Are We In A Modern Renaissance?

The renaissance in Italy that took place in the 1300’s was an explosion of ideas and art. In a short period if time it seemed like a thousand things were happening that were new. Or at least that’s what the people that lived in Italy at this time thought. They were there to watch first-hand as politics, art, and science turned in a new direction. But was it really a new direction? Was it just coincidence that this was the exact time that the ancient Greek scripts were just beginning to filter back into society? Were the artists just copying previous Greek art in an attempt to make themselves known? And was the flare of new political ideas a new, genuinely Italian thing, or merely a reproduction of something old and originally Greek? I believe so. I think that the renaissance in Italy was simply a renewing of Greek culture, and nothing new.

The word “renaissance” means rebirth in French, and is used to describe a time in history when there is a rush of new ideas and ...