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| | Renaissance - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Renaissance |
 | | In the visual arts, the end of the High Renaissance is marked by a movement in the late 1400s known as Mannerism, a tendency to deliberate elongation of the body, and a wilful distortion of perspective. |
 | | The enormous achievements of creative artists during the Renaissance were made possible by the patronage (money, sponsorship, and support) of wealthy ruling families such as the Sforza in Milan and the Medici in Florence; by the ruling doge of Venice; and by popes, notably Julius II and Leo X. |
 | | The aim of Renaissance education was to produce the ‘complete human being’ or ‘universal man’, practised in the humanities, mathematics and science (including their application in war), the arts and crafts, and athletics and sport. |
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