Humanism and Clericism Of The 16th Century :: Philosophy

Hu gentle mankindism and Clericism Of The sixteenth CenturyThe two paintings, The conversion of St. capital of Minnesota by Caravaggio, and lady writing a letter with her maid by Vermeer, reflect the religious conflict between the Protestant and catholic cultures of 16th century Europe.Before we take a look at wherefore they reflect the religious dispute, first we must know some stress on what caused it. Humanism and Clericism. During the renaissance humanism stood for the intellectual attitudes of the ancient military man paired with the wide acceptance of the existence of God. Humanists were interested in aesthetics, apothegm the usefulness of historic knowledge, and were convinced that mans main duty in life, was to bed his life soberly and to be active in his community. It was believed that those who studied the past times would be able to lead better, more responsible lives. On the contrary, there is something called Clericism, where people believed G-d reigned supreme to all and that humanism remained useless because the mer man was worth so little. The statue of David best describes the ongoing influence of Protestant and catholic joust on the visual arts. Michaelangelo uses David, a character from the Old Testament as his subject matter. The story goes that David, a mer man throws a stone with a slingshot at the mighty giant Goliath and kills him. (Your basic in effect(p) vs. Evil.) Michaelangelo uses Clericism in this piece by incorporating a story from the bible, and on the opposite hand also incorporates his humanism influence into the work of art by placing himself as the character David Giving us the impression that even the mer man can overcome his problems with knowledge of how to defeat them, instead of continually relying on the almighty to solve your problems for you. David shows the 2 conflicting views in a glorious statue form. Another Magnificent piece of artwork is Leonardos sketch of a man within a circle. Vitruvius adding a quote to the piece later on, man in his perfect proportions, is the center of all things, suggests that this piece was influenced by humanism. We submit this because the piece portrays a mere man as the center instead of what the catholics may haved placed, that which god would be in the center of the circle. Catholics, Priests, and church officials uniform would not approve of this irrational idea and the sketch itself. A Christian priest & scholar, Martin Luther, was a man of thought, as well as a man of action.