1. The increasingly secular focus of education in the humanist movement led to a core of topics called liberal studies.
2. Humanist educators believed that the purpose of education was to create well-rounded citizens, and they stressed the importance of preparing the body as well as the mind by emphasizing physical education.
3. The printing of books encouraged scholarly research and helped stimulate the reading public’s desire to acquire knowledge.
4. Two major developments, an emphasis on the technical side of painting and study of movement and human anatomy, helped Renaissance artists achieve the realistic portrayal of the individual.
5. Like painters, Renaissance sculptors and architects sought to portray a human-centered world.
6. During the High Renaissance, master painters such as Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo Buonarroti captured the perfection of nature and of the individual in their art.
7. Flemish painter Jan Van Eyck, who was among the first to use the technique of oil painting, portrayed objects realistically by focusing on their fine details.
8. The ideas of the Renaissance influenced art and education by wanting their people to get educated in school by offering liberal studies and by wanting to create well-rounded individuals.