Question

Activity In this activity, you will discuss the ideals, artworks, and meaning of the Renaissance. Part A In this lesson, you learned about the Renaissance, a period of great cultural change across Europe. What were the main characteristics of the Renaissance? Write your answer in the form of a bulleted list.

Answer 1

Answer:

The main characteristics of the rebirth are:

• View of man as the center of the universes and the main element of the history of humanity.
• Importance of science and the use of rationality.
• The search for knowledge in the most diverse areas.
• Valorization of the Greco-Roman artistic aesthetic.
• Valuation of optimism.
• Valuing individualism.
• Enhancement of sensory pleasures.

Explanation:

The Renaissance was an artistic, cultural, scientific and philosophical movement that took place across Europe, beginning in Italy in the 15th and 16th centuries. This movement started with the advent of humanism that changed the whole theocentric view adopted at that time, placing Man as the center of the universe, in the place of deities, mysticism and religions. This influenced the existence of this whole movement that had as its main characteristics:

• View of man as the center of the universes and the main element of the history of humanity.
• Importance of science and the use of rationality.
• The search for knowledge in the most diverse areas.
• Valorization of the Greco-Roman artistic aesthetic.
• Valuation of optimism.
• Valuing individualism.
• Enhancement of sensory pleasures.