Essays on Renaissance

The Renaissance The Renaissance was a cultural movement which significantly influenced European intellectual life. The movement started in Italy and spread to other parts of Europe during the 16th century. The influence of Renaissance was felt in religion, science, politics, art, philosophy, and other aspects of intellectuality. Moreover, the Renaissance was...

The Renaissance and its Influence The Renaissance was a cultural movement which significantly influenced European intellectual life. The movement started in Italy and spread to other parts of Europe during the 16th century. The influence of Renaissance was felt in religion, science, politics, art, philosophy, and other aspects of intellectuality. Moreover,...

King David remains one of the powerful and iconic figures beyond the Bible. He remains alive in the minds of many artists who portray his picture and deeds in the Old Testament. As such, David’s multifaceted responsibility in the Bible made him the centre of focus in the baroque and...

In the 1400s, church architecture experienced evolution as several aesthetic and stylistic changes took place (Burke, 2014). The period was the dawn of the renaissance architecture that saw the expansion and resurgence of ancient Roman and Greek culture. The renaissance architectural period first began in the city of Florence before...

The frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo are considered as some of the most significant works of Renaissance paintings in history that took four years to complete. The Sistine Chapel is located in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican City famous for its architecture evoking to...

Gutenberg's Role in the Reformation Gutenberg is one of the most celebrated personalities in the entire world. He invented the chef d’ouvre, which was a printing press (McGugan, Anni and Blaine 29). The invention allowed the spread of literature articles to different places for the first time in the history of...

The humanities in modern life have endured a series of the event from the cultural development in the past. The group of functions significantly impacted on the present life (Dewald, 2001). Humanities exercise from the periods of Renaissance, Medieval, Classical and the Modern historical periods affect the societal living style...

A paint is an amalgamation of thoughts, talent, and emotions which are meant to communicate concealed messages and ideas. Two paintings stand out in this case, Carpaccio s The Lion of Saint Mark and Rembrandt s Titus at His Desk. The Lion of Saint Mark...

The Annunciation painting by Leonardo da Vinci The Annunciation painting done by Leonardo da Vinci has befuddled and intrigued many scholars for centuries. This forms one of Leonardo's early painting, and it depicts an influence of his mastery works. The architectural setting of the point opens the landscape of trees that...

The renaissance is the revival period of art between the 14th and the 17th Centuries in the European history. Arguably, the period is bridged by the period of enlightenment to modern-day history. Eminent scholars have been attracted to the same subject of research.  Notably, the history of the architecture of...

The Mid-Century Artists The mid-century artists were initially not regarded as artisans since their art had been of the medieval past. After the rebirth of the original and classical forms of art, they came up as independent artisans and started being comparable to writers and poets. They developed a new aspect...

The term quattrocento is Italian for “four hundred”. In fine art, this term refers to the 15th century. Therefore, it embraces both cultural and artistic activities involving painting, architecture and sculpture between 1400 and 1500 in Italy. As quattrocento coincided with the Florentine Renaissance, this term is often seen as...