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	Renaissance - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		According to the usual description, the Italian Renaissance of the 15th century, spreading through the rest of Europe, represented a reconnection of the west with classical antiquity, the absorption of knowledge—particularly mathematics—from Arabic, the return of experimentalism, the focus on the importance of living well in the present (e.g.
		One early Renaissance figure is the poet Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), the first writer to embody the spirit of the Renaissance.
		The Italian Renaissance was intertwined with the intellectual movement known as Renaissance humanism and with the fiercely independent and combative urban societies of the city-states of central and northern Italy in the 13th to 16th centuries.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Renaissance (2792 words)

	Renaissance - QuickSeek Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Renaissance is usually considered to have originated in the 14th century in northern Italy and begun in the late 15th century in northern Europe.
		The traditional view is that the Renaissance of the 15th century in Italy, spreading through the rest of Europe, represented a reconnection of the west with classical antiquity, the absorption of knowledge—particularly mathematics—from Arabic, the return of experimentalism, the focus on the importance of living well in the present (e.g.
		Marxist historians view the Renaissance as a pseudo-revolution with the changes in art, literature, and philosophy affecting only a tiny minority of the very wealthy and powerful while life for the great mass of the European population was unchanged from the Middle Ages.
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	Renaissance: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Renaissance was an influential cultural movement (cultural movement: A group of people working together to advance certain cultural goals) which brought about a period of scientific revolution (scientific revolution: in the history of science, the scientific revolution was the period that roughly began...
		Renaissance is a French (French: The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France) word coined by French historian Jules Michelet (Jules Michelet: jules michelet (august 21, 1798-february 9, 1874) was a french histori...
		While Renaissance ideas were moving north from Italy, there was a simultaneous spread southward of innovation, particularly in music (music: An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/renaissance (3284 words)

	Renaissance music: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Renaissance music was modal (modal: more facts about this subject) as opposed to tonal (tonal: tonality is the character of music written with hierarchical relationships of pitches,...
		Principal liturgical forms which endured throughout the entire Renaissance period were masses and motets, with some other developments towards the end, especially as composers of sacred music began to adopt secular forms (such as the madrigal (madrigal: An unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form)) for their own designs.
		Renaissance compositions were notated only in individual parts; scores were extremely rare, and barlines (barlines: more facts about this subject) were not used.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/renaissance_music (1733 words)

	Renaissance - Encyklopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Italian Renaissance is often labeled as the beginning of the "modern" epoch.
		Thus it is possible to speak of the Renaissance in two different but meaningful ways: A rebirth of classical learning and knowledge through the rediscovery of ancient texts, and also a rebirth of European culture in general.
		In these nations the Renaissance would be built upon and supplanted by the thinkers of The Enlightenment in the seventeenth century.
	en.science24.org /w,Renaissance (2760 words)

	Renaissance Life
		Although the compass is not included in the list of Renaissance inventions (invented in the 12th century), significant improvements made it a reliable navigational tool during the Renaissance period.
		Renaissance life was creating industry and commerce as it thrived and forever ensured the literacy opportunities for the average person.
		Renaissance swords and daggers were not the robust thick bladed weapons found in medieval history.
	www.realarmorofgod.com /renaissance-era.html (1625 words)

	Lecture 1: Renaissance Portraits
		The expression "Renaissance" is a value-charged expression because it carries with it a whole series of connotations that go beyond just the simple meaning of "rebirth." The expression "Dark Ages" is also value-charged.
		In this view then, the Renaissance was a profound act of rebellion and in the wake of protest, a new world was likely to emerge.
		So, it is fairly safe to say that the Renaissance, its cultural and intellectual merits considered together, placed a premium upon the individual and the capacity of the individual for improvement.
	www.historyguide.org /earlymod/lecture1c.html (5842 words)

	Raphael
		But while the faces of the figures, such as that of the girl on the left, could have been painted by Perugino, Raphael can elsewhere be seen to introduce elements which reveal his interest in the achievements of the new age.
		In contrast to the calm figures of the main group, one young man in the foreground is shown in motion; angered at his failure to win Mary, he is breaking a dead stick over his knee.
		Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael in Renaissance Florence from 1500 to 1508, by Serafina Hager.
	www.artchive.com /artchive/R/raphael.html (2468 words)

	Renaissance Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A fair number of Renaissance artists are covered and the book will also be useful for other periods.
		Book is of particular significance because of the biographies of two female Renaissance figures: Catherine de Medici and Artemisia Gentileschi.
		Summary: Contains "firsthand encounters with the Renaissance including letters, diaries, orations, autobiographies, essays, songs, poetry, and art." These primary documents tend to be short or excerpts from longer documents so they are fairly accessible to secondary students.
	www.rupert.net /~rtoor/Library_RenaissanceResources.htm (498 words)

