WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The age of great change marked by renewed interest in classical learning and the arts is called Renaissance. The Renaissance was a period in European history which began in the 1300s, during the late middle Ages and ended during the 1500s, when the modern era began. Renaissance means “rebirth” in French.

Detailed explanation-2: -Renaissance art is marked by a gradual shift from the abstract forms of the medieval period to the representational forms of the 15th century. Subjects grew from mostly biblical scenes to include portraits, episodes from Classical religion, and events from contemporary life.

Detailed explanation-3: -The style of painting, sculpture and decorative arts identified with the Renaissance emerged in Italy in the late 14th century; it reached its zenith in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, in the work of Italian masters such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Renaissance was a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages. Generally described as taking place from the 14th century to the 17th century, the Renaissance promoted the rediscovery of classical philosophy, literature and art.

Detailed explanation-5: -During the Middle Ages, art, culture, and scholarship had fallen into decline, but during the Renaissance, there was a renewed interested in Classical (Greek and Roman) art, humanism, architecture, literature and scholarship. It was, therefore, seen as a “rebirth” of Classical Civilization.

Detailed explanation-6: -Proto-Renaissance in Italy, 1280–1400. Early Renaissance in Italy, 1400–1495. Early Netherlandish art, 1425–1525. Early Renaissance in France, 1375–1528. High Renaissance in Italy, 1495–1520. German Renaissance art. Britain.