To browse Academia. This volume explores the history of civilization in Italy during the Renaissance period, specifically from the birth of Petrarch in to the death of Titian in It emphasizes a comprehensive narrative that includes various aspects of human activity, going beyond the revival of classical letters to highlight the evolution of Italy's unique economy and culture. The work aims to provide an enriched perspective by combining historical events, influential figures, and artistic developments within the context of the Renaissance, while also acknowledging the limitations of the author's technical training in art critique.
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We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. In the Middle Ages both sides of human consciousness-that which was turned within as that which was turned without-lay dreaming or half awake beneath a common veil.
The veil was woven of faith, illusion and childish prepossession, through which the world and history were seen clad in strange hues. Man was conscious of himself only as member of a race, people, party, family, or corporation-only through some general category. In Italy this veil first melted into air; an objective treatment and consideration of the state and of all things of this world became possible.
The subjective side at the same time asserted itself with corresponding emphasis; man became a spiritual individual, and recognized himself as such. In the same way the Greek had once distinguished himself from the barbarian, and the Arab had felt himself an individual at a time when other Asiatics knew themselves only as members of a race.
