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CULTURES OF EUROPE 1. Greece and Rome, the Bible. ‘Western’ /European culture. Sources: ’Greco-Roman’ and ’Jewish-Christian’ (the Bible) Europe and religion : Medieval Europe: Christianity everywhere Early Modern Age, 16th c.: Protestantism , reforms/changes in religious matters - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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CULTURES OF EUROPE
1.
Greece and Rome, the Bible
‘Western’ /European culture
• Sources: ’Greco-Roman’ and ’Jewish-Christian’ (the Bible)
• Europe and religion: – Medieval Europe: Christianity everywhere – Early Modern Age, 16th c.: Protestantism, reforms/changes
in religious matters– 18th c.: Enlightenment – scepticism, deism, atheism– late 19th c. Nietzsche: ’God is dead’– 20th-21st c. religious faith is more and more a private issue
PERIODS
• Ancient Greece and Rome, the Bible (776 BC-476 AD)
• Middle Ages: Age of Chivalry (5th c- 15th c.)
• Renaissance (15th-16th c.)• Baroque (17th-18th c.)• The Enlightenment – 18th c.• 19th c. Romanticism and Realism• Late 19th c. Art Nouveau, decadence, etc.• 20th c. Modernism• Postmodernism (late 20th-21st c.)
CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY• First Olympic Games (776 BC)• The city of Rome (753 BC)• Mythology: gods and
goddesses (Greek → Roman)• Greek culture: warriors and merchants
– Troy vs Greek army (Homer’s Iliad), - Odysseus’ travels (Homer’s The Oddyssey)• Democracy (5th c, BC, Athens), drama, philosophy,
science• The Roman Republic → The Roman Empire (most of
Europe, North Africa and the Middle East): art, philosophy, law
• Fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 AD)
Ancient Greece
The Roman Empire
GREEK GODS/GODDESSES
Hercules
Leda and the Swan -Da Vinci
Leda and the Swan - Rubens
Leda and the Swan -Da Vinci(1580)
Odysseus
The Bible: The Old Covenenat (Moses and the
law) and the New (Jesus Christ)
The Fall of Man
The Flood
Noah’s Ark
The Tower of Babel
Last Supper
Crucifiction of Christ
Incredulity of St. Thomas by Caravaggio