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Hace 3 días · The Renaissance was a period in European civilization that immediately followed the Middle Ages and reached its height in the 15th century. It is conventionally held to have been characterized by a surge of interest in Classical scholarship and values.
- The High Renaissance
High Renaissance art, which flourished for about 35 years,...
- Constantinople
Fall of Constantinople, (May 29, 1453), conquest of...
- Counter-Reformation
Counter-Reformation, in the history of Christianity, the...
- The High Renaissance
Hace 4 días · The early Renaissance saw almost constant warfare on land and sea as the city-states vied for preeminence. On land, these wars were primarily fought by armies of mercenaries known as condottieri, bands of soldiers drawn from around Europe (especially Germany and Switzerland) led largely by Italian captains.
Hace 5 días · I find Stephen Bowd's review of The Renaissance in Italy: A Social and Cultural History of the Rinascimento both thoughtful and generous. Although at times it may stretch a bit to connect the book's arguments to broader issues or other major scholarly works, such attempts to rethink the period and its implications are precisely the goal of the work and my broader scholarly project over the years.
Hace 3 días · Caravaggio is best known for being a renowned yet controversial Italian painter of the late 1500s and early 1600s. Some of his best-known works of art are Sick Bacchus , The Musicians , Head of the Medusa , The Conversion of St. Paul , The Entombment of Christ , and The Beheading of St. John .
- Caravaggio (byname of Michelangelo Merisi) was a leading Italian painter of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who became famous for the intens...
- The father of Caravaggio (born Michelangelo Merisi) was Fermo Merisi, and the name of Caravaggio’s mother was Lucia Aratori.
- Caravaggio (byname of Michelangelo Merisi) was probably born in the small town of Caravaggio, Lombardy (in Italy). He spent his early life in both...
Hace 1 día · Ibn al-Haytham was an early proponent of the concept that a hypothesis must be supported by experiments based on confirmable procedures or mathematical reasoning—an early pioneer in the scientific method five centuries before Renaissance scientists, he is sometimes described as the world's "first true scientist".
Hace 1 día · Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn ( / ˈrɛmbrænt, ˈrɛmbrɑːnt /, [2] Dutch: [ˈrɛmbrɑnt ˈɦɑrmə (n)ˌsoːɱ vɑn ˈrɛin] ⓘ; 15 July 1606 [1] – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history ...
Hace 5 días · Peter’s Basilica is one of the most renowned works of Renaissance architecture and features many notable Baroque elements. It is often regarded as the greatest building of its age. The edifice—the church of the popes—is a major pilgrimage site.
