Tuesday, November 30, 2010

The European Renaissance


The European Renaissance is an important time in history, it was the "rebirth" of Classical Greeks ideas. In 1348, the bubonic plague hit all over europe, which question religious faith. Many will start to question;"Where is God?", to help cure or stop the plague. Faith of many got lost and especially in Florence. The bubonic plague is when they are bitten by a flea that carries the plague bacteria from an infected rodent. To reaction of destruction, interest in classical ideas started to happen. Increase of literacy and interest in non-religious texts. A good example would be the written work of Bocaccio, who wrote in vernacular language. He wrote in Italian, which uneducated people can hear, the language they know. The bible was being questioned, it wasn't taken as seriously has it was in the past. Individuals started to interpret the passages in the bible, instead of literally believing the stories. The world of literature starts to have different genres; biography, narratives, novels and etc. Sometime people started to become interested of. The arts, was a huge change as well. During the medieval era the paintings were religious; colors were dark and a lot of gold use. Especially, baby Jesus would look like a small adult; sometimes with a five o'clock shadow. In the Renaissance, paintings were about ordinary things and people. It look realistic and baby Jesus look like a baby. It wasn't about the religion views anymore, it was about getting out of the box. Explore new ideas and recollect the classical ones to make new ones. Without the Renaissance not happening, what would the world be like.

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