Renaissance Travel Guide Na Young

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Travel guide - Renaissance Italy
Introduction about Renaissance
It was started at fourteen century in Florence Italy and finished at
sixteenth century. Rebirth is Renaissance’s literally means and it started
to Italian but European civilization immediately following the Middle
Ages. Because people wanted to practice the revival of new art forms,
educational learning, spread the religion and great architectures of
neoclassicalism. Also it was period when people rediscovered learning
and looking back to the classical civilizations of Rome and Greece for

You can visit 3 important cities
during this travel. There were principle
cities of Renaissance. Also there are
very well know to other foreign
tourist. I will introduce three
important cities where were very
famous in Renaissance period. there
still have lots of beauty spot and good
museums.

Firstly, Florence is extremely
captivating, it found between the
banks of the River Arno and the
hillsides all dressed up in olive green.
The most powerful guilds were those
that represent textile workers and the
native birthplace of Maquiavelo, the
medicis family who played a very
important role in the flourishing of the
most beautiful and decorative
building. Also Michael Angelo chock
filled of art, history and culture. The
city’s economy and its writers,
painters, architects, and philosophers
are really famous. There are some
reasons which are made Florence a
model of Renaissance culture. Beautiful spot Florence

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Second, Rome is the capital city of Italy
and it is Italy’s largest and most
populous city. It is located in the
central-western portion of the Italian
peninsula, on the Tiber River. Also
there is a nation wide centre for higher
education. Especially, the La Sapienza
University is the largest in Europe and
the second largest in the world. If you
have a child, go sightseeing. Also,
Rome is the “eternal city”, it is one of
the most exhilarating and romantic
cities in the world. A city so vast and
rich in art, monuments and exquisite
views, a historic city, which has
preserved its charm and independence
through the centuries. Rome is at the
centre of the radial network of roads,
rail and Airports. So that will be good
point to travel. Especially, spring and Rome downtown
summer are great times to visit.
Last, Venice is an international art city
currently attracting property investors
at the highest level. Actually, Venice
was an empire that controlled land in
modern day Italy, a whole lot of
seacoast down the Adriatic and
countless islands. Artistic foundations
as well as private individuals are
purchasing properties in glorious
historical places in this unique city so
Venice give us very strong feeling. Also,
Venice is opening up very much in
terms of facilities, including fabulous
hotels and high proﬁle events such as
the ﬁle festival. International visitors are
call at there and enjoy something. The
island of Giudecca is a suburb of the
city, although it was once an exciting,
vibrant place, full of palaces, gardens
and wealthy Italians. The best months
for sightseeing are March to June,
Water path in Venice



HO W TO G E T A R O UND BE CK I N TI ME
By Land
During the Renaissance, most
people traveling by land, which
was limited to the local fair of
farmer’s Market. Road were little
more than rocky pathways, and
could be dangerous, with
bandits waiting to pounce on
unsuspecting travelers. Common
vehicles for traveling on land
during the Renaissance Italy
included horses, pack mules,
wagons and for the wealthy,
coaches. But the most common
way to get around on land was
on foot that was usually the
most efficient. Carts and wagons
were slow and cumbersome.

Renaissance Florence Wagon - Usually, person of
wealth were rode that.

By Water
The other way to go
anywhere is water transport.
Merchants, missionaries,
soldiers, students and
pilgrims are the most likely
to use sea travel during the
Renaissance Italy. As trade
and exploration increased
during the Renaissance
period, overseas travel
became more popular. Renaissance people liked to travel by ship
Though you could travel to
distant lands by ship, it was
not without serious dangers,



Renaissance Society
While it has been traditionally viewed simply as the
L
o context for extraordinary artistic creativity,
c patronage has more recently been examined by
a historians and art historians alike as a
l comprehensive system of patron-client structures
C which permeated society and social relations. also
u Renaissance days, society was transformed into a society
s which became more and more dominated by central political
t institutions with an urban commercial attitude. Also, people's
o
m curiosity overcame their fear and many people started to
s venture out and explore the new world. New schools and
colleges became more and more common. The Renaissance
& was started by many rich Italian cities, such as Florence,
M Ferrara, Milan, and Venice.
a Because these cities were very wealthy, many merchants
n started to spend money on different things, such as painting,
n
e learning, new banking techniques, and new systems of
r government. These things gave rise to a new type of scholar,
the humanist. Humanism was a subject concerned with
humankind and culture. They studied various things such as
Latin, Greek language, literature and philosophy. Music and

Politics president or king
*Henry VIII of England, the monarch who broke away from the
Catholic Church and established the Church of England, this led to
years of religious strife. Holbein, a German painter moved to
England, where he became the official court portrait painter to king
Henry VIII.

*Julius II was elected pope 1503. His papacy was notable for
vigorous political and military campaigns to consolidate the
Church’s power, as well as a ﬂourishing of the arts that made Rome
the unrivaled center of High Renaissance culture. He summoned
Raphael and Michelangelo to Rome to carry out important
commissions at the Vatican.

