Causes Of The Renaissance Dbq

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Ever wonder where our thought processes and diverse opinions originated? It all began with the Renaissance. The Renaissance is a period of about 300 years where man began to explore different things around himself and within himself. The Renaissance changed man’s view of the world through the way he looked at himself, art and literature, and religion.
To begin with, the Renaissance changed man’s view of himself. In document B, man sees himself as an individual who can do what he pleases and not worry about what God thinks. The first excerpt is from a play called Everyman written by an unknown author. It speaks of man as though he has to follow certain guidelines in order to be prepared for The General Reckoning which is known as Judgement …show more content…
Shakespeare says, “What a piece of work man is! How noble in reason! …. In apprehension like a god! …. The paragon of animals!” (Document B) Shakespeare describes man as a paragon which means perfect model and it is a significant detail that separates the old closed mind set from the Middle Ages to the new individualistic mind set of the Renaissance. Not only do the thoughts about man change but the focus shifting from religion to individuals has shifted, too. In document A, there are two paintings in which have different things they focus on which are religion and an individual. What shows that the perspective of man has changed during the Renaissance through these pictures is how the different opinions shifted in between the times these paintings were painted. The painting of religious figure Mother Mary holding baby Jesus was painted in the 13th century whereas the individualistic painting Mona Lisa was painted in the 16th century. In between these centuries, the focus drastically shifted from strongly religious to firmly independent. Painting man was beginning to become a new hobby and resulted in individualistic and detailed paintings of a single person. Man no longer painted just …show more content…
Man begins to admire himself rather than worry about living up to God’s expectations for Judgement Day. As stated in document B, man writes about himself and admiring himself. Shakespeare writes and refers to man in his play, Hamlet, as “….the paragon of animals!” which means he is the perfect model. The opposite excerpt written by an unknown author but titled Everyman was about how man should be obedient and prepare for the general reckoning which is Judgement Day. On top of admiring himself, man started to paint what they think the body looks like. When it comes to art, in document D, artists begin to paint what they think the anatomy of man looks like. Johann Regiomontanus paints a diagram as to which zodiacs govern different parts of the body in 1512. These zodiacs are mostly represented by animals and are the beliefs of man from the Middle Ages. Another painting of the anatomy of man has been painted by Andreas Vesalius in 1543 where there are no animals, people, or objects that govern different parts of the body but rather what man’s body actually looks like. The painting has been based off of research done by Vesalius, who did go through and dissect dead human corpses to better explain the human body. These were just ideas behind the anatomy, what happens along with this change is the way man painted himself. Man painted himself in a more realistic way as a result of the renaissance. In Document A, the painting
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