Day 2 Renaissance

Today in Western Civilization we learned more on the Renaissance.

Humanism 

~Deep interest in what people have already achieved, as well as what they are capable of achieving in the future

~ resembles Greek word Arete 

Classical writings were important to them worldly (Secular) values were essential-concerned with the here and now- christian values still important but separate from secular values 

Renaissance women= someone who supported male artists 

Renaissance man= Master of many fields of work 

Sculptures made realistic figures, such as the Pieta 

~carved from marble
~found in St. Peters Basilica in Vatican city

Perspective: Using shadowing and depth to create the illusion of three dimensions

Frescoes
~Where pigment merges with plaster, becoming part of the wall/ceiling

Literature
~wrote in the vernacular- native language
~Previously, most scholars writings was in Greek or Latin
~Wrote to express thoughts and feelings