Study Guide: Renaissance
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Study Guide: Renaissance Test
5 Innovations: emotion, detail, perspective, (depth), and shadowing (secular/classical)
School of Athens: type of painting: fresco, by Raphael Santi 1509-10 (High Ren.) secular; theme- scholastic: important characters: perspective: classical:
Praise of Folly: Disiderius Erasmus of Holland, known as the “Christian Humanist”, wrote a book that poked fun at merchants and priests. Erasmus stands as the supreme type of cultivated common sense applied to human affairs. He rescued theology from the pedantries of the Schoolmen, exposed the abuses of the Church, and did more than any other single person to advance the Revival of Lerning.
Thomas More: creates a model society in his book Utopia. He was a writer, scholar, statesman, diplomat, political theorist, and patron of the arts. He was the foremost English Humanist of his day. More’s Utopia is a “serious joke”, a work written in Latin for the delight of humanist circles but having a deeper significance as social critique.
The Courtier: (Baldassare Castiglione) patronized in the arts, business in money, skillful in weapons, proper manners, education is power and marketing, bank of church meant wealth, appearance
The Prince: (Niccolo Machiavelli) tied into religion, “better feared than loved”, know your people, be the leader, lay low to the public, honor the proficient in every art, be patient, beatify city
Medici & Brunellesci: a cultural revolution began in Italy in the early 1300s and lasted for the next 300 years. At its heart was one family, a dynasty with wealth, power and a passion for culture. Between 1300 and 1600 the Western world was transformed. An extraordinary wave of artistic and cultural innovation shattered medieval society and brought European culture reluctantly into the modern era. This was the Renaissance. Few men have left a legacy as monumental as Filippo Brunelleschi. He was the first modern engineer and a problem-solver with unorthodox methods. He solved one of the greatest architectural puzzles and invented his way to success. Only now is he receiving deserved recognition as the greatest architect and engineer of the Renaisssance.
Diff. Italian Humanism vs. Northern Humanism: Italian -emphasizes human achievement through art, painting, and architecture. Northern -interested in social reform based in Judeo- Christian values.
Describe change that took place during Renaissance (lifestyles): The term, Renaissance, comes from the Latin word 'rinascere' that means to be reborn. The Renaissance was a great cultural movement; a period of renewal, revival, and growth. The Renaissance began in Italy during the early 1300's....