ROBERT C DAVIS
Q. THE RENAISSANCE IS OFTEN LOOKED AT SOLELY THROUGH THE PRISM OF ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT. IS THAT TOO NARROW A VIEW?
A. We began with the notion that there was far more to the Renaissance than art alone, however much painting and sculpture seem to incarnate the era. In truth, how humanity approaches the past has always changed over time, along with our social and cultural needs. Thus, from the 16th through 18th centuries most Europeans saw the Renaissance in intellectual terms – generally of writers
