- New Values and Ideas
- Secularism
- Individualism
- Scepticism
- Rebirth ?
- Many works of Art and Literature
- Change in attitude and thought
- No
- Classical pieces were already well known
- Greek & Roman Scholars had already arrived in Italy
- Paintings that were centered on man were seen well before this period
- Concerned about life in the present
- Were more focused on man's life on earth than God's world
- Humanism
- Focus is more on Man than God
- Focused on Man's overall development
- Interest in all aspects of Man's life
- Human body
- Human mind
- Achievements of Mankind
- Taking pride in Humanist-centered acheivements and aspects of interest in the humanist philosophy
- Gave credit to Individuals for a variety of achievements
- Doubting religion
- Curiosity about natural phenomenon
- European Renaissance originated in italy
- Italian Cities
- Constant contact with Roman empire
- Source of Income and profit for cities
- Adopts aspects of Greek, Roman, Italian Cultures from the East
- Incredibly wealthy cities
- Banking
- Wealth could be used to buy
- Art
- Literature
- Trade
- Because of the lucrative industries of
- Italy was divided into a series of City-States at that time
- Citizens were involved in
- Politics
- The World around them
- Men in the city states were interested in the classic works
- Men Studied
- Civilizations of
- Classical theories
- Greece
- Rome
- Men learnt
- Latin
- Greek
- These men called themselves
- Humanists
- Vied for a new kind of education system
- Where men could be prepared for the world, in the fields of
- Politics
- Diplomacy
- Trade
- Finance
- Philosophy
- History
- Mathematics
- Literature
- Art
- Revolutions in the fields of
- Arts
- Sciences
- Religious figures were given human form
- Many breakthroughs were made in the techniques used in paintings
- A more realistic human form
- Backgrounds were landscapes and structures instead of solid color
- Perspective was achieved in the paintings
- Movement was shown with greater precision
- Better expressions on faces of people
- Architecture
- Greek and Roman aspects of architectural technique were combined
- Music
- Instrumental
- Violins were invented
- The foundations for secular music were founded
- Experiments were not used to prove thoeries
- Were afraid to challenge the classics
- Eventually spread to Northern Europe
- Through Italian Traders and diplomats
- The printing press is credited with inspiring this change