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Portrayal Of Secular Subjects In Renaissance Art

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The Renaissance was a time in which people’s outlook on life changed and thus knowledge in nonreligious fields was able to expand. Humanism, the belief that all human beings have value and that God is not the only priority, arose, resulting in the revolutionizing of art, science, and philosophy. Since the focus of the time was non-religious topics, the portrayal of secular subjects became more common in Renaissance art. Art was revolutionized as people’s values shifted from religion to artistic expression, allowing for the depiction of non-religious figures, the use of modern art techniques and geometry to be incorporated into painting during the Renaissance. Madonna and Child on a Curved Throne, a Medieval painting by an unknown Byzantine
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