Lecture 7 Unit Two 10-05-07
European Renaissance
-15
th
century the P reform came about
-It started in the Italian Peninsula
Started there because it couldn't ever handle medieval feudalism
-Italy was just a whole bunch of city-states
-Some of those city-states where governed by merchants, aristocratic, kings and such
-The cities had a lot of trade with Mediterranean Region
-Because of that they were aware of the other primary traditions
-Renaissance came from the commercial exchange in Italy
Effects on many parts of life
-Art and Architecture
-They drew there inspiration from the early time period, admired the classical culture
-Humanism-looked to classical traditional as well
-They attempted update medieval thought
Artistic Renaissance
-Michelangelo (1457-1564)-Greatest Artist during life
-He did paintings, sculptures, and architecture
-He was the best example of Renaissance
-Born in a small banker family
-Families money was very low
-13 he was sent away to a apprentice of painter in Florence
-Left after just one year and came under the protection of Lorenzo
-Florence was the center of art
-1501 he was commissioned for a Cathedral of Florence
-He did the statue of David which made him the leading artist
-Also did the statue of Aphrodite
-Those marked the restoration of classical stuff
Intellectual Renaissance
-Renaissance Humanism-
-Not a philosophical of life, but program of education
-Revolved around clearly defined group
-It developed in reaction of dominate intellectual medieval Europe that was centered on the Roman
Catholic Churches, dominates by concise
-Humanism was characterized by the complete secular outlook
-A leading figure was Petrach(1304-1374)-considered the father of Renaissance Humanism
-He did more than everybody else and contributed a great amount
-He was the first to characterize the Dark Age
-Petrach promoted tat Medieval culture was ignorant to classical tradition
-He started a church for the classical manuscripts
-He developed a new study-Philology
-Philology- literacy study and analysis of classical scholarship the term originally meant a love of
learning literature
-The study of ancient text was celebrated by Humanistic Activist
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Application of Philology
-Lorenzo Valla-Renaissance Humanist
-He was a great humanists, scholar, philosopher
-He was brought up in Rome and was self-educated for the most part
-Entered service in the Kingdom of Naples and applied what he learned there
-The papacy would tell the king that he wasn't shit without there sanctions
-The kings had conflicts with the papacy

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- Fall '07
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- History, Feudalism, Martin Luther, Protestant Reformation
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