The renaissance movement greatly impacted the way life was lived in Europe between the 14th and 16th centuries. This significant movement began in the country of Italy and had its principal impact th...
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The Renaissance was a humanistic revival of classical art, architecture, literature, and learning that originated in Italy in the 14th century and later spread throughout Europe. The word "Renaissanc...
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The term renaissance means `re-birth' and indeed this was a movement instigated at a time when new ideas and emotions come into being. To many, this period represented an ascendance from the intellect...
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"The finest use of living is to create a work of art that will outlast man's petty wars and insignificant squabbles" (Andrea del Verrocchio). When Verrocchio, popular Italian Renaissance artist, had ...
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The Impact of Expanding Europe
Around the 1400's, Europe experienced a dramatic change in industry and culture. This was due to Nationalism, Imperialism, and Industrialism. This occurred because o...
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A rare portrait by Renaissance master Raphael that shows a Florentine ruler from the famed Medici family will be offered at a public auction this summer, Christie's said Monday.Christie's expects t...
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Rembrandt is getting better with age. Four hundred years after his birth, he's drawing more people than ever to his native country _ for everything from art exhibits to walking ...
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ISLAMABAD, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Satirists from Lahore to
Washington gave Pakistan's embattled President Pervez Musharraf
simple advice on how to deflect the U.S. government's criticism
of his imposit...
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Rome (dpa) - Students at Rome's main La Sapienza university plan
to disrupt Pope Benedict XVI's planned visit to their campus later
this week with blasts of loud rock music....
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LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - From the outside it's an
ordinary, red-brick house in a terraced row, not unlike tens of
thousands of others scattered across Britain. But on the inside, Jean Preston's ...
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Some surprise guests showed up to a swanky wedding ceremony this past May at the International Toy Center on Fifth Avenue—cops.
When police arrived, the old terrazzo floor was clu...
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Amadeo Modigliani's life as an artist was marred by poverty, stormy relationships and drug use, and cut short by an early death.Now Spain's Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum has put together an exhibition ...
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As they toured the opening "Louvre Atlanta" exhibits, going from a severe Roman bust to an unforgettable Raphael portrait, the directors of the Musee du Louvre and the High Museum had dif...
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Following is a summary of odd news briefs compiled from
stories that have run separately and are available in full on
the file.
Fly naked on nudist holiday flight FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German nu...
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A few years back, Robert Hughes, former art critic for Time magazine and Goya biographer, wrote that sculptor Martin Puryear (b. 1941) was America’s greatest living artist, and damned if Mr. ...
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Comparing the Italian Renaissance with the Renaissance Outside Italy
Rare Raphael portrait to be auctioned
