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The Italian Renaissance was the start of a strongly religious, cultural and artistic revolution throughout Western history, which was dominated by the catholic church. The church was seen as the highest authority due to the fact that they were literate and well educated, and seen as a safe haven to seek refuge from hell, gods punishment, and the plagues. Although the church was the heart of life during the Renaissance, it all began to change, as seen through artists such as Michelangelo's painting in the Sistine chapel. Popes who are in power through association with the church were taking money from the poor and uneducated. The impact of the Roman Catholic Church on the Italian renaissance society such as art, political figures and authority over the empire, contrast with the morals of society today. 'Renaissance' comes from the French word 'rebirth.' The 1400's was known as the 'golden ages,' a time of success, with new advanced technology, religion, science and culture. During the Renaissance the church believed that religion had three critical duties that they strongly believed in, before becoming corrupt : God providing care and being there for them spiritually, that we must learn to change and accept our enemies lovingly despite what we believe our hearts must be pure and lastly, and that our citizens are family to everyone around them and pray for others and not only themselves.

The citizens had come to know that every Sunday they had to attend mass, to come together as a community and increase their religious faith, to confess their sins and be forgiven. The church during the renaissance was a home to everyone. Sadly, as time progressed the church began to make changes.

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Michealangelo decided to paint a nude Adam within the church it was a rather large risk. During the 1400's

nudity wasn't something you saw, it was almost wicked for it to be even shown. Yet when Michelangelo had

decided to paint Adam nude in a church it was blasphemoues. Artists claimed that we shouldn't be ashamed

of nudity, that god had created man in his own image and there was nothing blasphemoues about it.

During the Renaissance, everything was strictly religion based, in everything a citizen would do.

Artists made a living by painting nothing but religious art and if they didn't agree to do so they would be hanged because it was known as a sin. Bonfire of the Vanities was a huge fire in which they burned paintings that they believed went against the Roman Catholic Church. They beleived that