If one were to gaze upon the statue of "David" by Michelangelo (1475-1564), they would notice the high esteem in which the human body was portrayed. The sculpture almost appears to be a person itself, so real, ... discovered appreciation for Latin literature and the humanities, the foundations for humanistic thinking were laid. Petrarch urged others to awaken from the darkness "of the Middle Ages and move forward out of "the slumber of forgetfulness into the pure radiance of the past" (Humanism 1). Scholars began to distinguish themselves from ... through any means necessary, using Alexande...

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