hazel_baby

Perhaps no change in errors was more dramatic in than the change between the Middles Ages and the Renaissance. There was a huge turning point in the way people thought and speculated things. Authors and artists became more humanistic in their work and intellectuals were finally starting to act with skepticism and challenged traditional beliefs. The advances in literature, art, and science during the Renaissance amazingly still have a crucial impact on the lives of people today.

The field of literature expanded tremendously during this time period as themes changed and the number of readers grew. The printing press was one of the key elements that contributed to the increase of literacy. Books were printed faster and the numbers multiplied. The prices decreased massively thus more people were exposed to literature and were able to buy books without hesitation. As they became increasingly popular, the subject matter also expanded to broad horizons. Authors started to turn away from religion and they focused more on everyday life; thus being concerned with the afterlife was trivial factor. They wrote in vernacular and were more creative in their writing. Instead of writing solely epic poetry and traditional romances based on religion and stereotypes; sonnets, plays, novels, biographies, and autobiographies were developed. Characters in novels were round instead of flat. Authors took a risk in boldly expressing their opinions about various aspects, a lot of the time touching readers emotionally. There were many of them in the Renaissance including Shakespeare, who wrote dramatic plays and sonnets. Dante was never forgotten because he wrote about his vision of hell and divine comedy. Ash Thomas Moore wrote Utopia, his vision of the perfect society. Another prominent author was Machiavelli, a political genius whose famous quote was, “The end justifies the means.” Finally, Cervantes wrote the first Spanish novel, Don Quixote which emphasized the mockery of knights. The increase of complexity and overall growth in literature was a great benefit for the majority of people; their minds were able to heap with knowledge.

Art expanded along with literature as people focused more on realism and themes became more humanistic. In realism artists started to pay attention to much detail in their creations. They studied the anatomy of humans becoming more accurate with drawing the external characteristics on their subjects such as muscles, veins, and bone structure. A prime example is St. Sebastian by Bottacelli because it displays detailed muscularity and much nudity. Emotion was another element that contributed to the expansion of Renaissance art. For example, da Vinci created the very famous Pieta. It displayed profound emotion between Mary and her son, Jesus as he is dying on her lap. It’s a prime contradiction of colorless, stereotypical art that was popular in the Middle Ages. New forms of painting were established as well. Leonardo da Vinci’s Last super was a fresco. It was painted on fresh plaster which was very unique in comparison to the Middle Ages. Portraits were also a new form of aristocratic art. Da Vinci’s mysterious Mona Lisa is a very notable example of a famous portrait in the Renaissance. Another important theme that was developed was secularism. Art was more based on every day life and worldliness instead of primarily being focused on religion and religious figures. The Betrothal of the Arnolfini by Van Eak is a good example of secularity because it shows the daily life of a couple getting married. Artists during this era also had a classical influence and also had an appreciation for Greek and Roman myths. Greek and Roman history and past art inspired them to emulate the classic style thus giving them lots of reference. For example, the School of Athens by Raphael illustrated a classical Greek and Roman theme. New techniques were also established such as three dimensional perspectives, precise shading, and oil base paintings. In all of these ways mentioned above, art has changed forever having a lasting impact on a broad range of fascinated audiences.

The world of science advanced along with art throughout the Renaissance due to people questioning alchemy and the Natural Law. Later on, these acts became known as the era of scientific revolution. People were gaining extreme intelligence in physics, anatomy, and astronomy. In doing so, they followed the scientific method when experimenting. There was an order—hypothesis, observation/measurement, and conclusion. Scientists also used the newly invented instruments such as the telescope, the barometer, the microscope, or the thermometer that aided them with their conclusions. Eventually, new theories were developed. The heliocentric theory was first brought up by Copernicus. It explained that the earth revolves around the sun; however, the German scientist, James Kepler was the first to actually prove it in scientific terms. Kepler also wrote the Laws of Planetary Motion in 1609. Another famous scientist was Galileo Galilei. He was an Italian who discovered that all things fall at the same rate, excluding air resistance, contradicting Aristotle’s early propositions. On the other hand, Newton proposed the Law of Universal Gravitation; it explained that all bodies attract to each other and that the force of attraction can be measured. Nevertheless, the field of medicine was also explored. Andreas Vesalius pioneered the study of anatomy. He published the Fabric of Human Body. The significance in his book was that the pictures inside of it were amazingly detailed; they became a major reference to a variety of people. William Harvey, an English physician, investigated blood circulation and how the heart worked. These discoveries literally opened the eyes of all people. Ancient theories were crushed and many propositions became void. The no longer ignorant had a completely different view of the world.

