LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
AMERICAN RENAISSANCE UNIQUELY AMERICAN ART LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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Michelangelo
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Raphael
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Johann Guttenberg
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Detailed explanation-1: -Perhaps the most diversely talented person who ever lived, he also excelled in anatomy, botany, astronomy, music, philosophy, and writing. Fig. 1. Leonardo da Vinci (self portrait in red chalk).
Detailed explanation-2: -The humanists rediscovered writings on scientific matters, government, rhetoric, philosophy, and art. They were influenced by the knowledge of these ancient civilizations and by the emphasis placed on man, his intellect, and his life on Earth.
Detailed explanation-3: -Artists of the medieval period relied more on religious aspects of art depiction. On the other hand, the artists of the renaissance period relied more on the realistic aspects of life than religious aspects. This is one of the main differences between the two types of art.
Detailed explanation-4: -"Renaissance” literally means “rebirth.” “Renaissance” was used to describe this time because there was a rebirth of ancient Greek and Roman culture.