After the Middle Ages, a time called the Renaissance came into action. This change impacted everyone whether they wanted it to or not. New ways of art, literature, science, and much more were born into the world. The people who were living in this time period had no idea at the time but, everything around them was evolving into new, better ways of life. There came a different view of the world and it transformed everybody’s aspects into something that can never change back. The purpose of this paper is to explain how the Renaissance changed the views of the world.
With the Renaissance, came more detailed art and people who cared more for symbolism and the true meanings of the artwork. As stated in Document A, “The clearest evidence of the break with medieval culture comes from the visual arts.”(Document A) The author tries to portray that the paintings had very obvious differences. Most paintings from the Middle Ages were 2-dimensional, usually had …show more content…
Some examples are how the human body works and where the sun tilts on its axis in the center of our solar system. Before the Renaissance, everybody believed that all of the planets, including the sun, rotated around Earth. Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer, discovered how it really works. According to Document C, “he developed a different understanding of the universe.”(Document C) Not many people believed Copernicus at first because Catholics believed something else already. Renaissance opened their minds to the new ideas. Document D talked about the Zodiac signs and how people in the Middle Ages were convinced that they controlled the human body. “The zodiac is a band of 12 constellations that stretch across the sky.” (Document D) A man named Andreas Vesalius then conducted some research during the Renaissance and dissected human corpses to find out how the body really works. He was obviously very committed to his
With the Renaissance, came more detailed art and people who cared more for symbolism and the true meanings of the artwork. As stated in Document A, “The clearest evidence of the break with medieval culture comes from the visual arts.”(Document A) The author tries to portray that the paintings had very obvious differences. Most paintings from the Middle Ages were 2-dimensional, usually had …show more content…
Some examples are how the human body works and where the sun tilts on its axis in the center of our solar system. Before the Renaissance, everybody believed that all of the planets, including the sun, rotated around Earth. Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer, discovered how it really works. According to Document C, “he developed a different understanding of the universe.”(Document C) Not many people believed Copernicus at first because Catholics believed something else already. Renaissance opened their minds to the new ideas. Document D talked about the Zodiac signs and how people in the Middle Ages were convinced that they controlled the human body. “The zodiac is a band of 12 constellations that stretch across the sky.” (Document D) A man named Andreas Vesalius then conducted some research during the Renaissance and dissected human corpses to find out how the body really works. He was obviously very committed to his