- Humanism in the Medieval World
- Humanism as a Religious Orientation?
- Humanism and the Visual Arts
- Humanism and Race
- Can Humanism be <i>the</i> Social Norm?
- The Practice of Humanism
- The Politics of Humanism
- Humanism and Its Critics
- Humanism and Gender
- Humanism in Africa
- Humanism and Music
- Humanism in the Americas
- Humanism and Political Identity
- Humanism and the Human
- Humanism and Literature
- The Changing Demographics of Humanism
- Humanism and Film
- Humanism and the Modern Age
- Humanism and Aging
- Humanism Against Religion
- <b>Humanism and Higher Education</b>
- <b>Humanism and the Conceptualization of Value and Well-Being</b>
- Humanism and Technology
- Humanism and Humor
- Humanism and Sport
- Humanism and Environmentalism
- Humanism and Class
- Humanism and the Renaissance
- Humanism in East Asia
- Humanism in Europe
- Humanism and Enlightenment
- Humanism, Sex, and Sexuality
- Humanism in the Middle East
Abstract and Keywords
The Renaissance marked the emergence of scientific naturalism. Implicit in this naturalism was the replacement of supernatural explanations of the cosmos with the belief that the world could be known and represented through first-hand rational investigation. This in turn inspired the tools and techniques necessary for rendering the visible world with accuracy. One of those techniques was single-point perspective. Single-point perspective placed the individual at the center of a knowable and accurately representable cosmos. For over half a millennia single-point, or linear, perspective and the primacy of the individual perceiver dominated Western art. This is the clearest convergence of humanism and the visual arts. However, beginning in the nineteenth century that primacy began to be challenged as art moved away from the demand for perspectival accuracy and the myth of the autonomous, sovereign subject was dispelled.
Keywords: Humanism, Art, Renaissance, Italy, Florence, Quattrocento, single-point perspective, modern art, art world, posthumanism, artificial intelligence
J. Sage Elwell is Assistant Professor of Religion, Art, and Visual Culture at Texas Christian University. He is author of Crisis of Transcendence: A Theology of Digital Art and Culture (Rowman and Littlefield, 2011). He also writes in the areas of suffering and embodiment, the aesthetics of atrocity, religion and film, and atheism and the arts and works as an artist in digital media, photography, and book art.
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- Humanism in the Medieval World
- Humanism as a Religious Orientation?
- Humanism and the Visual Arts
- Humanism and Race
- Can Humanism be <i>the</i> Social Norm?
- The Practice of Humanism
- The Politics of Humanism
- Humanism and Its Critics
- Humanism and Gender
- Humanism in Africa
- Humanism and Music
- Humanism in the Americas
- Humanism and Political Identity
- Humanism and the Human
- Humanism and Literature
- The Changing Demographics of Humanism
- Humanism and Film
- Humanism and the Modern Age
- Humanism and Aging
- Humanism Against Religion
- <b>Humanism and Higher Education</b>
- <b>Humanism and the Conceptualization of Value and Well-Being</b>
- Humanism and Technology
- Humanism and Humor
- Humanism and Sport
- Humanism and Environmentalism
- Humanism and Class
- Humanism and the Renaissance
- Humanism in East Asia
- Humanism in Europe
- Humanism and Enlightenment
- Humanism, Sex, and Sexuality
- Humanism in the Middle East