How Did The Humanist Change The Arts And Education

Humanist were a huge part of the Renaissance and the three main humanist of this time were what transformed the arts and education of1402. The way that the three humanist changed the arts and education was interesting because the three changed the arts with their different ways of writing. Francesco Petrarch wrote a lot about himself in his writings. This was very unusual since the way people’s minds were set was that to reach heaven you need to help others and not show too much attention of yourself. Yet, Francesco Petrarch was all about himself saying he was never of richness or very popular, then turn it around saying he knew kings and was never poor. He wrote about himself but that’s not the only reason he was different he was a humanist
Bruni writes about the edge of destruction of Florence by Milanese “The Milanese army defeats Florence and her allies and captures their commander.” With the army of Florence destroyed and commander of their army in enemies hands Florentines were “terribly frightened and anxious, expecting the enemy from hour to hour.” This was a dark time for Florence they were on the brink of destruction or so they thought since thought since the enemies were stopped. To think that this destruction could have been helped if the treaty of peace was kept between the Milanese and Florentines but as the Milanese said “In time of peace, while no one expected them to do anything, Florentines went to Germany” to get the Germans to fight the general of the Milan. If this accusation or action was not performed Florence would not have been close to destruction. Yet, Bruni talks at length about how a person should “travel through the entire world and select any city they wish and compare it with Florence.” He knows in his heart that there is no city like Florence and if people disagree he wants proof and says “let them give proof of that same quality in which the city is said to excel.” The education he is teaching people is that people can say what they want about this great city but no other city would ever compare to the “splendor, and
Petrarch starts his writings with “If, however, you should have heard of me, you may desire to know what manner of man I was.” This way of righting is shocking since peoples thinking is you want to get to heaven but the best way is to live for others and help others. Petrarch is talking not for others but about himself this is why he is different the other humanist. His righting talking about how he feels and how he sees things. He talks about how he “was, in truth, a poor mortal like yourself, neither very exalted in my origin.” Petrarch lets his readers know that he was never really rich and is just like the poor people yet he later discusses that “The greatest kings of this age have loved and courted me.” To explain why Petrarch was different and how he developed education and the arts, there needed to be proof and knowledge of how Petrarch was and wrote. He wrote about himself and with soothing words that all countered each other. For instance, the being poor yet also being able to be courted by the kings. The knowledge from the readings will explain the importance of Petrarch. Petrarch “was always repelled by the age of time he lived in” so he preferred studying the ages of the past in his own words Petrarch says “In order to forget my own time, I have constantly striven to place myself in spirit in other ages.” For