The period that brought
Europe out of the Middle Ages/
The Dark Ages (1300 CE – 1600 CE) and renewed interest in
things of this world: Education, Art, Literature, Science. During the Dark
Ages, all
power belong to the Church
and people are forbidden to question their authority.
A
system of thought that rejects
religious beliefs and centers on humans and their values, capacities, and worth. The humanist are concern
with the interests, needs, and
welfare of humans. All thought and action are concerned with human interests and values. Education became a status symbol, people hired scholars to
teach their children. Human form was
revealed as a thing of beauty and the artists more interested in realism (nude
human body, no longer an object
of shame as in Middle Ages.)
The School of Athens
By Raphael: Medium: Fresco
Year: 1511
