Part of this humanist idea was one of reaching back in time to the Golden Era of the classics, but in all actuality, it was more of a time between times, so to speak. Medieval supernatural ideas were on the decline, so the ideas of the humanists took their place, but at the same time there was no real idea there to embrace. In the medieval society there was one right and one wrong, while at the same time there was not yet a system of concepts and rules for his life. The humanist movement took a while to get off of

The humanists began to make those things that seemed so unattainable real and tangible. They began drawing and painting about what they thought about instead of focusing on what they were thinking about. The whole shift was from unattainable to tangible. Instead of thinking about what God looked like, the humanists encouraged artists to sculpt what they thought he looked like. Everything was beginning to be more focused on reality than on imaginary, and this scared the church. The church was at first scared that the pagan writings would warp the minds of the followers of their faith, so they decided to use the humanist movement to their advantage, and have artists paint churches and sculpt saints. The movement from intangible to reality was one that took years, but in the end was one of the greatest achievements of humanism.

It has been said that humanism was never really a philosophy, or a movement, but was instead an educational curriculum and this helps to illustrate what these humanists were trying to do (Hooker 3). They were trying to teach the people to be different so that they could change the world around them, they were trying to reach back in time and grab a bit of the Golden Age that was to them such a wonderful time. The great masters of humanism did all that they could to educate anyone and everyone that would listen in the great art of debate, in the ways of the Greeks and Romans. They brought intangibles down to the level that every man could understand God and the works of the classics. The humanists are responsible for the way that everyone looks at the world, the

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