Renaissance humanism

Throughout history the study of classicism meant a major focus on the cultures of classical Greece and Rome. This was especially true during the Renaissance. In order to understand how aspects of classical societies are preserved and perpetuated throughout history and in the modern world, one must recognize “...globalization and the ever-shrinking world is driving world historical agendas today.” From the yin and yang symbol in Buddhism to democracy in the United States to the Parthenon in…

4. Florence was considered to be the focus of what came to be the Renaissance. The political realm of Florence was dictated by the Medici family. This family controlled the city in secret, for nearly eight decades. The family saw the city of Florence as their work of art One member of this family was Cosimo de’ Medici. Cosimo embraced the very essence of what humanism is. Humanism embraces the arts and literature from cultures of Ancient Greece and Rome. Cosimo made sure that he was constantly…

The Renaissance, the period in Europe roughly from 1350 to 1550, was a very interesting period in the Western world. It was a period in which the people living during this time knew that they were trying to reform western culture, hence why the period was named by the people of the time, which is very rare. The citizens of the Renaissance period were bringing back the various aspects of life that were lost in the eras before them. One of the fundamental objectives of this period was to throw…

Analysis of the Renaissance and the Middle Ages Stefan Rayburn Western Governor’s University Analysis of the Renaissance and the Middle Ages The humanities have shaped the culture of the world to what it is today. Cave paintings would tell a story of a conquest or an adventure otherwise untold. World wonders would be marveled and envied over for countless years to come. However, without the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the humanities would not be as robust and advanced as…

Theme One: Interaction of Europe and the World (INT) Question: What was humanism, and what effect did it have on philosophy, education, and the writing of history? Humanism was the catalyst movement that initiated the intellectual rebirth in Renaissance Italy and soon after the rest of Europe. This movement was led by laymen members of society called humanists. Petrarch was the father of Humanism and set in motion a ransacking of monastic libraries throughout Europe. This began the humanist…

literature is a crucial part of our society, but how important was it during the Renaissance? The Renaissance was a time period from approximately 1300 to 1600, during which the revival of interest classical culture lead to artistic, architectural, and academic achievements. Due to the population decrease caused by the Black Death, general living standards were much higher. Literature flourished during the Renaissance. Things were increasingly being written in the vernacular, the language or…

was not till sometime during that period that the church started to gain significant ground and saw a religious revival and once again had the faith of the masses. The role of the church wasn’t very significant during the ages of old such as the renaissance; they accumulated a great deal of power, to be precise the church was the counter balance and the power to keep the equilibrium from one man having absolute power, to be able to rule in this time period he must be ordained by god and to go…

The Italian Renaissance: Not Just a Bunch of Pretty Pictures! How Great Italian Artists Reinvented Ancient Ideas and Changed the World The Renaissance, generally regarded as the period between late 1300’s and early 1600’s, is considered one of the most creative and influential periods in history. The word renaissance means “rebirth”; it was a period of looking back to classical times and the great intellectual and artistic works of Greece, Rome and the Near East. The dwindling power of the…

Renaissance is the significant era in the cultural history of Europe, which came to replace the earlier Middle Ages and was before the Enlightenment. A distinctive feature of the Renaissance is the secular nature of culture and its humanism and anthropocentrism (i.e. the interest, first of all, to the man and his activities). It was also blooming the interest towards the ancient culture, it was as the ‘rebirth’ of the culture (Brotton). The term ‘Renaissance’ has found among the Italian…

6) Renaissance Why is perspective important for the Renaissance artist? With reference to two (or three) examples of artworks in which linear perspective plays an important part in the overall composition of the painting, discuss how the system was employed to create a desired illusion of depth, and what the artist wants to communicate through this. By: Bernice Seow The Renaissance was the period between the 14th to 17th century that originated in Italy and spread to the rest of…