His achievements in the retrieval of Greek and Roman traditions, including rhetoric, and his attempts to follow classical style lead to the movement itself (Humanism: Italy" 2). ... He became the first pope to openly advocate humanism, and he recruited scholars to come to Rome and translate ancient Greek texts (Humanism: Italy" 4). ... Evident in this selection were the ideals of classical Greek society that were mirrored in Castiglione's work. His advice to the courtier during a time of arms was to seek deserved glory, honor, and excellence, a reverberation of the Greek value of arete. ...

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The humanists of the Renaissance rediscovered the Latin and Greek classics (hence the "rebirth" or "renaissance" of the classical world), that humanist philosophy stressed the dignity of humanity, and that humanists shifted intellectual emphasis off of theology and logic to specifically human studies. ... The fall of Constantinople in 1453 provided Humanism with a major boost, for many eastern scholars fled to Italy, bringing with them important books and manuscripts and a tradition of Greek scholarship (Will Durant, 1981). ... The humanistic movement began during the early Italian Renaiss...

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The humanistic movement began during the early Italian Renaissance with the rediscovery of the writings of classical Greeks and Romans, which were not only models of literary style, but considered to be guides to the understanding of life. ... Brunelleschi is also credited with the invention of linear perspective, a mathematical system painters could use to show space and depth on a flat surface. ... One of his greatest works, School of Athens, shows a humanistic influence of classical Greek and Roman models through depicting a group of Greek philosophers studying about a group of stone pilla...

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