... humanists such as D. Erasmus rejected religious orthodoxy in favor of the study of human nature, and such writers as Petrarch and G. Boccaccio in Italy, F. Rabelais in France, and W. Shakespeare in England produced works that emphasized the intricacies of the complex human character The style of architecture reflected that of classical culture and spread throughout Europe, replacing the medieval Gothic ... the architect, painter, organist, and writer Leon Battista Alberti, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo. The great artists of the period made several notable contributions to literatur...

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