Essay - Renaissance the Emergence of the Renaissance Movement Determining and Analyzing...

Renaissance

***** Emergence of the Renaissance Movement

Determining and analyzing what gave rise to the ***** movement during the 14th ***** 16th centuries include a closer look into its main philosophy, humanism. The Renaissance movement was well-known for its support ***** the philosophy of humanism, which posited that humans have ***** capacity not only for reason, but also for committing goodness and seeking truth. It can be said that because ***** humanism, ***** flourished ***** of the innate trust that it provided humanity, ***** its ***** for progress and development.

Humanism ***** reflected in every aspect ***** people's lives ***** the Renaissance. Prior to the establishment of the movement, culture and the arts were dominated and oftentimes, dictated by the Church, producing artworks that are religious in *****me ***** subject. However, with the advent of the Renaissance movement, society indulged no longer in exclusive portrayal and depiction of religious icons ***** scenes, but also focused on secular artworks, showcasing independence in style and design, and even scientific experimentati***** on techniques and media. Such attempts in ***** development ***** scientific methods of creating art was evident in the ***** of foreshortening, perspective and three dimensional paintings ***** were developed during this period.

The roots of ***** ***** the Renaissance movement ********** exactly be attributed to a successful and flourishing economic society. During the periods stated (14th to 16th centuries), Western society, especially Europe, ***** experiencing an economic crisis, making it a very unlikely venue for intellectu*****l development such as the *****. However, specific conditions in the Western society made it conducive for *****tellectual change ***** occur, such ***** the rapid development ***** urbanism in Italian cities and towns. The ease of establishing trade routes and Florence ********** ***** center ***** trade ***** possible not ***** the exchange of goods and commodities, but ***** of ideas and new information about territories outside of the country and Western society. Thus, ***** during the period wherein Italy was experiencing social ***** ***** strife because of ***** Black Death, the Renaissance movement developed in time ***** the rapid development of *****ly-organized groups, giving birth to modern social developments ***** as ***** creation of communes and the structure ***** serfdom. This was the social environment of Italian society when the movement of intellectual rebirth was conceived and later emerged.

The ***** was also marked with religious decline, as ***** began ***** accept alternative religious philosophies other than what ***** imposed by the Catholic Church. With ***** decline of the *****, ***** ***** movements emerged dominant among Renaissance thinkers and followers, which included the movement ***** Protestantism, and ***** on, Reformation. Under the ***** movement, reformed Catholic churches established their own assembly, disassociating from the ***** Church to form *****ir own religious organization. Protestantism, in fact, preceded the Protestant *****, which culm*****ated the Renaissance movement in ***** 16th century. Under the ***** Reformation, socio-economic changes were put ***** place, ***** involved primarily ***** transfer of power from the Church to the civil society/citizenry. The ***** gave birth