The only schools that remained were for use of the Church, but the monks who were educated did not use their knowledge for science or art, but for praise of God (Hartman 135). ... There was no longer a strong middle class to trade ideas and thoughts, and to study and discover new things because people were restricted to their small farming villages instead of larger towns (Gies 123). ... The Gothic style mainly paid tribute to God, and they built large Cathedrals with stained glass windows as places to worship God (Corbishley 42-45). ... These times of little progress were harsh, dreary, an...

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Many of us today have things in our culture that we appreciate without thinking about where they have come from. The things we enjoy so much could be from another culture, and even another place in time. ... Architects of the Middle Ages designed huge cathedrals to emphasize the majesty and grandeur of God. Renaissance architects designed buildings on a smaller scale David2 to help make people aware of their own powers and dignity (World Book). ... Today, we use the term Renaissance man to describe someone who can do many things well. ...

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A child who's incredibly dangerous infancy lasted longer than one year grew up learning about their God and ways of their faith. ... Any who lived through the epidemic considered themselves blessed by god himself, since many viewed the plague as a cleansing of non-believers. ... Since many peasants could hardly keep from interacting with others due to small kennel-like homes, and dirty cesspools littering the cities and towns during this time, they passed on their natural resistances to their offspring. ... Although many good things came from the religious beliefs and followings in th...

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By the beginning of the 14th century, people became less interested in thoughts of God and saints and more concerned with thinking of themselves and their everyday lives. ... There was a noted turning point from god to man. ...

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.  Balanced compositions-- the arrangement of things like lines, colors and form were seemingly "correct".  Ancient Roman ideals were the inspiration for many works in Italy.  Larger than life figures appear in German art.  Dutch works of art began to show hints of daily life (hunting, farming) rather than religious themes.  French art featured clean simplicity. ... Prior to Renaissance thinking Medieval Europe considered life to be sinful--that people should only be concerned about their duty to God and the afterlife. ...

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