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The Renaissance Review

The Renaissance Review. The Renaissance as the bridge between the medieval and the modern world. Major Upheavals of the LaTE 14c-Early 15c – Period of "creative breakup" . Hundred years' War the rise of the modern nation-state. Black Death economic and social upheaval.

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The Renaissance Review

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  1. The Renaissance Review The Renaissance as the bridge between the medieval and the modern world

  2. Major Upheavals of the LaTE 14c-Early 15c – Period of "creative breakup" • Hundred years' War • the rise of the modern nation-state. • Black Death • economic and social upheaval. • Avignon papacy and the Conciliar Movement • breakup of papal power.

  3. Italian Renaissance: A. "pagan" humanism-- revival of interest in the Greek and Roman classics.-- enjoyment of worldly pleasures.-- vernacular literature --> Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, etc.B. l'uomouniversale --> concept of the universal, "Renaissance Person".-- Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier-- Leonardo Da Vinci-- Michelangelo-- Isabella d'EsteC. great Italian cities-- Florence --> the "heart" of Italian Renaissance culture.-- Venice --> the main center of Italian Renaissance trade.-- Rome --> still spiritual capital of Christendom (corrupt popes -- ex., Alexander VI)D. Italian politics --> Machiavelli'sThe Prince-- the "merchant" princes (Medici family).-- despots (Caesare Borgia).-- machiavellianismand virtu.E. Art --> Quattrocento and the High Renaissance-- the different artistic styles of the two periods-- how did these styles and the artistic themes of the paintings and sculpture reflect the philosophy of Renaissance humanism??

  4. The Northern Renaissance: • "Christian" humanism-- Desiderius Erasmus --> In Praise of Folly-- Thomas More --> Utopia-- Rabelais --> Gargantua-- Cervantes --> Don Quijote-- Michel de Montaigne --> Essays (skepticism)-- a trace of mysticism-- criticisms of the Church, but WITHIN the Church. • B. Gutenberg --> printing press --> What were its effects on the spread of humanist ideas?? • C. vernacular writing --> Shakespeare, Cervantes, Rabelais. • D. the arts:-- differences in artistic style between Northern Europe and Italy??-- the Flemish School --> Jan van Eyck, Hans Holbein, Rembrandt, etc.

  5. The Decline of the Renaissance Church: A. general symptoms of failure? B. the rise of national churches in England, France, Spain, Italy, and the Germanies (as a result of the breakdown in old feudal ties and obligations). C. Conciliar movement. D. indulgence controversy.

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