The Italian Renaissance :: European Europe History

The Italian RenaissanceWhat a piece of work is a man How noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and paltry how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god The beauty of the world, the paragon of animals Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2 newfangled art critics regard metempsychosis art as graphic narratives of political and social events that occurred in the 14th through 16th century Europe. Scholars believe that the renascence expressed a cultural revival of classical antiquity. And then there are others who doubt the concept of renaissance entirely. Gundersheimer argues that Wallace K. Fergusons concept of de-emphasizing the idea of renaissance to favor a view of Europe in transition was an ideal point that should be explored. This observation by Gundersheimer based on Fergusons idea may become influential. The problem with renaissance was that whatever interests and activities may also be found in earlier periods and are not bound to the renaissance years exclusively. And the rate of change was more alike(p) to that of a highly influential widespread culture based transition.During the medieval era there were many contributions to the arts. The renaissance scholar Matteo Palmieri, writing in Florence in the 1430s considers the 100 years of the medieval era to be dark because of the lack of enlightenment in those years, in comparison of the rebirth and renewal of the renaissance. I telephone that the labeling of the medieval era as the dark ages helps to romanticize the achievements of the renaissance. Innovations during the medieval era were useful and unglamorous and easily forgotten.The renaissance was one of the few eras in our archives that emanated the true intellect of man. Genius developed from the advances in art, science, philosophy and mathematics. Never has there since been such a time in which an individual is given vast opportunity and time to perfect and master his craft above all other societal p ursuits and obligations. According to a source in the Encarta Encyclopedia, The term renaissance was coined by the French historian Jules Michelet in 1855, to mean rebirth. It refers to the discovery of the world of man in the 16th century. (Encarta Renaissance 1)The renaissance period in art history corresponds to the first-class honours degree of the great western age of discovery and exploration, when a general desire and curiosity developed to examine all aspects of nature and the world.