What are the differences between the Renaissance and Neoclassicism?
In neoclassicisms they wanted to recreate classicism, generally the style of the Greeks and Romans. The renaissance was a rebirth, all of a sudden religion was not the main way people received information, science started answering all of those unanswerable questions. Imagine living for years relying on the church for your information i.e. the sun rotates around the earth, and we are the center of the universe. And then all of a sudden, oh wait, no. Actually not true, science can prove otherwise. Imagine the shift in thought at that time?! Fascinating! The neoclassicists wanted a simpler less chaotic method of thought.
