The Renaissance emerged as a cultural movement that predominantly influenced the European academic life during the early times. All through Italy and spreading throughout Europe, its effect was felt in diverse fields. Its development was contributed by various factors including but not limited to; theoreticians and other various artworks. During this period, there were two distinct trends of Renaissance that emerged which greatly contributed towards the wellbeing of renaissance (Ahmad 21-23).
These were Renaissance Neo-Platonism and Hermeticism. These were enhanced by some theorist like Giordano Bruno, Cornelius Agrippa, Campanella and Pico Della Mirandola. Of the two trends, Hermetiscm had a profound impact in the western perspective, while Neo-Platonism dispersed as an academic tendency resulting to developments in Western esotericism, for instance Theosophy and the New age perception. In essence, renaissance brought in numerous concepts that were vital for the growth of scientific techniques (Allen 24-26).
In the Ancient Greece and in the Medieval Europe, most of the structures and sculptures were decorated in paints. Almost all the decoration from the Ancient had phased out, but some artwork from the Early Egypt had conserved their artistic works and provided an insight of the way artwork should appear. The artwork from Chinese society was associated from the 1st A.D. with the advancement of the Buddhist faith. Furthermore, the early Christians and the Byzantine artists founded iconographic and stylistic samples in a wall painting and script explanation that remained to be the foundation for the Christian artistic works. Another artistic work that combined social aspects with the religion affiliation was the medieval painting tradition. This gave way to a more sophisticated orientation with the advancement of renaissance art (Wallace & Alison 26).
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