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VoyagestoNewWorldsSincethetimesoftheCrusadesinthe11thand12thcenturies,EuropehadbeentradingwiththeEast.TherewasanincreaseddemandforexoticEasternspices,cloth,andwood,whichcreatednewwealthfortradersandmerchants

VoyagestoNewWorldsTheTurkishconquestofConstantinoplein1453temporarilyblockedtheoverlandroutetotheEast,sonewtraderouteswereneeded.Peoplestartedtoexplore.1492—ItalianexplorerChristopherColumbusattemptedtoreachtheeastbysailingwestacrosstheAtlantic.1498—VascodaGama,commissionedbyPortugal,openedanEasterntraderoutetoIndia1519PortugueseFerdinandMagellan—insearchofawesterntraderouteforSpain—sailedaroundSouthAmericaintoavastoceanhecalledthePacific

Humanism:AnEmphasisontheIndividualMedievalphilosophers’systemsofthoughtwasmainlycenteredaroundGodandquestionsofreligions.Humanistswereinterestedinhumanvalues,andtheyrevivedthestudyofclassicalGreekandRomanart,literature,history,andphilosophy.

TheArtsintheRenaissanceWealthyItalianmerchantfamiliesusedtheirrichestosupporttheexplorationofhumanthoughtandimagination.Theybecamepatronsofthearts,financingtheworksofwriters,musicians,philosophers,andotherartistsandthinkers.

TheArtsintheRenaissanceTheworksofRenaissanceartistsclearlyexpressedthebeliefthathumankindisthemeasureofallthings.Giotto(Italianpainter)developedanewstyleofpaintingthatemphasizednatural-lookingformsinsteadofflat,stylizedfigures.Michelangelowasfascinatedwiththeshape,substance,andpowerofthehumanbody.

TheArtsintheRenaissanceLeonardodaVinciisperhapsthemostimaginativeandgiftedfigureoftheRenaissance.Hewasaninventor,artist,architect,musician,andscientist.Hestudiedthemoon’seffectonthetides,initiatedthescienceofhydraulics,andstudiedhumananatomy.Healsodesignedseveralflyingde