How The Renaissance Changed The Man's View of Man and The World

During the Middle Ages, the Renaissance changed the man's view of man and the world. The Middle Ages have lasted from the fall of Rome to at least the 14th century. At this time, the Catholic Church was the dominant force in Europe, and most people were unable to read and write. It was the monks in the monasteries and the Pope who regulated learning and learned a great deal about sin and death and man's weakness. It changed with the Renaissance, as the view of the future became even more positive. That transition can be seen in the way people of the Renaissance embraced the environment, the individual, and the justification. What most influenced the Renaissance was the emphasis on art, literature, astronomy and anatomy.

Man's view of man has been modified due to a modern style of art. The painting 'Madonna Enthroned Between Two Angles' by Duccio di Buoninsegna was done in a religious matter of what the Church desired. The 'Mona Lisa,' by Leonardo Da Vinci, displayed a new form of art style that depicted landscapes and three-dimensional figures. Leonardo was painting a human. Buoninsegna was painting a sculpture. Art changed man's view of man by presenting new forms and creative expression.

Man's view of man may have changed through literature during the Renaissance. For example, in Hamlet's play, William Shakespeare wrote, 'In apprehension, how like a god! '. During the Renaissance people were seen as god / angel-like beings or works of art. People started to believe that they were beautiful people. In Every Man, the author wrote, 'Ye [man] think that the beginning of sin is absolutely good'. In the Middle Ages, human beings were thought to be sinners, and how we were made by God. Humans have now become god themselves from the works of sin. Literature modified man's view of himself by convincing people that they were magnificent and god-like.

During the Renaissance, man's view of man was transformed by astronomy. Copernicus 'theory of the 'Heliocentric World' questioned the Middle Ages concept of the geocentric universe. The geocentric world, which suggests that both the planets and the sun revolved around the earth. The Heliocentric World, which suggests that it revolved around the earth, questioned the Church. Back in the Middle Ages, questioning the geocentric world, it would mean death back then. Luckily, the church couldn't kill people because they knew they were wrong. Astronomy changed man's view of man by loosening the hold of the Church on men. Vesalius had learned about the human body by dissecting it and not relying on old fairy tale sketches. This was a great change from biblical knowledge, dependent more on faith than on reason.

Man's understanding of man has changed due to art, literature, anatomy and astronomy. While people have a right to believe in what they want, and I know it's hard to believe in anything new when you've spent most of your life with it. Yet, people have a right to believe what they want, and the church has prevented it. Man wasn't just a miserable little sinful thing going from dust to clay. He was a guy with a brain and a lot of promise.