The fine arts were defined as crafts during the Middle Ages. How were they redefined during the Renaissance?

During the Middle
Ages almost all art
production was in the service of religion and the Church. The general belief

was that man must never put himself above God, the ultimate Creator. The Middle Ages
view of art
was that it was inspired solely by God and thus the human maker
of that art was only following a
plan or template given by the deity. Thus,
the majority of the artwork in the Middle Ages was
not signed (many works
still...