that Titian didn't know where he got his passion for drawing because his father never enjoyed art and thought that art was only a waste of somebody else's time. The paper explains that Titian liked to take his subjects from popular Venice, from the streets, from common people, and Venice had plenty of these to provide.
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"Florence at that time provided a fully competitive market: there many painters, many of them extremely talented, but there was also much available work to be done. The Medicis, rich bankers and art lovers, wanted to make out of their city one of the most beautiful in Italy and wanted to rival the Papal Rome in art and creation. Lorenzo de Medici provided a Mecca for artists in Florence and publicly supported them. I continued to work in the church of Santa Maria Novella where I finished what Ghirlandaio had started. It was my pure luck that Giovanni de Medicis, Lorenzo?s second born son, who was to become Pope Leo X, came one day to the church and keenly observed my work. He praised my use of perspective and told me he will remember me in times of power."
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The Italian Renaissance, 2005.
A summary of the Italian Renaissance and its influence on Italian society.
1,855 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This examines the early stages of the Renaissance. It shows how the Black Death ironically played an important role in its development. The paper also provides an overview of famous figures during the time, including Lorenzo Medici, Dante Alighieri and Michelangelo .
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"Thanks to benevolent people such as the Holy Roman Emperor and princes, artists were able to devote their time to art, and not have to worry about supporting themselves. This helped art flourish even more as artists could be entirely dedicated to their work. Without this support from both the clergy, and townspeople buying and supporting art and artists, the era would have failed to produce works of the caliber that it did."
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Italian Renaissance, 2005.
A look at two ideologies springing from the medieval Italian Renaissance, individualism and objectivity.
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This paper discusses how there was great development of ideologies that helped flourish European civilization during the Renaissance. The writer looks closely at two important ideologies that helped promote significant political, economic, and scientific revolutions in the continent for the next centuries. These two important ideologies are individualism and objectivity. It explains how the first ideology helped improve the state of natural philosophy and culture of Europe, while the latter helped develop the pursuit for science and empiricism.
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"Individualism and objectivity have become the ideology of human society for the last seven centuries. True to Burckhardt?s claim in 1860 that the Renaissance is the ?birth of the modern world,? these two ideologies have reigned superior in every aspect of human life, even influencing the life that we lead at present, now that human society is in the Information Age. Individualism and objectivity are directly linked with each other, where the occurrence of the former ultimately leads to the development of the latter. The texts that follow provide illustrations that show how individualism helped celebrate human society?s culture and objectivity, the development of an empirical and scientific human society."
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Angel's In Italian Renaissance Art, 1994.
Analysis of the position that angels hold in Italian Renaissance art. Focus is on iconography of the Archangels. Describes such paintings as: THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL; Lotto's THE ANNUNCIATION; & Savoldo's ST. MATHEW & THE ANGEL.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, $ 55.95
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"Angels hold a particularly important position in Renaissance art, and the iconography of the Archangels is especially meaningful. The Archangels are the seven angels who stand before God in Revelations. The Koran of Islam only recognizes four and only names two. Christian and Jewish sources agree on the number seven, but there is a debate over who they actually are. Four names appear regularly in these discussions, however--Michael, Gabriel, Rapha-el, and Uri-el. The other three traditional candidates are chosen from Metatron, Remi-el, Sari-el, Ana-el, Ragu-el, and Razi-el (the suffix "el" means "brightness" or "shining"). The Archangels are said to be messengers who carry Divine Decrees, and they are considered the most important intercessionaries between God and humans. It is they who command the legions of Heaven in their constant battle with the Sons of.."
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Italian Renaissance and Artists, 2004.
An examination of the influence that Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael had on the European culture during the Renaissance.
2,508 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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Renaissance (?Rebirth?) refers to the period after the Middle Ages when a series of dynamic intellectual, cultural, and artistic movements, from the 14th to 16th century, catapulted Europe towards rapid development, leading to the Age of Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution and modern times. During this rich period of exciting developments in arts, sciences, and politics, Italy was the major catalyst and became the cultural leader of Europe. It also produced several outstanding artists, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael, who changed the face of European art forever and are worthy representatives of the Renaissance era. This paper is about the Italian Renaissance and the impact of the three great artists on European culture.
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Background
Italian Renaissance and its Emphasis on Art
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)
Raphael (1483-1520)
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"The period following the eclipse of the Roman Empire around 500 AD until the start of the ?Renaissance? at the start of the 14th century is known in history as the Middle Ages of Europe. The period saw the rise of Christianity and the power of the Church that became a major influence in culture as well as politics. The Christian doctrine focused on salvation and the life hereafter and de-emphasized the worldly life and possessions. The period also saw the rise and spread of Islam, although most of Europe remained under the Byzantine Empire and a fragmented West. Italy?s cities and towns in general became largely depopulated and the country, as a whole, became a rural society after the fall of the Roman Empire. This situation lasted until the 11th-12th century when Italy?s strategic location on the trade routes between Western Europe and the Muslim world and Asia helped revive commercial and trade activity in the region."
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Italian High Renaissance and North European Art, 2004.
Examines how artists such as Raphael Sanzio and Hieronymus Bosch came to represent the differing styles of 16th century European art.
1,114 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 38.95
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This paper examines 16th century European art. It first shows how, during this time, the Italian artists successfully claimed a very high place among the fine arts with their masterpieces. It focuses, in particular, on the artist most typical of the High Renaissance period, Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520). The paper looks at Sanzio's "School of Athens" as an example of his work. In contrast, while this great art movement was occurring in Italy, the lands beyond the Alps were still immersed in the Gothic manner, which persisted well into the 16th century in the north of Europe. The paper examines the work of Flanders artist, Hieronymus Bosch, and his painting, "Garden of Earthly Delights".
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"The subjects in this painting are apparently derived in part from three major sources, being Medieval bestiaries, Flemish proverbs and the then very popular dream books, all intertwined in the melting pot of Bosch's astonishingly inventive imagination. In addition, there are frequent allusions to magic and alchemy and animal and vegetable forms are mingled in the most absurd combinations. Symbols are scattered throughout the panels, such as "fruit for sexual pleasure, eggs for alchemy and sex, a rat for lies and fabrications and dead fish for memories of past joys.""
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Art of Italian Renaissance, 1991.
This paper compares four works of visual art: "Saint John the Baptist" by Donatello & "Moses" by Michelangelo (sculptures); "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci and"The School of Athens" by Raphael (paintings).
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 7 sources, $ 87.95
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"This paper will investigate and describe the similarities and differences in four works of visual art from the Italian Renaissance. The works in question include two sculptures: Saint John the Baptist by Donatello, and Moses by Michelangelo. In addition, two paintings will be discussed: The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, and The School of Athens by Raphael.
The Renaissance period was in direct contrast to the medieval period which preceded it. In the earlier period, the symbols of the Catholic Church were the most important elements to be found in the visual arts. In the Renaissance period, this factor began to give way to a growing sense of humanism. Thus, the typical Renaissance artist held that "man was not so much the humble observer of God's greatness as the proud expression of God himself, his natural heir on earth". This new attitude ... "
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