Question

Identify the key features of humanism and explain how it differs from traditional medieval thought. Do you think the Renaissance represents a revolutionary change in European thought and culture? Why or why not? Use specific details from your research to support your statements. (Remember to cite your sources.) 24 points!

Answer 1

The origins of the humanism can be located on the Renassaince. The later was a great cultural movement in Europe that lead to a development of the life of societies on that continent in the spheres of education, infrastructure and later on it expanded to political and philosophical thought. As a cultural and philosophical paradigm had it best known for the representations on the Arts. While Middle Ages Gothic art had a more plain style,  Renaissance artist seek a deep sense of perspective and develops more the sense of two-dimensional space. The printing press was a key instrument for spreading its ideas across the lands, whereas parchment was the former way used traditionally in the Middle Ages.

The exponents of Renaissance view the body as an object of the cult while the Gothic art was much more dominant in the former period. English was a local language in the literature as well as other languages as French, in contrast to the widespread use of Greek and Latin that were common among intellectuals in the Middle Ages. Finally, we can say that with the arrival of the Humanism, the Church as a predominant institution regulating life on society had a diminished role.