(Petrarch, pg. 272) This quote discusses how one does not have to completely turn away from the church and God in order to educate himself. It shows that one can do both be religious and educated at the same time and one will not interfere with the other. Petrarch also says that people choose different paths, but all lead to the same goal that every one is trying to reach which is happiness. The path with just blind devoutness is below the path with the enlightened devoutness of one familiar with literature. What Petrarch means by this is that one can not have just blind faith in the church and do what ever they tell him, but that and individual has to be able to make his own decisions based on his education. .
Another aspect that changed during the Renaissance was art. In the Vatican there are two famous frescos which were painted by Raphael. The first fresco is The School of Athens which shows major Greek philosophers. The second fresco which is on the opposing wall is the Disputa which depicts the great Christian theologians of various eras. "The placement of these two frescos symbolizes values characteristic of the Renaissance; glorification of pagan culture without rejecting Christianity". (pg. 278) The artists still painted using some Christian themes that are visible in the painting, but the have also used other historical events or figures. The painters did not turn their back on the church totally, but it was not their only focus. Another famous painter from Northern Europe was Jan van Eyck who painted The Betrothal of the Arnolfini. "Thus this painting is both a realistic depiction of two individuals with personalities in a natural setting and symbolic representation of the meanings of marriage in the fifteenth century and its religious implications". (pg. 279) Jan van Eyck painted people in his painting very realistically and with an expression through which one could tell what they were feeling during that time.