BODY AND SPORTS IN THE PERIOD OF MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE

Abstract

Human; Since then, attitudes and perceptions towards his body showed positive or negative changes due to various reasons. While the human body was ornamented and pampered in some periods, in some periods it was considered as a malevolent object to be purified by being restricted and starved. The medieval period was also a period in which negative feelings and thoughts were developed against the human body. In the Renaissance period, positive thoughts develop against the bed. The proportions of the human body have been drawn by important figures of the period such as Dürer and Leonardo Da Vinci. The aim of this study, the determine perception of body and sport in European society during the Middle Ages and Renaissance period. In this study, a screening method was used. At the end of the study, In the Middle Ages it was determined that body and sport were cursed and sinful in the western society. Besides, In the Renaissance period, it was determined that positive developments in body sensibility and sport perception in western society