How Did Humanism Affected The Spent During The Renaissance?

The Renaissance is a time period in which much of the European countries, especially Italy, changed drastically. It began after the Middle Ages and impacted Italy’s social, economic, and political customs. These changes were driven by a new idea in philosophy. Humanism was this new idea in which people began to primarily focus on individualism. This idea inspired many artists during the fifteen century and as a result much of the paintings and sculptures appeared more realistic and in proportion to real life humans. Artists were also inspired by the Greeks and Romans and this is seen throughout the architecture and sculptures. With inspiration from the Greeks, Italian sculptors began to create art pieces that depicted men and biblical figures in a more realistic way. A great example of how humanism impacted the sculptures made during the …show more content…
The Renaissance underwent many changes and people of that time period began to question themselves about individualism. From this concept many painters began to also depict many popular figures with greater detail and more realistically. Linear perspective was a great technique and many artists began to use it. This allowed the paintings to appear three-dimensional when in reality it was a painting on a two-dimensional surface which allowed more depth to be perceived. Some of the many artist that used this technique were Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo amongst others. Another artist who used this technique was Perugino. This is shown on his fresco Christ Giving the Key to St. Peter which shows a horizontal line with the vanishing point being in the center of the fresco which also create the illusion of three-dimensional. Many of the paintings used stories from the bible and created amazing paintings like The Last Supper by Andrea del Castagno which was a fresco that shows Jesus and the disciples during the last