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The early Renaissance
Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
 era signaled a new generation of art. It started early 14th century and soared all the way to the 17th century where the world of art was reborn and reshaped. This was mainly represented in the northern part of Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 where it later matured and got more refined. This period showed a huge interest in a persons intellect and creative features. This period broke away from the traditional aspect of art which primarily focused on church values.

This era showed a renewed interest in the classic art form.






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The early Renaissance
Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
 era signaled a new generation of art. It started early 14th century and soared all the way to the 17th century where the world of art was reborn and reshaped. This was mainly represented in the northern part of Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 where it later matured and got more refined. This period showed a huge interest in a persons intellect and creative features. This period broke away from the traditional aspect of art which primarily focused on church values.

This era showed a renewed interest in the classic art form. It showed great interest in the early Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
 and roman style of art. It inspired humanism and the close look into the human anatomy. There was a better understanding of the human form, instead of the traditional two-dimensional figure. There was now a sense of depth, perspective
Perspective

Perspective may mean:Literally, in visual topics:* Perspective , the way in which objects appear to the eye.* Perspective , representing the effects of visual perspective in drawings...
, proportion, and realism depicted throughout this era of artwork. There was a better understanding and need for the natural world that was seen at that time, people could relate to the artwork.

During this era
Era

An era is a commonly used word for long period of time. When used in science, for example geology, eras denote clearly defined periods of time of arbitrary but well defined length, such as for example the Mesozoic era from 252 Ma?66 Ma, delimited by a start event and an end event....
 great artist and artwork were produced. This rebirth wasn’t only limited to artist but also reached out to authors of that time and created great pieces of literature. Some of the few artists that were recognized of that time were Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Paolo Uccello and Piero della Francesca.

This new age
New Age

New Age is a decentralized western culture social movement and new religious movement that seeks universality Truth and the attainment of the highest individual human potential....
 sparked a growth of art that was taken to be aged and redefined through the years of the middle ages and high renaissance, which took the last stop as to modernizing and shaping this great era of masterpieces and human intellect.

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