"The Renaissance Is An Important Landmark In The History Of Art, But In Other Respects It's Significance Is Negligible." Discuss.
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... Paul Gillen 2nd MA History Module A Essay Tutor: Chrissie Urquart "The Renaissance Is An Important Landmark In The History Of Art, But In Other Respects It's Significance Is Negligible." Discuss. The Renaissance was a very special period in the history of humankind. It is one of those periods in history where a melting pot of brilliant individuals and revolutionary ideas came together at the same time, by chance? Who knows, yet this period shows remarkable advances in our species unrivalled until the last century being even more special due to the background of the middle ages from which it came. However it is too common today to dismiss the Renaissance as purely an art based era where the likes of Raphael and Da Vinci were the only heroes. In this essay I hope to establish that this was not the case, although Art was at the forefront it was a mere cog in the














