DBQ Essay 
Tijana Saranovic
Ms. Reicherz
World History
April 22, 2014
The Renaissance DBQ Essay
The Renaissance was a period of big chance in European history. In the years between the Fall of Rome and the mid14th century, the Catholic Church dominated Europe and man was seen as full of sin. How did the Renaissance change the way people thought about themselves? The Renaissance changed man’s view of the world in three ways, individualism, embracing life, and reasoning.
The Renaissance changed the way man viewed individualism. Artist in the Middle
Ages were focused more on painting religious figures. The Renaissance changed the view of artists, Two Angels by Duccio di Buoninsegna from the Middle Ages and the Mona Lisa by
Leonardo da Vinci best exemplifies these changes. Madonna was a religious painting while
Mona Lisa was a realistic person surrounded by a real landscape.
The Renaissance changed how man viewed the world by emphasising embracing this life. In the play Everyman, written by an unknown author during the Middle Ages shows that people during that time only thought about getting Heaven. While in the play Hamlet by
William Shakespeare thought that man was a perfect model of an animal. This document shows how mans view of the world changed because during the MIddle Ages people would only thought about going to Heaven and in the Renaissance they embraced this life.
The Renaissance changed how man viewed the world by using reasoning. During the
Middle Ages, people thought that the Earth was in the center of the universe. While during the
Renaissance they used reasoning to prove that the sun was at the center of the universe, and
the Earth orbits around it. During the Middle Ages people also thought that the zodiac governed a certain part of the
Ms. Reicherz
World History
April 22, 2014
The Renaissance DBQ Essay
The Renaissance was a period of big chance in European history. In the years between the Fall of Rome and the mid14th century, the Catholic Church dominated Europe and man was seen as full of sin. How did the Renaissance change the way people thought about themselves? The Renaissance changed man’s view of the world in three ways, individualism, embracing life, and reasoning.
The Renaissance changed the way man viewed individualism. Artist in the Middle
Ages were focused more on painting religious figures. The Renaissance changed the view of artists, Two Angels by Duccio di Buoninsegna from the Middle Ages and the Mona Lisa by
Leonardo da Vinci best exemplifies these changes. Madonna was a religious painting while
Mona Lisa was a realistic person surrounded by a real landscape.
The Renaissance changed how man viewed the world by emphasising embracing this life. In the play Everyman, written by an unknown author during the Middle Ages shows that people during that time only thought about getting Heaven. While in the play Hamlet by
William Shakespeare thought that man was a perfect model of an animal. This document shows how mans view of the world changed because during the MIddle Ages people would only thought about going to Heaven and in the Renaissance they embraced this life.
The Renaissance changed how man viewed the world by using reasoning. During the
Middle Ages, people thought that the Earth was in the center of the universe. While during the
Renaissance they used reasoning to prove that the sun was at the center of the universe, and
the Earth orbits around it. During the Middle Ages people also thought that the zodiac governed a certain part of the