The Renaissance Humanism

The Renaissance, that occurred during the periods in Europe from 1350 – 1550, is considered to be one of Western histories event to have named it self. Renaissance literally translates to “rebirth” in French, and it is an era of tremendous cultural achievements as artists, scholars, and philosophers rediscovered the works of classical Greece and Rome. They applied those ideas and aesthetics to contemporary arts, humanism, and modern statecraft. During this period there was a concern to develop human potential, to value the particular, and to assert the inherent dignity of each people, this is called Renaissance humanism. Renaissance humanism was not a new idea, but the importance of human values was emphasized instead of religious beliefs. …show more content…
He believed that by studying classical literature he could make the world a better place and he also appreciated classical writing. Petrarch shared his teaching by studying classical texts and then imitating them in Latin. Humanists began to provide new historical perspective, and have an effect on the culture and society of the Renaissance. But the existence of classical writing leads the humanists to focus on imitation rather than original creation. In arts it passed being imitative and turned to original creation. Humanism started to spread and eventually it spread throughout Europe. While it spread through Europe it was also changing within Italy. Humanism became the main form of education and “started to divide in different sub developments.” While it spread there were some differences between the Northern Europe humanism and the Italian humanism. Northern Europe painters focused on portraits while Italians painters interest was in the human body. They were interested in the details of nature and the Italians focused on multi-figured compositions and architectural interiors. As well as artists in the North created what they thought would sell, while the Italian works were more immovable. Even though there are these differences, there are mutual influences. Such as the Italians borrowing oil paint technique in the second half of …show more content…
The scholastic one believed in “using language to produce statements that were true.” But the humanist preferred to study the text as much as possible and find arguments that would persuade people that what they are saying is the truth. Even they are considered to be bad arguments, as long as they persuade the audience. There was a lot of clash between the two groups. The scholastic “prepared students to become doctors, lawyers and theologians, while humanism believed that education should incorporate more professions and proposed a more rounded