The spiritual attitude that dominated the Romanesque age was 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 …showed first 75 words of 1297 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1297 total…it still held to the scholastic attitude of the Middle Ages. In the history of Western music, there have been two basic schemes whereby harmony is achieved. Both of these schemes require systematic notation, so composers may communicate their ideas to musical performers. The countless anonymous composers of the chants of the Middle Ages are an embodiment of a "God - inspired," mysterious, creative power disassociated from the humans through which it worked. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**