1/27/16 Defining ‘Renaissance’ &...
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Defining‘Renaissance’&‘Reforma8on
AnnouncementsWed,Jan.27,2016
• Today’sAgenda:• DefiningtheRenaissance/Reforma8on• Humanism• GeographyofItaly
• NextClass(Mon,2/1):• MapQuizonItaly• 2onlinesourcestoread,andlectureonEduca8on
• RenaissanceScholarshiptoday:RSAGrantsportal
MapTerms(Italy)
• ListofMapTermsandblankmapsbothavailableontheWebsite.
• Ques8ons?
• MapQuizonMon,2/1(10places)
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SomeRenaissanceThemes• Wealth&Consump8on• ReligiousDiscord• Ar8s8cinnova8on• Learning/Humanism
• Trivium/quadrivium• Explora8on• Prin8ng• Individualism• Women(present/absent)• NewMonarchies
• “stateasaworkofart”and“artasaworkofstate”
• diplomacy
Renaissancevs.Medieval
• Individual• Secular(Protestant)• Realist• Ac8ve• Classical• Change• State• Public• interna8onal
• Corporate/group• Religious(Catholic)• Idealized• Contempla8ve(monks)
• Chris8an• Con8nuity• Church• Private• local
TheRenaissance• “thebestof8mes”
• Classicalrevival• Ar8s8cinnova8on• Poli8calTheory• Geographicexplora8on• Humanisteduca8on• Literaryflowering• Secularphilosophy• Scien8ficdiscovery• Linguis8cdevelopment• Banking&L-Dtrade• Technologicaladvances• StateDevelopment
• “theworstof8mes”• Incessantwarfare• Frequentepidemics• Childhoodmortality• Massiveilliteracy• Forcedconversions• Peasantrevolts• Witchhunts/supers88on
• Religiousconflicts
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Howtodefine“Renaissance”?“Ren·ais·sance”• [ren-uh-sahns,especially
Brit.ri-ney-suhns]noun• 1.theac8vity,spirit,or8meof
thegreatrevivalofart,literature,andlearninginEuropebeginningin14thcenturyItalyandextendingtothe17thcentury,markingthetransi8onfromthemedievaltothemodernworld.
(fromdic8onary.com)
• Wikipedia
• TheOpenUniversity
• Zophy,pp.1-6• ‘dancesoverfireandwater’
• Chronology,pp.6-7
RenaissanceTimeline
• “DarkAges”and“MiddleAges”(Petrarch)
• “rinascità”(Vasari)
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“Renaissance”inHistory
• Renaissance=intensecrea8vity,innova8on,change(Carolingian,12th-century,Harlem…)
• “rebirth”(fromVasari)ofGreek&Romanideas.• In15thcenturyItaly(1400-1499),latertoNorthernEurope;usuallyinurbanareas.
• Wealthy,urbanelitesmostinfluencedandinvolved.• Didwomenandpeasantshavea“Renaissance”?
• Art,educa8on,poli8cs,music,genderissues,diplomacy,militaryaffairs,etc.
Modernviewsof“Renaissance”(Historiography)
• JulesMichelet• FRhistorian,republican,authorofmul8volumeHistoryofFrance(1830-1860s)
• 1855,“LaRenaissance”=“discoveryofworld&ofman”in16c.FR• Spiritofprogressive,democra8cagevs.“bizarreandmonstrous”M.Ages.
• JacobBurckhardt• Swissscholar,authorofCiviliza4onofRenaiss.InItaly(1860)• Stateasaworkofart• Developmentofindividual(“first-bornamongmodernsons”)• Revivalofan8quity
Moremodernviewsof“Renaissance”
• WalterPater• Oxforddon,arthistorianoflate19thc.• “spiritofrebellionvs.moral/religiousideasof8me”• Hedonis8c,pagan,“decadent”Renaissance
• JohanHuizinga• Dutchhistorian,WaningofM.Ages(1919)• ChallengesItalo-centric,sharpdivisionw/M.A.• Likeothers,itreflectshisown8me(WWI)
• StephenGreenblat• Berkeleyliteraryscholar,Renaissanceself-fashioning(1980)• 16thc.figuresself-aware,likemodernmen• Ambivalentviewof“Renaissance”à“EarlyModern”
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Renaissancepastandpresent
AdforRenaissanceResorts(2011) Boucelli,“BirthofVenus”(1486)
Renaissancepastandpresent
Raphael,“PortraitofAgnoloDoni”(1506)Bono,“RenaissanceMan”(?)
Renaissancepastandpresent
Ti8an,“ManwithaBlueSleeve”(1510)
Raphael,“PortraitofBindoAltovi8”(1515)
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RenaissanceToday
RenaissanceMan,52,5’10”ISOS/DWPF….
WhydoestheRenaissancebegininItaly?
• ProximitytoClassicalWorld
• Urbaniza8on• Increasedwealth• Crisisofauthority• Compe88on• Greekèmigres• Patronage• Extraordinaryar8sts/intellectuals/writers