Question

2. What was not a factor in the start of the

Renaissance?
a. Increase in trade/rise of merchant class
b. Crusades/fall of Constantinople (1453 CE)
c. New technology from America
d. The rediscovery of classical texts

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter D

The reason, according to Renaissance thinking, was a manifestation of the human spirit that brought the individual closer to God. By exercising his ability to question the world, man simply gave way to a gift given by God (Neoplatonism). Another fundamental aspect of Renaissance works was the privilege given to human actions, or humanism. This characteristic was represented in the reproduction of everyday situations and in the rigorous reproduction of human traits and forms (naturalism). This humanistic aspect was inspired by another key point of the Renaissance: the praise for the artistic conceptions of Classical Antiquity or Classicism.