Personal Narrative: Life In The Italian Renaissance

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It is not every day that you are able to travel back in time and live in an era well before your years. However, this so happened to me as I crossed the railroad tracks on my way to the college. Based on the architecture, sculpture, and the arts, I immediately knew that I was in the Italian Renaissance. The Gothic style is unlike anything I have ever seen before. The buildings are magnificent, the stained-glass windows are beautiful, and the style of arches used in architecture are similar to that of the Roman Empire. The buildings were very distinguishable from any other era because of the soaring vertical lines and stained-glass windows. During the Italian Renaissance, light and luminosity were greatly emphasized. In medieval times, it