HST 197 Chapter Notes - Chapter 31: Renaissance Humanism, Renaissance Architecture, Early Christianity
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Demographic recovery and state building efforts in europe coincided with a cultural growth, known as the renaissance. Painters, sculptors and architects drew inspiration from classical greek and roman artists. They admired the realism of classical sculpture. In efforts to revive the aesthetic standards, they transformed medieval european art. Humanists looked to classical rather than medieval literary models and sought to update medieval morals. Italian artists studied human form and represented the emotions of their subjects. Leonardo da vinci relied on the technique of linear perspective. Michelangelo wanted to depict their subjects in natural poses that reflected actual workings of human muscles rather than rigid poses. Designed buildings in a simple elegant style. Domed buildings, enclosed large spaces but kept them open and airy. Romans built domes but their technology and engineering didn"t survive the collapse of the roman empire. Scholars interested in the humanities-literature, history and moral philosophy.
