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Renaissance
Renaissance
Renaissancebeganin1350endedin1550
WhatdoesRenaissancemean?rebirthofclassicalantiquityofthegrecoromanculture
RenaissanceBackground:
HappenedinItalybecauseofphysicalreminders
GotalotofclassicalantiquityfromtradingwithArabsandByzantine
Wealthypeoplewereabletofundartists
ValuesoftheRenaissance:
IndividualismPetrarchFicinoPico
HumanismPetrarchLiberalArtsSecularismClassicism
CivicHumanismLeonardoBruniLorenzoVallaCicerowasinspirationGovernment
NaturalismAdmirationofNatureshowninart
NeoplatonismRenaissanceMan
ArtRealism(EarlyRenaissance)Idealism(HighRenaissance)Neoplatonism
ArtExample:
StatueofDavidIdeas
Neoplatonismb/cstatueisverymuscularandlookslikeanidealman
Individualismb/citisliterallyanindividual
Burkevs.Burkhardt
Burkhardt:RenaissancewascompletelyseparatefromMiddleAges
IndividualseparatefromgroupasopposetoMiddleAges
Burke:RenaissancewascontinuousfromMiddleAges
OtherRenaissancesinMiddleAges:Charlemagne