Renaissance (1) The Renaissance (1300-1650)began in Italy in the 14th century,and soon spread all through Western Europe. beginning with the end of the Middle Ages (476-1453)and the commencement )of modern civilization.With the Renaissance came advances in the arts,government, philosophy,and science.The arts ceased to be primarily religious,concerned with the heavenly world.Artists and their patrons(赞助者)began to display a growing interest in looking at life from a secular(世俗的)perspective.The most important music was now heard outside rather than inside the churches,and the great builders of the age now more frequently constructed palaces and town halls than cathedrals(大教堂)and monasteries(修道院).Just as philosophers began to emphasize the pagan()Greek maxim "man is the measure of all things,"so did sculptors begin to portray the human form larger than life,dominating its surroundings.Painters started to depict the human face and form more realistically.They painted fewer pictures of eternity,heaven,and angels,and more pictures of the earth and the people on it▲ Renaissance (1) Renaissance (1) • The Renaissance (1300–1650) began in Italy in the 14th century, and soon spread all through Western Europe, beginning with the end of the Middle Ages (476–1453) and the commencement ( commencement (开始 )of modern civilization. With the Renaissance came advances in the arts, government, philosophy, and science. The arts ceased to be primarily religious, concerned with the heavenly world. Artists and their patrons（赞助者）began to display a growing interest in looking at life from a secular(世俗的 ) perspective. The most important music was now heard outside rather than inside the churches, and the great builders of the age now more frequently constructed palaces and town halls than cathedrals (大教堂 )and monasteries(修道院 ). Just as philosophers began to emphasize the pagan(异教 ) Greek maxim “man is the measure of all things,” so did sculptors begin to portray the human form larger than life, dominating its surroundings. Painters started to depict the human face and form more realistically. They painted fewer pictures of eternity, heaven, and angels, and more pictures of the earth and the people on it