Posted by Kingsley on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 5:48am.
Read the Overview section carefully:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance
Check out External Links at the bottom of the webpage, too.
Basically, the shift from Medieval to Renaissance ideas (and it certainly didn't happen quickly, nor in all of Europe at once) was the shift from only religious subjects/topics to human topics, human form, realism, etc. Here are some additional sites:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/te_index.asp?i=16
Many links here to explore.
http://www.mrdowling.com/704renaissance.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_basic_Renaissance_topics
Good collection of links here, too -- and, as always with Wikipedia articles, check out the External Links and further references at the bottom of each webpage.
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