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Early Renaissance - Early Renaissance Art (585 words) |
 | Early Renaissance, mostly in Italy, bridges the art period during the fifteenth century, between the Middle Ages and the High Renaissance in Italy. |
| The term renaissance means rebirth and is used to mark an era of broad cultural achievement as a result of renewed interest in the classical art and ideas of Ancient Greece and Rome. |
| The early 15th century witnessed the emergence of the Renaissance, a rebirth of the arts of antiquity, centered in the city of Florence... |
| WebMuseum: La Renaissance: Italy (1276 words) |
| Central to the development of Renaissance art was the emergence of the artist as a creator, sought after and respected for his erudition and imagination. |
| Because the essential characteristic of High Renaissance art was its unity--a balance achieved as a matter of intuition, beyond the reach of rational knowledge or technical skill--the High Renaissance style was destined to break up as soon as emphasis was shifted to favor any one element in the composition. |
| Leonardo is considered the paragon of Renaissance thinkers, engaged as he was in experiments of all kinds and having brought to his art a spirit of restless inquiry that sought to discover the laws governing diverse natural phenomena. |
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