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Renaissance and Crete
The coexistence of two different cultures and the stimulus of Italian Renaissance led to a flourishing of letters and the arts in Candia and Crete in general, that is today known as the Cretan Renaissance.
During Venetian rule, the Greek population of Crete was exposed to Renaissance culture.
The most renowned Greek painter during the Renaissance was El Greco, born in Crete, whose major works, painted in Spain, have influenced many 20th-century artists.
Universally known for his great impact in bringing the Italian Renaissance to Spain, " El Greco " ( which means " The Greek ") was not Spanish, having been born Domenikos Theotokopoulos in Crete.
The architecture of the building is heavily influenced by Renaissance art, as the church was built in the period in which Crete was a colony of the Republic of Venice.

Renaissance and was
In the Middle Ages, in the Renaissance, right up to the early nineteenth century, the painter was a giant in the world.
The Apollo Belvedere is a marble sculpture that was rediscovered in the late 15th century ; for centuries it epitomized the ideals of Classical Antiquity for Europeans, from the Renaissance through the 19th century.
Initially in a literary revival Renaissance was determined to move away from the religion-dominated Middle Ages and to turn its attention to the plight of the individual man in society.
It was a time when individual expression and worldly experience became two of the main themes of Renaissance art.
Leonardo da Vinci was the archetypal Renaissance man representing the humanistic values of the period in his art, science and writing.
But by the 1500s Mannerism had overtaken the Renaissance and it was this style that caught on in Europe.
In the early Renaissance his doctrine of the soul's mortality was adopted by Pietro Pomponazzi ( against the Thomists and the Averroists ), and by his successor Cesare Cremonini.
He was one of the most prominent figures of the early Renaissance and a knight of the Order of the Dragon.
From the Renaissance onward the chained nude figure of Andromeda typically was the centre of interest, and often she was shown alone, fearfully awaiting the monster.
Knowledge of Arabic texts started to become imported into Europe during the Latin translations of the 12th century, the effect of which was to help initiate the European Renaissance.
" The English Renaissance was, he said, " like the Italian Renaissance before it, a sort of rebirth of the spirit of man ".
André Malraux explains that the notion of beauty was connected to a particular conception of art that arose with the Renaissance and was still dominant in the eighteenth century ( but was supplanted later ).
The Timaeus remained known in a Latin rendition by Calcidius through the Middle Ages, and the allegorical aspect of Atlantis was taken up by Humanists in utopian works of several Renaissance writers, such as Francis Bacon's New Atlantis and Thomas More's Utopia.
Again a classic of Renaissance literature was the basis of the libretto by Boccherini, in this case a comic mock-epic by Tassoni, in which a war between Modena and Bologna ensues over a stolen bucket.
His prints established his reputation across Europe when he was still in his twenties, and he has been conventionally regarded as the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance ever since.
A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato style.
Albrecht Altdorfer ( c. 1480-February 12, 1538 ) was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance working in Regensburg.
Although innovated in the late medieval period, Thomism was dogmatized in the Renaissance.
* in Renaissance music, the bassline was sometimes called the basis
Interest in the history of these events was revived during the English Renaissance and led to a resurgence of Boudica's legendary fame during the Victorian era, when Queen Victoria was portrayed as her ' namesake '.

Renaissance and home
A major centre for Reformation and Renaissance studies, Victoria is home to international scholarly projects and holdings devoted to pre-Puritan English drama and the works of Desiderius Erasmus.
With the increasing popularity of such venues ( and with the continued success of Medieval / Renaissance themed restaurants ) the ancient art of juggling finds a home.
Attractions in Dakar include major markets, Dakar Grand Mosque ( built in 1964 ), Dakar Cathedral, Gorée Island, the IFAN Museum of West African culture, the newly completed African Renaissance Monument, clifftop walks and beaches, and Hann Park, home to Senegal Zoo.
Some other interesting buildings are the town hall ( Stadhuis ), a 16th-century building that was badly damaged by a fire in 1929 but has its Renaissance façade designed by Lieven de Key still standing ; the Gemeenlandshuis van Rijnland ( 1596, restored in 1878 ); De Waag ( weigh house in Dutch ), built by Pieter Post ; the former court-house ( Gerecht ); a corn-grinding windmill, now home to a museum ( Molen de Valk ) ( 1743 ); the old gymnasium ( Latijnse School ) ( 1599 ) and the city carpenter's yard and wharf ( Stadstimmerwerf ) ( 1612 ), both built by Lieven de Key ( c. 1560 – 1627 ).
The birthplace and home of one of the greatest painters of the northern Renaissance, Hieronymus Bosch, the city was also a center of music, and composers, such as Jheronimus Clibano, received their training at its cathedrals.
The Quirinal Palace, papal residence and home to the civil offices of the Papal States from the Renaissance until their annexation.
Scott County is the home to several historical, scenic, and entertainment destinations including Canterbury Park, The Landing, Elko Speedway, Mystic Lake Casino, the Renaissance Festival, and Valleyfair Amusement Park.
During the 1950s, many of the neighborhood's cafes and bars became the home and epicenter of the Beat Generation and gave rise to the San Francisco Renaissance.
Fairburn is home to the Georgia Renaissance Festival, in operation during the springtime.
Eminence is also home to The Highland Renaissance Festival, which runs May through July, and also host a Celtic Fest in September.
Renaissance Village ( established by FEMA ) was the home to more than 3000 evacuees of which more than 500 were school-age children.
This town is also the home to the characters of Jef Mallett's Frazz, a comic strip about a school janitor named Edwin " Frazz " Frazier, a Renaissance man and ultra-triathlete.
Holly is home to the Annual Holly Dickens Festival and to the Michigan Renaissance Festival, which was the main shooting location for the 2009 film All's Faire in Love.
In downtown Dover at the foot of Prospect Street, the small park is maintained by Dover's Renaissance Club and the home of Hudson Favell's " Story Poles.
Tuxedo is the home of the New York Renaissance Faire.
Hammondsport is also home to numerous other wineries, such as Bully Hill Vineyards, Dr. Konstantin Frank, Heron Hill Winery, and Chateau Renaissance Wine Cellars.
Tiffin is the home of the historic Ritz Theatre, built in 1928 as a vaudeville house with an Italian Renaissance design.
Billed as the " Garden Village ", it is home to several businesses of note: Keystone Automotive, Pride Mobility, the online gourmet food company Igourmet, the online classic Halloween decorations company RetroWeen, and Renaissance Entertainment Technologies.
The city is home to the Texas Renaissance Festivals.
Wisconsin Rapids is the corporate home of the international educational software company, Renaissance Learning, Inc. as well as other national and global companies.
Emilia – Romagna is also a cultural and tourist centre, being the home of Bologna university, one of the first universities in the world, containing Romanesque and Renaissance cities ( such as Modena, Parma and Ferrara ), being a centre for food and automobile production ( home of automotive companies such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, De Tomaso and Ducati ) and having lively coastal resorts such as Rimini and Riccione.
Fisk University is the home of a music literature collection founded by the noted Harlem Renaissance figure Carl Van Vechten.
To its east, Warwick is bordered by the town of Tuxedo, home of the New York Renaissance Faire and the hamlet of Tuxedo Park.

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