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Bhaja, Karla and Kanheri caves

Bhaja, Karla and Kanheri caves are an elaborate example of Buddhist imprints in India. Located in Maharashtra, they represent the closeness of the area with the Buddhist ideology....

September 19, 2014

Pitalkhora

The caves of Pitalkhora are located near Ellora in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra. These form the oldest of the rock-cut cave architecture of India and are believed to...

September 19, 2014

Paintings at Badami

Badami or Vatapi as it was earlier known as , is one of the most treasured monuments of ancient India. The paintings which are housed in rock-cut cave...

September 19, 2014

Renaissance Paintings

Art was dominated chiefly by the Christian church throughout the Middle Ages and well into the Renaissance period. Initially, the Christian art was tender and human but eventually...

September 18, 2014

What is the most popular painting of Raphael?

Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect, whose work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic...

September 18, 2014

Popular works of Leonardo-da-Vinci

Leonardo-da-Vinci (1452 – 1519) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. His genius, perhaps more than that...

September 18, 2014

The Renaissance was not a political or religious movement. It was a state of mind

The above statement comes from the Story of Mankind written by Hendrik van Loon. The following arguments support this statement. Renaissance was not a political or religious movement...

September 18, 2014

How Renaissance Spreed in Europe?

The Renaissance began in Italy because it was  a logical place for the intellectual resurgence because of its location. Most of the wealth of Western Europe was concentrated there...

September 18, 2014

Why Renaissance began in Italy?

The Renaissance began in Italy. It was considered a logical place for the intellectual resurgence because of its location. Most of the wealth of Western Europe was concentrated...

September 18, 2014

How Renaissance was the rebirth of the human spirit?

Renaissance was the rebirth of the human spirit. The renaissance was the discovery of the world and of man. The expansion of the trade led to development of...

September 18, 2014