Politics - Italian Government
Italy was organized into numerous city-states. The most prominent
city-states included Florence, Venice, Milan, and Rome. Florence
was a republic where democratic ideals were admired during the



Day-to-day life
Catholics and Protestants celebrated Sunday as a holy day and a day off from
work. After the worship service, of between morning and evening service, there
was often time for fun and relaxation. Monks and nuns were expected to follow
a specific rule of behavior. Many monasteries used the sixth-century Rule of
Saint Benedict, sometimes altered to reflect the goals of different monastic
groups. By the Renaissance, there were numerous complaints that monks and
nuns were not living the simple life that the rule required. The other thing is
child education in Renaissance. The harshness of family life greatly affected
children. Children especially were susceptible to disease and death. Several
children in a prosperous merchant or noble family might die of illness in
childhood. However, in a peasant family, those children who survived childhood
were extremely lucky. A young peasant mother may be lucky to end up with one
grown child after years of child- birth. In addition, mothers and fathers often
died by the time they reached thirty, leaving children without one or both
parents. Babies whose parents could not afford to keep them and babies who
were born to slave mothers in wealthy houses might be left at orphanages
where they would be cared for by wet nurses. As a result, death of children and
adults was considered to be a matter of fate and happened so frequently that it
was considered normal. also that life was not easy and simple to live. The
church, once a grain market, represents the importance of the city's trade
guilds, who decorated the structure with ornate sculptures by some of the era's
most significant artists. Orsanmichele is integral to understanding the economic
and commercial atmosphere of the time. We will then continue on to the
recently restored Palazzo Davanzati, an intact noble family's residence, which
offers a remarkably accurate portrayal of the intimate domestic life of the
Medieval and Renaissance Florentines.



L O C AL C US T OM S & M ANNE R

Local manner agree. Also they were - don't put your
Most everything in had table manner. ﬁngers in your ears
Renaissance Europe, People digging into a - don't put your
Italy set the style and common dish with their hands on your heads
pace in courtly graces ﬁngers, having clean - don't blow your
and manners in the hands was important. nose with your hands
early 16th century. Italy People were advised by - men were told to
led Europe in hygiene, the "Miss Manners" of refrain from
dress, cooking, table the day to wash their "scratching"
manners and hands. it was another
conversation and matter to keep your
considered the rest of hands clean during the
Europe, with the meal. In the Middle
exception of a thin Ages and Renaissance,
upper crust in England manuals for manners
and France, as little gave a list of things
better than barbarians. people should refrain
The French, impressed from during a meal,
with their own such as:
adaptation of Italian
manners, tended to



Belief
Religion was one of the aspects of the
Renaissance that changed drastically over a
few centuries. Before the Renaissance, during
the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church was
dominant in most states of Europe. The Pope
was the singular most inﬂuential and feared
bodies in politics. At this time, the church
would be the center of all community life,
The Santissima Annunziata is a especially because the clergymen were often
Renaissance church the only people in a town who were literate.
Before the Renaissance, the church was the
undisputed dominant force of order. As the
Renaissance started to blossom, the church
was still the center of life and a refuge from
the horrors of war and plague. However, by
this time various factors had begun to act
against the church's inﬂuence. As the
Renaissance was re-awakening, it was also a
rebirth of thought. So various people began
taking up their own views and opinions of
Main church in Urbino the world and began questioning the church



What to wear ?
Clothes
The clothing during the Queen Elizabeth in
Renaissance that period spoke much about the
social standing of the wearer. The rich wore
fabrics such as velvet, satin and cotton, whereas
the poor wore ﬂannel and other cheaply available
fabrics. It may surprise some how cotton was
regarded as a rich person’s clothing. In those
days, cotton was not easily available as
compared to today and was imported from India
and America, levying a high taxation. Amongst
the common fabrics were ﬂax and wool. Wool
was spun into a form know as tweed. It is
surprised one that during Renaissance, clothes
wore like an important treasure so those
belonging to the upper classes of nobility and
aristocracy would spend all their earning on what
they wore. Nowadays, Renaissance costumes are
more about fun. While it is completely outdated,
yet it forms a theme for costume parties and

*Men – They commonly wore boots, pants, a shirt,
a vest and a hat. Children after the age of years
would wear what the adults wore. Hairstyles and
accessories were the last essential pieces so that
called man’s last costume. Also footwear was a
big part and at the turn of the century men’s
shoes became broader or duck billed with ribbons
tied across the top of the foot. And they started
wear cleanly shaved beards and mustaches,
something never seen in the Renaissance before.
Turban, which is like hat was replaced with beret
what is like crowns with upturned brims. The
berets were made with thick cloth, felt, beaver, of
velvet. That is the favorite accessory to



*Women – They ﬁnely decorated their
dresses. Typical renaissance clothing
was not just limited to England, which
was ruled by Queen Elizabeth, but
inﬂuence spread to other European
countries such as Spain, France, Italy,
Germany, Flanders, and Poland. Also
women would be seen wearing shoes,
an over and under skirt, a shirt, a
bodice, and a hat or snood. They

