... sprung the notion of Humanism, which is thought to have brought back the ideas of classical antiquity (learning and literature) that had been lost in the Middle Ages. Antiquity, not a Christian notion, was a very sensuous ideal that embraced sexuality and was about the human body. In relation to this, Humanism embraced the physical and literary records of the ancient world, as well the human itself ... focus on naturalism, it was also an art of great ornamentation and color. This gothic art soon became the style of the dominant French-Catholic Avinon Papacy, a courtly culture of love, m...

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