‘Man’ and Western Arts
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Man; Western Arts; freedom.Abstract
The history of Western artworks shows that the concept of human being has been evolving, from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance and then to the Enlightenment. During the Enlightenment, humans gradually learned what they wanted and sought their own freedom. However, the emphasis on humanism in the Enlightenment ignored women, slaves, and non-white races, which had its limitations.
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