Renaissance
As all forms of art, including music, the renaissance marked the rebirth of humanism, and a revival in cultural achievements for their own sake. ... With the Renaissance, more complicated and broader harmonic and contrapuntal structures emerge. Though the musical forms employed are still largely liturgical, the late Renaissance does see a great increase in sophistication for instrumental composition, as well as the emergence of secular madrigals, dramatic works and the first operas. ... The Renaissance began in Italy for two main reasons. ... The Medieval time period and the Renaissance time period appear adjacent to each other on the world history timeline. The Medieval time period lasted from about 500BCE until about 1400BCE, which is when most scholars agree that the Renaissance began. Many artists such as Michelangelo, Da Vinci, and Raphael are given credit to due to their many great contributions to the Italian Renaissance. ... He is considered to be one of the most important artists of his time, as helped break away from the Medieval Byzantine style of artwork and became a precursor to later artistic movements, especially the early Renaissance school. ... Many inventions of the Renaissance greatly affected our future. ... Many spectacular lessons, art, and literature came out of the Renaissance. ... Much thanks is given to all, whether artistically inclined, musically gifted, or extremely experienced in English literature, they all have to be given credit in some way shape or form for their great contributions throughout the Renaissance Period.