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The Idea Of Humanism And The Renaissance

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The Idea of Humanism and the Renaissance


The Renaissance was an incredibly important turning point in Western


Intellectual and Cultural Tradition. All of these changes centered around


the idea of Humanism — in which, people became less “God Centered” and


more “Human-centered”. I have narrowed down these changes, and will


discuss in detail, these changes in three major categories: Political,


Education, and the Humanism of Arts.


The major pollical changes of the Renaissance were from the old Feudal


System of the Middle Ages into a more flexible and liberal class system.


This was most noticeable in Italy (particularly in Florence), where the


divisions consisted of the old rich, the new rich nobles, the middle class,


and the lower middle class(The poor didn’t count). This created great


conflict between these social divisions. The new rich consisted of


successful merchants, capitalists, and bankers innovators of new systems of


making money. The Humanism philosophy was also a very popular with the


people and many political leaders rose to high positions with support of


these ideals. Three humanists even became chancellors of Florence — they


used their rhetorical skills to strongly rally the people of Florence


against their enemies.


The great changes in Education of the Renaissance were inspired at


first, by the desire of Humanists to be wise and to speak eloquently. The


idea of useful education for the people, and very “well rounded” schooling


in many different fields of learning were the new defined goals of


Renaissance educ

ation. People all over (Especially in Florence) revived


the Ancient Greek studies of Plato, Aristotle, and many others. People


began seriously questioning what these people said and re-developed the


“Scientific Theory” in which you didn’t just accept whatever was said to


you, but you tested the truth of it.


In the area of Humanism and the Arts, Renaissance Artists no longer


were subordinate to the interests and the values of the Clergy, and were


able to create anything of their “artistic will”. Both men and women were


now able to appreciated arts beyond just religious themes. Artists could


also now take advantage of new techniques, such as oil painting and linear


perspective to enhance the quality of their works. All of the great


artists of the time used became who they were solely because of this new


artistic freedom that the Renaissance brought them. These artists also


created works that were more complex than before. Taking advantage of


this, artists such as Leonardo da Vinci — the ultimate example of the


Renaissance man working in all types of educational fields, and


Michelangelo who was possibly the most famous artist and sculptor in


history.


As you can see, the Renaissance was to great extent and a major


turning point in history from the Middle Ages in just about every element


of the Society. The Renaissance have truly become the original roots of


our culture from the West. This was was the time when people questioned


the past, and decided to go back to the schools of learning taking the past


of the Greeks into their present to make a better future.

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