Pros And Cons Of The Renaissance

While the renaissance period of history is long over, it dramatically impacted the modern world. Some of the great discoveries in science, developments in the arts, architecture, and humanism took place during this period of history. The results had major impacts on politics at that time as well into the future. The renaissance left both positive and negative influences on the world as we know it.

The Renaissance had the most significant effect on Early Modern Western Civilization because of how it changed religion, politics, and technology. Many technological advancements were made during the Renaissance, and many social changes occurred in the areas of politics and religion. These advancements and changes greatly affected Early Modern Western Civilization.

The Renaissance period was between 1400-1600 century. It began in Italy and spread to the rest of Europe. The Renaissance time is were self paintings mostly came from. In most of the painting the people were nude. They started making the painting 3D. There are many things about the Renaissance. Renaissance means born a new. The concept enshrined in the world of Renaissance is actually one of rebirth. It was considered the beginning of modern history. The High Renaissance was from about 1495-1527. The Late Renaissance was from about 1527-1600.

The argument for the use of the term “Renaissance” is made by defining the “Renaissance” as a global expansion of the western world as a whole. Jerry Brotton uses many different portraits and literature, to make the assumption that the “Renaissance” was much bigger than just Western Europe. The difference in this argument are the advancements in technology and ideals in Western Europe that changed the world. The most significant invention for communication perhaps of all of time would be the printing press. The printing press came about in 1450s, due to the collaboration of Johann Fust, Johann Gutenburg, and Peter Schöffer. The printing press was revolutionary at this time sparking literacy and giving people a voice. Brotton mentions how by

In addition to dissecting cadavers to research the human form and its mechanics, Leonardo da Vinci sketched his findings and published some of them. The most famous of these sketches is the “Vitruvian Man,” which da Vinci drew to show that the human form is proportional in the context of circles and squares.

Renaissance changed the man’s view of the world because Renaissance means rebirth. So it changed the way people look at art, literature, and science. It was a very powerful change and went on for centuries. One of the best examples from the Renaissance is Leonardo DA Vinci because of all is successful things he did.

The last affected area that will be discussed is the economy. The Renaissance era caused many changes in the economic institutes as well. Prior to the Renaissance, European societies were ruled by the Church under the feudalism system, which divided groups based on their position and services to the Church, as a result the economy experienced a major decline. The practice of trade with foreign countries virtually ended and the demand of goods were at an all time low. However, the era of rebirth bought forth significant changes to the economy. While the Church was tangle in controversy, the monarchies gained control of the government which ended in the Church losing its power to rule. As a result the economy began to flourish. Rulers quickly

Throughout the renaissance and outburst of creativity took place. Unlike Medieval paintings, Renaissance painters represented realism (pg. 328). In order to make these painting lifelike, a new technique was learned, which was, perspective. This taught the artists that making distant objects smaller and arranging objects in certain ways the painters can create the illusions of depth on a flat canvas (pg. 329). Painting by the artist named Giotto were so lifelike that people would try to brush off the fly he created in the painting. These talented artists were what created the High Renaissance. This took place during the 1400’s to 1500’s. Four incredible artists stood out during this time. They were, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Raphael, and Titan. These names are still familiar in today’s society. For example, Da Vinci created the mural The Last Supper and not to forget he painted the Mona Lisa, which is very popular to this day (pg. 329). Also, Michelangelo helped design St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, which is also very famous in today’s world. These impressive artists caused many excellent painting and sculptures which not only affected the people’s creativity during the renaissance, but still to this day has affected people's point of view of the renaissance and the amazing artwork

The Renaissance which also means “Rebirth,” was a period in European civilization in the years 1400 and 1600, that followed the Middle Ages. The Renaissance began as a cultural movement in Italy during the late Medieval period, which later spread to Europe. During the Renaissance inventions such as paper, printing, gun powder, and the mariner’s compass were made, and the discovery of new continents were also found. However, the discovery of art was one of the main discoveries during the Renaissance period. Journalist Sarah Bradford Landau in her journal “Renaissance (1300s-1600s),” states “Artists were among the first affected by the new spirit of humanism. In their work they began to focus on human life on earth.” Therefore, art during the Renaissance was important because it reflected human life. Other scholars also agree with Journalist Sarah Bradford Landau’s argument of art being an important aspect of the Renaissance period.

The Renaissance played an important role in shaping European life by causing change in the cities, guilds, and life of the upper class. Throughout the Renaissance there was a recovery of culture, specifically of Rome and Greek culture. It was these recovered ideas that were ultimately incorporated into buildings, art and government of Europe.

The Middle Ages were regarded as a dark and desolate time period in history. Society during this time had no social progress, incessant wars, extreme violence, and no improvement to intellect or education. The Renaissance marked the end of the Middle Ages lasting roughly from the early 1400s to the 17th century. The Renaissance was exceptionally different from the Dark Ages because the human intellect, social climate, and the beliefs of Renaissance men was the opposite of the Middle Ages. Acting as a bridge between the Middle Ages and present times, the Renaissance innovated art, architecture, philosophy, science, and literature. Also, there was a shift from heavily relying on the Church to a focus on humanism. William Manchester author of

While Leonardo da Vinci is best known as an artist, not many people know him to be the Renaissance man. With his keen eye and quick mind led him to contribute greatly in the world of medicine. His main focus was in the human anatomy to get a full understanding of the human body. During his research the scientist dissected 30 bodies both healthy and diseased to have a much better understanding of what goes on. With both Plato and Aristole studying the topic of human anatomy, the artist managed to get very accurate drawings also known as the Vitruvian man and explanations of the human body. The Vitruvian man is an accurate sketch of the body in two different poses both standing in the middle of a circle and a square giving the exact portions

In my last writing journal, I talked about why people like Donald Trump are so popular. Since then I read a CNN article in which they interviewed people at Trump rallies and asked them why they supported the man. My takeaway was that these people are afraid of change. This is actually pretty obvious if you think about the last word in Trump’s campaign slogan. Trump wants to make America great again. The “again” implies that we’ve lost something, that we’re not as good as we used to be. Obviously a lot of people won’t agree with my belief that change, as a whole, is almost always a good thing. I believe that if we are creating change then life will get better. Change doesn’t always lead to improvements in everyone’s lives, but, collectively,

As artistic styles and techniques developed during the Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo periods, they became increasingly reliant on scientific knowledge and experimentation. Two of the major factors of this trend were the continuing improvements in the understanding of human anatomy, and a well-documented understanding of the geometry of linear perspective. Examples for each period will be discussed in relation to these scientific achievements.

The beginning of the renaissance started in the 1400’s in Florence. Many turned towards Humanism which was an emphasis on man's qualities and power. Idealistic realism was showed through the paintings in this time. Idealistic realism was a way of painting people as real as possible, to how they would look like in life. Michelangelo demonstrated this technique through his statue, The David. The Renaissance also focused on what is now called the "ideal renaissance man", which was an athletic looking, handsome, and intelligent man. During this time, the Caravel was invented, which was a large boat used mostly for exploration. This was a new way to spread the ideas and also expand territory. These were the same boats that Columbus used to found North America. Another key event during this time was the Spanish Inquisition. Spain decided that they only wanted Catholics in there country so the soon used violence to convert the Muslims and Jews to Catholicism. Soon most of Spain had become Catholic. These are just a few of the characteristics of the Renaissance, which all connect together and in short, shape the decisions of the people of this time.