art architecture and writing

paper making for example helped make possible the development of printing the ability to create and store books led to the growth of libraries and the spread of

Powerful or wealthy people showed an interest in secular ideas by acting in patrons , paying artists, writers, and musicians to create beautiful works of art.

They exchanged ideas from city to city

They wrote in new, unfamiliar styles that inspired other writers and made literature more widespread. Their literary accomplishments included a lot of poetry (s

painting became more realistic because of perspective. also went beyond religion

They wrote either for self-expression or to portray the individuality of their subjects

ideas centered on the things of the world

people in the middle class had extra money to spend on luxuries

renaissance writers wrote about their own thoughts and feelings, and to express themselves

It was where the development of a class of merchants and bankers who were becoming wealthy and powerful

scholars did not try to connect classical writings to Christian teachings. Instead they tried to understand them on their own terms

with fewer people to feed, the general standard of living was higher