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The Rediscovery of Classical Antiquity
The remains of Greco-Roman antiquity—coins, gems, sculpture, buildings, and the classics of Greek and Latin literature —fascinated the thinking men and women of the Italian Renaissance. The arts and the humanities, they reasoned, had declined during the "middle ages" that stretched between the end of antiquity and their own time, but by emulating the exemplary works of the ancients, even striving to surpass them, contemporary artists and writers might restore the arts and letters to their former grandeur. In Renaissance Italy, the desire to know and to match the excellence of the ancients often engendered passionate endeavor. The Florentine author Niccolò Machiavelli, for example, described his nightly retreats into his library in these memorable words: "At the door I take off my muddy everyday clothes. I dress myself as though I were about to appear before a royal court as a Florentine envoy. Then decently attired I enter the antique courts of the great men of antiquity. They receive me with friendship; from them I derive the nourishment which alone is mine and for which I was born. Without false shame I talk with them and ask them the causes of the actions; and their humanity is so great they answer me. For four long and happy hours I lose myself in them. I forget all my troubles; I am not afraid of poverty or death. I transform myself entirely in their likeness." Artists
The Rediscovery of Classical Antiquity | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of the rediscovery of classical antiquity... statuette of nike (personification of victory), late 5th century b.c.; classical greek terracotta h. 7 in. (17.8 cm) rogers fund, 1907 (07.286.23) ... statue of a woman, second half of 4th century b.c.
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Classical Antiquity in the Middle Ages | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of 1400 a.d. italian peninsula, 500–1000 a.d. italian peninsula, 1000–1400 a.d. ... primary thematic essays (5)... the art of the book in the middle ages gothic art medieval european sculpture for buildings the rediscovery of classical antiquity romanesque art ... other thematic essays (35)... animals in medieval art architecture in ancient greece arms and armor in renaissance europe art for the christian liturgy in the middle ages art of the hellenistic age and the hellenistic tradition art of the roman provinces,
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