The Renaissance Versus the Reformation
The Renaissance versus the Reformation
"I feel, sometimes, as the Renaissance man must have felt in finding new riches at every point and in the certainty that unexplored areas of knowledge and experience await at every turn"Polykarp Kusch. Two very critical periods in the history of western civilization involved the eras of the Renaissance and the Reformation. The renaissance evolved mainly in direct result to the medieval times where the people where obedient to authority. The reformation took place right after in the sixteenth century and took the Renaissance a few steps further by trying to reform the Catholic church which had become corrupt and sold indulgences. These two time period each had its own defining ideas which helped to characterize both movements.
When the Renaissance was first becoming to evolve, it was in response to the harsh ideals that were upheld during the medieval times. Of bitter importance in the Renaissance was, "the new spirit of individual self-consciousness that he found in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries had both felicitous and horrifying consequences. Breathtaking creativity was shadowed by brutal egotism; freedom from corporate bondage evoked the worst as well as the best in Renaissance personalities" (Barnes). The impact of the Renaissance on its people was to start looking at the world in new angles and the electrifying idea of questioning authority. While people were still rooted in religion and afterlife, people were also starting to become focused on the present or the life that they were living now. Some of the ways the people of the Renaissance differed was the fresh focus being placed on subjects like art, science, and literature (Elton). A major question asked was, "Could art really imitate nature?" (Rocca). One especially talented individual that arose from this time frame was Leonardo Da Vinci who painted Mona Lisa and also The Last Supper (Rocca). Art was being turned into
"I feel, sometimes, as the Renaissance man must have felt in finding new riches at every point and in the certainty that unexplored areas of knowledge and experience await at every turn"Polykarp Kusch. Two very critical periods in the history of western civilization involved the eras of the Renaissance and the Reformation. The renaissance evolved mainly in direct result to the medieval times where the people where obedient to authority. The reformation took place right after in the sixteenth century and took the Renaissance a few steps further by trying to reform the Catholic church which had become corrupt and sold indulgences. These two time period each had its own defining ideas which helped to characterize both movements.
When the Renaissance was first becoming to evolve, it was in response to the harsh ideals that were upheld during the medieval times. Of bitter importance in the Renaissance was, "the new spirit of individual self-consciousness that he found in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries had both felicitous and horrifying consequences. Breathtaking creativity was shadowed by brutal egotism; freedom from corporate bondage evoked the worst as well as the best in Renaissance personalities" (Barnes). The impact of the Renaissance on its people was to start looking at the world in new angles and the electrifying idea of questioning authority. While people were still rooted in religion and afterlife, people were also starting to become focused on the present or the life that they were living now. Some of the ways the people of the Renaissance differed was the fresh focus being placed on subjects like art, science, and literature (Elton). A major question asked was, "Could art really imitate nature?" (Rocca). One especially talented individual that arose from this time frame was Leonardo Da Vinci who painted Mona Lisa and also The Last Supper (Rocca). Art was being turned into
Bibliography: Elton, G.R. Renaissance and Reformation. Second Edition. The MacMillan Company, New York. 1963 I used this book mainly to help me understand the basic concepts and principle of the reformation and renaissance title_of_work_reviewed_in_italics, clarifying_information. History 31.1 (2002): 3-4 May. 2007 I used this source to help me characterize the importance of art in the Renaissance and how its realism actually helped shape modern art title_of_work_reviewed_in_italics, clarifying_information. Folklore 118.1 (2007): 110-112