not as strong and sure during the Gothic. In the earlier period, people

believed that the world was a God - inspired mystery that could be

expressed in simple, direct art. In the Renaissance that followed the

Middle Ages, people believed , as did the Greeks, in cultivating

rationalism and humanism. This change to a more secular age came

about through the subtle influences of a variety of trends and events.

When the year 1000 passed into history without the predicted end of

the world, people began to think in terms of a more pleasurable life.

Salvation through the remission of sins was still paramount in their

thinking, but they reduced it to a formula. Scholasticism was the

product of the medieval university, which had evolved from the earlier

monastic schools. The medieval curriculum was divided into the so -

called quadrivium and trivium. The quadrivium included arithmetic,

geometry, astronomy, and music all under the heading of

"Mathematics." While scholastic philosophy systematized salvation, it

did not bring forth the deep and abiding faith that many believed it

would. Worship tended toward an empty formalism, with th

towns and the building of a more adequate system of roads, especially

window from Chartres Cathedral depicting the Death of the Virgin

Romanesque. In works of stained glass, the communal spirit of the

Gothic was expressed by including the trademarks of the donors. A

love." These ideals were rather rigidly defined, written as a set of

of high adventure were but a few of the results. Moreover, those

with a more humanistic expression. Another factor that weakened the

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