The Importance Of Humanism And Individualism In The Renaissance

The Renaissance in Italy was a time of new inventions, ideas, and ways of life. In a way, the glory of Classical Greece and Rome was being reinstated. Living in the late 1400s and early 1500s, I was able to experience this revival first-hand. Born to a family of businessmen and courtiers in Mantua, I was able to experience unparalleled manifestations of humanism and individualism in the forms of art, architecture, philosophy, and literature. Later, in Rome, I was able to meet and work with great polymaths such as Raphael, who further pushed me in my understanding of the world. However, as each person is individual, they have experienced their lives in a way that I have not. At the Late Medieval Cocktail Party, I was able to meet with Akbar the Great, Filippo Brunelleschi, Leonardo da Vinci, Suleiman the Magnificent, and Hurrem. While all of us led extremely varied lives, all of us were able to share our common experiences in three areas. The importance of being a polymath, the use of both idealism and realism in art, and the importance of art for humanism and individuality were the three common themes of our lives that made us the

During this cocktail party, I was able to realize what made the greatest people of the Renaissance so great. It was not money, power, or purity; rather, it was to exhibit the greatness of mankind in all of their endeavors. Without the expression of art or the chance to gain skills and knowledge in being a polymath, these people, including myself, would never have had a chance to gain eminence. Even though there were some striking differences in our lives, we all achieved in our struggle to become the best versions of ourselves. Because we built our lives around humanism and individualism, we were remembered as the champions of Renaissance