What was the idea or philosophy that focused on mankind, their achievements and abilities, and influenced education and art during the Renaissance?

The correct answer is B. Humanism

Explanation

The Renaissance was a cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe, and its epicenter was in Italy. This movement marked the end of the Middle Ages and was characterized by bringing back cultural aspects of the Greek and Roman civilizations because were considered as the epicenters of the emergence of Western thought. Also, the Renaissance was characterized by replacing religious images with human ones and putting the human at the center of thought during XV and XVI centuries that was an aspect called humanism. So the correct answer is B. Humanism

the idealization of the rural landscape ; admiration for the beauty of nature ; focus on an individual's inner concerns

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