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		The term Renaissance, or "rebirth," was only later applied to this period in Florence (the epicenter from which the movement spread to the rest of Italy and Europe).
		His bronze and marble figures are some of the most expressive and psychologically probing of the Renaissance.
		The father of the Venetian High Renaissance, Titian imparted to the school his love of color and tonality and an exploration of the effects of light on darkened scenes.
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	Great Northern War Figures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		figures for the War of the League of Augsburg.
		The figures tend to be on the small side and do not have a lot
		The figures cost 13p for infantry and riders and 17p for horses.
	tetrad.stanford.edu /newfiles/GreatNorthernWarFigures.html (300 words)

	Rhetorical Figures of Style
		Scheme: a figure in which words preserve their literal meaning, but are placed in a significant arrangement of some kind.
		Figure of thought: a large-scale trope or scheme, or a combination of both.
		Corbett's text was intended for the composition class, so his list of terms is much less complete than Lanham's, but his explanations of all the figures are helpful, when accurate, and his ordering of the schemes, which I partly follow, is better than Crowley's.
	www.cola.wright.edu /Dept/ENG/limouze/STYLE711.HTM (2942 words)

	Encyclopedia Smithsonian:Harlem Renaissance reading list
		Information or research assistance regarding the Harlem Renaissance is frequently requested from the Smithsonian Institution.
		Romance in the lower-class and social conflict among upper-class fls are examined.
		A narrative about many aspects of the Harlem Renaissance: the people, relationships, publications, music, racial problems, and a discussion of the works created.
	www.si.edu /resource/faq/nmah/harlem.htm (556 words)

	Mark Harden's Artchive: "Renaissance"
		The concept enshrined in the word 'Renaissance' is actually one of rebirth rather than revival and carries with it the loaded, and absolutely discredited, argument that the Middle Ages was a dead period intellectually and artistically.
		Thus, the beginnings of Renaissance art in Italy should be recognizable by seeking out not only those artists who adopted motifs or borrowed models from antiquity, but also those who sought to represent the human figure and the material world more naturalistically than had their predecessors.
		It was not until this period that Italian Renaissance ideals began to spread in a significant way north of the Alps, Durer being the first northern artist to fully assimilate the ideals of the Renaissance into his work.
	www.artchive.com /artchive/renaissance.html (970 words)

	Renaissance Theme
		Feasts, Fairs and Festivals: Mirrors of Renaissance Society A study of Renaissance holidays and culture for grade 9 students.
		[The] Illusion of the Renaissance This is a teaching unit for eighth grade and high school art students focussing on perspective.
		The paper starts with a brief sketch of the major differences between Medieval and Renaissance art, proceeds to a history of the discovery of perspective, and finishes with a description of illusionistic art work from the 15th to the 17th century.
	www.cln.org /themes/renaissance.html (1076 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Books \| Top 10s \| Leonie Frieda: biographies of historical figures
		She is currently tackling her second book, a biography of first world war soldier and letter-writer Edward Horner.
		Renaissance Warrior and Patron: The Reign of Francois I by Professor Robert Knecht
		Despite his flaws as a statesman, Francois I is arguably the most splendid monarch in French history; certainly of the early Renaissance.
	books.guardian.co.uk /top10s/top10/0,6109,1415217,00.html (492 words)

	Rome: Traveler's Guide to Art & Architecture : Art : Renaissance \| Frommers.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The term Renaissance, or "rebirth," was only later applied to this period in Italy (from where it spread to the rest of Europe).
		This list of Renaissance giants merely scratches the surface of the masters Italy gave rise to in the 15th and 16th centuries:
		A true "Renaissance man," Leonardo used his genius to experiment in a range of disciplines, from art to philosophy to science (on paper, he even designed machine guns and rudimentary helicopters).
	www.frommers.com /destinations/rome/0064036324.html (535 words)

	"WELCOME TO THE CLOTHES": CHANGING PROVERB FUNCTION IN THE SPANISH RENAISSANCE
		It is still current in oral Greek and Turkish tradition because of its association with the trickster figure Hodscha Nasreddin who is its subject in those areas.
		Núñez reverted to the older style, where successive letters are less significant than the initial ones, though Núñez had passed beyond orality, listing together as he does words beginnign with I and J, represented visually (but not phonetically) by the same type-letter.
		From this time until the twentieth century, most major proverb collections follow a fairly modern system of alphabetization, and most list the phrases without interpretation or analysis, though parallels are occasionally cited.
	www.deproverbio.com /DPjournal/DP,5,2,99/BARRICK/CHANGING.html (1901 words)

	00.04.01: African-American Art and the Political Dissent during the Harlem Renaissance
		The Harlem Renaissance marked the first time mainstream fl artists, writers and musicians were taken seriously and attracted significant attention from the art world at large.
		The figure of the man represents a city dude or city slicker, which is the perennial presence at the nightclubs in Harlem.
		The Harlem Renaissance was lauded as the period in the history of Black American culture that promoted the art of African American arts and ancestry.
	www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/2000/4/00.04.01.x.html (5812 words)

