Humanism and how it was expressed by at least three major Renaissance artists and writers.

Humanism And the Renaissance
The great intellectual movement of Renaissance Italy was humanism. Renaissance humanism is the spirit of learning that developed at the end of the middle ages with the revival of classical letters and a renewed confidence in the ability of human beings to determine for themselves truth and falsehood. The humanists believed that the Greek and Latin classics contained both all the lessons one needed to lead a moral and effective life and the best models for a powerful Latin style. They developed a new, rigorous kind of classical scholarship, with which…