Man's View Of Man Dbq Essay

People change their view on things pretty frequently. One thing that changed significantly is man’s view of man. Man’s view of man has changed through all of time. The Renaissance was an important event that had changed that view. Man’s view of man was changed by the Renaissance because of the art the artists were making, how they saw man’s place in the universe, the things that humans are composed of, and how humans were acting and thinking. Man’s view of man was changed by the Renaissance because of the art the artists were making. The art that people were making were showing less religious figures than in the Middle Ages as it show in the two paintings in Document A. The picture that Duccio di Buoninsegna painted showed two angels that were a decent portion of the painting and would be considered to be a religious painting (Doc. A). On the other hand, Leonardo da Vinci simply painted a portrait called the Mona Lisa and did not show any signs of religion (Doc. A). This indicates that as the Renaissance was going on, people were starting to think religion was not as big of a part of life and they weren’t letting it control them. Man’s view of man was also changed by the Renaissance because of
In Document D, it shows that people believed they were made of different animals and other things. They also didn’t know they were made of muscle, tissue and so on. It also shows that people were starting to think of things more logically instead of having a ram on their head, which is obviously ridiculous (Doc. D). People were starting to put pieces together instead of being told what to believe and were thinking for themselves in a more intelligent way by viewing bodies as more than parts of things. They were seeing them as themselves. They see they are not made of animals and other things, and were also thinking more about themselves as being unique to other