Renaissance Humanism valued the potential and dignity of individuals, emphasized education and critical thinking, and celebrated human achievements in art, literature, and science. In contrast, life in the Middle Ages was characterized by a focus on faith, hierarchy, and the divine, with limited opportunities for individual expression or intellectual pursuits outside the church.
Humanism and scholasticism were two very different things. Scholasticism was an approach to teaching that was important in the Middle Ages from the opening of universities and was based on Aristotelian reasoning. Humanism is an approach to philosophy that became important during in the Renaissance and focuses on human values and concerns. There are links below to articles on scholasticism and humanism.
First off, humanism did not emerge until the Renaissance, which was after the Middle Ages. Humanism encouraged people to glorify man and focus mainly on the human life (instead of the afterlife), as well as expand borders.
Humanism in the Renaissance developed as a response to the focus on religion and the supernatural during the Middle Ages. It emphasized the importance of individual achievement, classical learning, and the potential of human beings to shape their own destinies. Humanists promoted the study of classical texts, arts, and sciences to enhance worldly knowledge and critical thinking.
the renaissance era showed that man is basically awesome contrary to what Catholicism taught during the medieval period. This era was the transition between the middle ages, and the modern era.
Humanism of the Renaissance believed that we could learn from the pagan world, primarily art and philosophy. This art and philosophy became well known in the European west after the fall of Constantinople, and the westerners wanted to 'fit it in' with their Christian faith. Jews and Muslims also practiced this humanism, especially in the Muslim Empire which included much ancient learning from Greek, Persian, and Egyptian societies.
The value of humanism fourished in the Renaissance, it was very common amongst people. While in the Middle Ages, people were strongly Catholic, and followed the church at all costs.
humanism
Humanism and scholasticism were two very different things. Scholasticism was an approach to teaching that was important in the Middle Ages from the opening of universities and was based on Aristotelian reasoning. Humanism is an approach to philosophy that became important during in the Renaissance and focuses on human values and concerns. There are links below to articles on scholasticism and humanism.
The Medieval world tended to be Theocentric. The Renaissance world tended to be Anthropocentric.
Art was more life like and realistic in renaissance art, the middle ages art was mostly looked flat and without depth.
Art was more life like and realistic in renaissance art, the middle ages art was mostly looked flat and without depth.
perspective instead of only two dimensional
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First off, humanism did not emerge until the Renaissance, which was after the Middle Ages. Humanism encouraged people to glorify man and focus mainly on the human life (instead of the afterlife), as well as expand borders.
Renaissance means rebirth and ended the Middle Ages. After a 1000 years man produced art, massive churches, and began to think in humanist ways.