	What Renaissance works had an extended performance history?
		This is an extremely preliminary list of Renaissance works which continued to be performed for several decades.
		The purpose of this list is to highlight the exceptions to this general rule.
		However, strictly speaking, these items are not examples for the present list, because they did originally lapse from the repertory, and so represent an early part of the revival phenomenon.
	www.medieval.org /emfaq/misc/repertory.html (1402 words)

	Amazon.com: Italian Renaissance Art: Books: Laurie Schneider Adams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This introductory text on Italian Renaissance art and the artists who made it by the author of "A History of Western Art" and "Art Across Time" focuses on the most important and innovative artists and their principal works.
		The text concludes with the High Renaissance and the transition to Mannerism with Michelangelo, Bramante, and Raphael in Rome,Leonardo in Milan and Titian in Venice..Throughout the text boxed asides contain descriptions of artistic media and techniques as well as discussions of background information necessary to the study of Renaissance art.
		The Italian Renaissance, roughly comprising the period from the early fourteenth century to the late sixteenth century, defines and era of remarkable genius in the history of Western Art.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0813336910?v=glance (1506 words)

	FNF: CROSS FERTILIZATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - RENAISSANCE ...
		English Renaissance, etc. This terminology is particularly useful because it eliminates the need for fitting "The Renaissance" into a chronology that previously held that it was preceded by the Middle Ages and followed by the
		One early Renaissance figure is the poet Dante Alighieri (1265–
		Renaissance humanism and with the fiercely independent and combative urban societies of the
	www.hi.is /~joner/eaps/y3_96962.htm (2789 words)

	Plato
		Although this material is meant as background to a Renaissance poem, most of what it says about the contexts of Platonic thought is relevant to medieval culture as well.
		A typical list for Renaissance times, a list that seems relevant, in particular, for Astrophil and Stella, runs as follows.
		(Not surprisingly, the masculine gender is seen as the lesser imperfection.) Some later Platonists (one thinks in particular of some of the "Chartreans" and of early Renaissance figures such as the prolific Florentine, Marsiglio Ficino) elaborate considerably on the implications of Plato's images of androgyny and gendering.
	www.warren-wilson.edu /~dmycoff/plato.html (2738 words)

	Shakespeaer & the Renaissance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A List of Pre-eminent Ethical Treatises of the 16th Century in conjectural order of importance.
		The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt.
		Renaissance Electronic Texts: Some good related html texts.
	shakespeare.palomar.edu /renaissance.htm (1182 words)

	Open Directory - Arts: Literature: World Literature: American: 20th Century: Harlem Renaissance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Harlem Renaissance - Discussion of literature, poetry, and book reviews, in addition providing articles dedicated to the enormous contributions of African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance era.
		The Harlem Renaissance - A brief overview of the literary movement, with a list of major book sources and hints on using other resources (many online) available through some university and other libraries.
		Harlem Renaissance, 1919-1937 - A research guide and reference, with background, list of individuals (many with links to further information), timeline, assessment of the importance of the movement.
	dmoz.org /Arts/Literature/World_Literature/American/20th_Century/Harlem_Renaissance (313 words)

	Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, Taiwan and Hong Kong News and Business.
		Figures from the city's own cinemas show the severity of the problem: only 10% of films screened last year were domestic productions, while the rest were foreign or made in
		According to the list of the 100 Best Chinese Films of the 20th Century, published in the Chinese edition of Asia Weekly, 17 were made in Shanghai between 1923 and 1949, while only nine were made in the city between 1950 and 1997.
		Of the 114 films produced in China last year, only 24 were made with the participation of Shanghai film studios.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China_Business/HA10Cb02.html (1643 words)

	Renaissance art and architecture: Art of the Renaissance
		These were the men who created the short-lived but glorious style now known as the High Renaissance (c.1490–1520), characterized by order, grandeur, grace, and harmony.
		Artists in England and Spain were influenced by Netherlandish painting until the 16th cent., when the Italian Renaissance began to permeate Europe.
		Florence; On the other side of the Renaissance; Florence is an art lover's paradise, rich with the architecture, sculptures and paintings of the Renaissance.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/ent/A0860692.html (952 words)

	IHAS: Artist/Movement/Ideas
		Even those artists of the American Renaissance who would find difficulty with the optimism of the Transcendentalists--Hawthorne and Melville among them--would be forced to focus on and respond to the existential issues the movement raised.
		The term Transcendentalism was derived from the philosopher Kant, who called "all knowledge transcendental which is concerned not with objects but with our mode of knowing objects." The roots of the American philosophy ran deep into German and English Romanticism.
		This list focuses not only on those creative artists working within the actual time frame of the American Renaissance, but also those whose art was a direct outgrowth of the Renaissance's and Transcendental thought.
	www.thirteen.org /ihas/icon/transcend.html (483 words)

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