Essay Question: What is humanism? How is humanism related to the Renaissance and what is the effect on the visual arts? Think about how it affects composition, subject matter, social status of artists and/or other relevant aspects of the art.

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Humanism, also known as Renaissance Humanism, was an intellectual movement embraced by scholars, writers, and civic leaders in 14th- and early-15th-century Italy. ... Humanism introduced a program to revive the cultural—and particularly the literary—legacy and moral philosophy of classical antiquity.