Hair
Wealthy woman hairstyle in Renaissance
was usually elaborate creations that only
work with long hair. The Renaissance
period was a time of new ideas and new
technology. It was also a time of new
practices in hairstyling. They tried to new
things. However, women often wore their
heads covered during this period. So, many
Renaissance hairstyles are meant to be
worn with a veil, hat or netted cover. Also
at that time women had been a very vital

*Woman – women’s hair and headdresses were the most
elaborate, ever changing and time consuming parts of
women’s fashions in the Renaissance. Women spent
hours plucking hair from their foreheads and side of their
face to achieve a high forehead, which was considered
fashionable during the Renaissance. In the later
Renaissance, Venetian women would arrange their hair
into twin buns that resembled horns at the front of their
head.
-Braiding hair – This hairstyle is originally the custom and
this one show us many women who wore their hair in
elaborate braids and styles, with hair that fell well past
their hips in most cases. In this case, we can read their
thought, which is “woman” was depicted in an artist’s
work. That most artists created their pieces showing
picturesque of commissioned wealthy merchants and



*Man – In Renaissance period men
ware the hat like an accessory or they
had a long hair. Hairstyles of the late
Renaissance period were very short,
even for young men. Hair below the
chin was rarely had never seen. They
usually ware the hats. But the hats of

Beauty
Women were who lived in Renaissance
period; they did not concern themselves
with things like a few extra pounds of
weight. So the opposite was true. That
era was more voluptuous than perhaps
any other time in history. We can see the
paintings from the Renaissance period
often the women looks like fat. During
the Renaissance period natural women
were prized for their God-given bodies.
Woman’s natural form which called given
to her by god was considered to be
absolutely perfect. Also in that time “A

what to see and
You can see lots of talented in art and other variety things who living in
now. recently, they also made good works. And they remained a lot of great
works so you can see and studied about the people’s think who living in
now. That things a great inheritance and many scientist or scholar are
recognize them as well as whole world people.
nowadays some patrons wanted art that showed joy in human beauty and
life’s pleasures. recently, art is more lifelike than in the art of the before
Middle Ages. So artists studying perspective, or the differences in the way
things look when they are close to something or far away. The artists
painting in a way that showing these differences. As a result, their paintings



Renaissance Art
Our art is divided into three major phases : Early, high, and late time. The early
Italy art encompasses most 15th century art was lead by sculptor Donatello, architect
Filippo Brunelleschi, and painter Masaccio. They began the movement on the
foundation that development and progress was integral to the evolution and survival
of the arts. They found their inspiration form antiquity, creating realistic ﬁgures that
portrayed personality and behavior. They focused on the laws of proportion for
architecture, the human body, and space. The second term High Italy art lasted only
a short time from 1495 to 1520. It was that time to create a generalized style of art
that focused on drama, physical presence, and balance. The major artists of this
period were Leonardo Da Vinci, Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian.
And now, new artists started put into motion by the sack of Rome since just one year

Early time

Leonardo Da Vinci Studio
Leonardo da Vinci if you go there, there are full of interesting things. because,
he did lots of things like Italian polymath, scientist, mathematician, engineer,
inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer. So
you can ﬁnd science structures, pain, and inventions what he made before in his
studio. These things really useful to us to live. We until using his inventions whole
life. Also he famous of anatomy it is scary to look but he really interested about
that and he found lots of things what we need to know. so when the new various



Perhaps, almost people know about Leonardo da Vinci is the best artist in
Renaissance period. Italy has the museum studio. Go there and study about his art
style and what things influence him to made a big product. It will be a good
experiment for you. Getting to know about him and his several famous works.
He was an Italian polymath, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist,
painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer. Leonardo da Vinci was
born on 1452 in a small village in the territory of Florence. He had lots of works. A
keen eye and quick mind that led him to make important scientific discoveries
nowadays, he never published his ideas yet. Also he was a gentle vegetarian and
loved animals and despised war so we cannot find the pieces of work what about
war. But we can find some works, what are about his favorite or lovely animals.
Leonardo not only excelled as an artist but also a sculptor, and a architect, therefore
showed his excellence in variety of fields. As two of the greatest artworks in the
world, <Virgin of the Rocks> and <The Last Supper> was created by him. Leonardo
da Vinci was also considered to have skills in cooking and the foods drawn in <The
Last Supper> are very similar to the well-being foods that we eat today. It is
interesting things to us. In addition, Leonardo left many sketches of nature, human
anatomy, astronomy, geography, and mechanics. Unfortunately, Leonardo da Vinci
was only appreciated as an artist and a mathematician at his time. But later people
realize him as a genius, only after they see his records. Maybe that time was poor
for him opposite to nowadays. “Humanity’s Greatest Genius” is the most appropriate
title for him, as he tried to figure out the relationships between all existing things. I
think that word would be well.


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