The Renaissance as a unified historical period ended with the fall of Rome in 1527. The strains between Christian faith and Classicalhumanismled toMannerismin the latter part of the 16th century. Great works of art animated by the Renaissance spirit, however, continued to be made in northern It...
Renaissance humanism was primarily a moral and a literary, rather than a narrowly philosophical, movement. It flowered in figures with broadly philosophical interests, such as Desiderius Erasmus (1469–1536), the erudite citizen of the world, and Thomas More (1477–1535), the learned but unfortuna...
The extent to which music, too, participated in the “Renaissance” has primarily been examined in conjunction with music theory, natural philosophy, and musical humanism. Most scholarship on this period, however, has traditionally been oriented toward source studies, both manuscript and print. Full...
without considering rational and irrational proportions. Medieval art often featured bold themes and intricate arrangements that were derived from very basic and natural geometric shapes, primarily circles and straight lines, and had limited functional systems. Architects utilize light as a means to achiev...
the crisis of Renaissance humanism began; this crisis was also abetted by a recognition of the antihumanistic features of the bourgeois society that was taking shape. (When it was consolidated, Protestantism proved to be just as intolerant to humanistic free thought as the Catholic Church during ...
Meteorologica IV became associated with practical pursuits beyond natural philosophy narrowly defined. In particular, interpreters linked this book to medicine and alchemy.;Chapters one and two discuss the effects of humanism on commentaries and translations of Meteorologica IV. Revised sensibilities to ...
While engagement with the Greco-Roman past was not new, it took on a new urgency in Italy beginning in the fourteenth century and was eventually felt throughout the European continent. This interest prompted new intellectual investigations (learn abouthumanism) that had a profound influence on Euro...
Humanism - Renaissance, Education, Philosophy: The achievements of Alberti, Federico, and the Medici up to Lorenzo may be seen as the effective culmination of Italian humanism—the ultimate realization of its motives and principles. At the same time that
Foremost among northern humanists was Desiderius Erasmus, whose Praise of Folly (1509) epitomized the moral essence of humanism in its insistence on heartfelt goodness as opposed to formalistic piety. The intellectual stimulation provided by humanists helped spark the Reformation, from which, however,...
Setton [9] also notes the impact the Byzantine background had on the Renaissance, since it played a major role in humanism, a basic aspect of the Renaissance. As a consequence of the broad time span the Renaissance includes, there are many art and cultural heritage artefacts associated with...