Overall these achievements accomplished in the Renaissance were typically known as spectacular. They are the basis of understanding the world. They marked and triggered the beginning of future discoveries and the continuous expansion of knowledge. The Renaissance was truly an evolution in culture and intelligence. It was such a prosperous era that will most likely never be forgotten.




Can you truthfully tell me all the mistakes I've made that my teacher didn't catch? What would you give it?
I think I threw in too many superflous adjectives...but I got a 97%..and everyone else got 90's and one girl got a C+..I have a feeling that she deserved better....I think my teacher likes me too much or something...
NOTE: I am a sophomore in regular World History.

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Hodge

Umm, take your good grades as they come. You'll find that unless you're in an English or composition class, the professor/teacher is going to give you a good grade for an English 101 level essay.

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hazel_baby

is English 101 refering to a frosh college level essay? Well, I guess there really is a difference in English and history...my history teacher doesn't really give a shit in my lack of sentence variety..al she really cares about is the mechanics, organization, and facts...I just have to keep it up and I'll go on to AP next year..YAyyyy...I never new history could be so easy.

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you got an A+, be happy with it

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mammamaia

seems to have been given for content, rather than excellence of writing, as there are indeed, many mistakes that would have lowered the grade to a numerical 'B' equivalent were i doing the grading... she may also be grading on a curve, which would raise your grade significantly, if all the rest were even more technically flawed...

as has been advised above, take it and run!... and be proud of the fact that you can recognize your own failings... next time, do a better job of proofing and editing and you can be proud of your writing, as well...

love and hugs, maia

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SilkFX

Co-signing with mammamaia. If it'd been me grading it you wouldn't have gotten an A of any kind. So be glad it wasn't me.

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Fantasy of You

It's an essay, not an advert. You're not telling me how great this thing is, you're supposed to tell me the fact, not the amazing facts.

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Omnisu

It's for history, not english. Your history teacher certainly won't be grading an essay on the same criteria as an english teacher.

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Anarkos

Hold on...is this a university/college level essay, or a high school one?

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hazel_baby

HIGH SCHOOL HIGHSCHOOL. lol.

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History teachers definitely do not grade with the same red pen that an English teacher would. They pay more attention to content than composition. For example, I had a history teacher that would just scan through the essays looking for key words. As a test, I wrote out "Mary had a little lamb" over and over again with a scattering of key vocabulary words and got an A+.

You could always take your essay to your English teacher for a more critical look to help you improve your writing.

In the future, if you can recognize your own errors, further revisions before submission would be a good idea.

hazel_baby

lol. That's actually the best that I can do. I can't recognize any detailed errors that I've made. I'm not good in English, but yea, I guess I'll have to go to my English teacher 'for a more critical look' in the future. She hates it when I use 'big words' though, and she likes to bash me for it. Like, ok, since we're prepping for our PSAT test, we're intensely studying new vocabulary and I decided to use a lot of it in my essay, but she got upset with me. HEY ATLEAST I TRIED. And she said that we're absolutely not ready to use complex vocabulary; we are only capable of recognizing it. What a bitch. I can use whatever vocabulary I wish.
On the side note, Lol..I can't believe you got an A+ for that. What a shitty teacher.

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Anarkos

Oh, thank God.

Start of high school, they'll pass you if you write your name and give you an A+ if you write an essay-like-thing.

Start of university, they'll do everything possible to accuse you of plagiarism, and, hey, it's a BA, so you'll get an A anyway.

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hazel_baby

OK...That does not make sense..so essentially you will not know how to write a proper essay once you get into college, so magically at some point you will know how to write a proper one since high school was a load of bullshit?

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Der_Parvenu_Meister

ya it was probably worth it... i skimmed it... american schools dont ask for a lot.

My english teacher is worse, she gives A's to almost every one, its so fucking unrealistic when the guy beside you who cant spell wednesday and wrote his essay at lunch an hour earlier gets " well done! this is truly a great effort!"

Why dont I just snort cocaine off my poetry book? Senile old fool