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This uncertainty "provided the material for new intellectual, cultural, and social experiments that would at their conclusion provide the means of constructing a new European monocultural identity, one focused on humanistic studies, science, and the arts" (Hooker). According the History Channel, the Renaissance was "above all an urban phenomenon" (History) that is conceptually linked with the past in that while "medieval scholars looked askance at the pagan Greek and Roman world, believing that they were living in the final age before the last judgment, their Renaissance counterparts adored the ancients, condemned the Middle Ages as ignorant and barbaric, and proclaimed their own age one of light and the rebirth of the classical heritage" (history). In the midst of challenge and change, answers to life's questions were discovered.
The Renaissance is the result of several aspects in a society manifesting themselves in a way that demonstrates mankind's ability to adapt and change according to his thoughts and desires. While the economic and political climate might have been unstable, the arts...
Humanism forced man to look inward for answers to solving some of life's discontentment and art was not merely an expression but something to be admired for centuries to come. The Renaissance illustrates how forward motion in a difficult or uncertain time is not only healthy, but also good for all.
Works Cited
Hooker, Richard. "Backgrounds to the Italian Renaissance." Washington State University. Information Retrieved December 27, 2008. http://wsu.edu/~dee/REN/BACK.htm
Hooker, Richard. "The Idea of the Renaissance." Washington State University. Information Retrieved December 27, 2008. http://wsu.edu/~dee/REN/HUMANISM.htm
Bennett, Josephine Waters. "On the Causes of the Renaissance." Renaissance News. 1949. JSTOR Resource Database. Information Retrieved December 27, 2008. http://www.jstor.org
History Channel Online. "Renaissance." Information Retrieved December 27, 2008. http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=220511
Works Cited
Hooker, Richard. "Backgrounds to the Italian Renaissance." Washington State University. Information Retrieved December 27, 2008. http://wsu.edu/~dee/REN/BACK.htm
Hooker, Richard. "The Idea of the Renaissance." Washington State University. Information Retrieved December 27, 2008. http://wsu.edu/~dee/REN/HUMANISM.htm
Bennett, Josephine Waters. "On the Causes of the Renaissance." Renaissance News. 1949. JSTOR Resource Database. Information Retrieved December 27, 2008. http://www.jstor.org
History Channel Online. "Renaissance." Information Retrieved December 27, 2008. http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=220511
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