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DBQ 3
DBQ 3
Before the Renaissance all people followed whatever the church said to them. People blindly followed
the church. Many times, the church was wrong itself the church itself guessed everything from
medicines to religion. The Renaissance changed what they thought of the world and themselves . On the
document A Duccio Di Bouisenga painting of Mary and baby Jesus painted in late 13 the century which
was a symbol of religious beliefs, however in the early 16th century Leonardo Da Vinci a famous painter
painted the Mona Lisa which was not a symbolic reference to god. The people before the renaissance
only thought of god, they made godly images etc., however the time of the renaissance the people self-
reflected and started making more and more pictures from nature and paintings about them. The
change in artwork is a major change that the Renaissance brought to the world from only centered on
god to everything .