Italian Renaissance (peak from 1500-1530 - High Renaissance) (jan 1, 1400 – jan 1, 1600)
Description:
Features people like the Ninja turtles, Mirandola, Machiavelli, MediciPrinting press helped spread of information (and not just for churches/palaces), vernacular meant information not just for the upper class
Features Neoclassicism (Istanbul not Constantinople), return to the ancient culture
Helped lead to the enlightened thinking of Sci Rev that turned into Enlightenment
Art is more Greco/Roman based, idealistic, more realistic, calm, patronized (frescoes and altarpieces)
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Date:
jan 1, 1400
jan 1, 1600
~ 200 years