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Link to the original video, check it out! • • Historian Answers Renaissance Questio... • All the good links: • Come watch me live stream on Twitch! Almost every night 9pm CST • / metatrongemini • Join this channel to get access to more old school Metatron videos the algorithm wouldn't prioritize! • / @metatronyt • I have a Patreon page with extra content! • / themetatron • My second channel about languages • / @metatronacademy • My third channel about gaming • / @theprotectorate-yq7vi • My Twitter/X • https://x.com/pureMetatron • The Renaissance emerged in Europe as a profound intellectual and artistic movement from the 14th through the 17th centuries AD. Beginning in Italy around 1350 AD, it represented a deliberate rebirth of classical Greek and Roman knowledge that had been largely dormant during the preceding medieval period. • Florence became the initial epicenter of Renaissance activity, fueled by wealthy merchant families like the Medici who enthusiastically patronized artists and scholars. The city-states of Italy, with their competitive commercial economies and relative political independence, provided fertile ground for new ideas to flourish outside traditional power structures. • The Renaissance mindset embraced humanism—a philosophy celebrating human potential and achievement. Rather than focusing exclusively on religious themes, Renaissance thinkers turned their attention to secular subjects and the glory of the natural world. They studied ancient texts recovered from Byzantine libraries and Arab scholars, texts that had been preserved since the fall of Rome in 476 AD. • Artistic innovation exploded during this period. Painters like Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519 AD), Michelangelo (1475-1564 AD), and Raphael (1483-1520 AD) mastered techniques including linear perspective, anatomical accuracy, and chiaroscuro (the contrast between light and dark). Their works depicted increasingly realistic human forms and natural settings, departing from the flatter, more symbolic medieval style. • Architecture was transformed as designers like Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446 AD) revived classical elements such as columns, domes, and symmetrical proportions. His magnificent dome for Florence Cathedral, completed in 1436 AD, stands as a testament to both engineering brilliance and Renaissance aesthetics. • The spread of Renaissance ideas was dramatically accelerated by Johannes Gutenberg's development of the printing press around 1440 AD. This innovation allowed books—previously laboriously copied by hand—to be mass-produced, making knowledge more widely accessible than ever before. • By 1500 AD, Renaissance thinking had spread throughout Western Europe, taking different forms in different regions. The Northern Renaissance in Germany, France, England, and the Low Countries emphasized religious reform alongside classical learning, influencing figures like Erasmus (1466-1536 AD) and later the Protestant Reformation beginning in 1517 AD. • The Renaissance ultimately laid groundwork for the Scientific Revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries AD, as its emphasis on observation, experimentation, and rational inquiry challenged traditional authorities. Figures like Copernicus (1473-1543 AD), Galileo (1564-1642 AD), and later Newton (1643-1727 AD) built upon Renaissance methods to fundamentally transform our understanding of the natural world. • This remarkable period of human achievement continues to inspire and influence our culture today, reminding us of the extraordinary potential unleashed when artistic creativity and intellectual curiosity are given room to flourish. • #wired #professor #historian

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