... population, a wave that redefined a complete man. These new thoughts greatly differed from the ones of the Middle Ages and the pattern of human thought was reformed. No longer did people think of "we" or did everything in the name of Christ. The renaissance was a time of "I" and personal glory. With this a new ... in art and literature, but he would also be a skilled fighter and a man of strength. His art would reflect his thoughts, his own persona, and everything he did; he did for his own gain. A man would need to be skilled with a sword and a pen, a true warrior poet, in order to be w...

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... 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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