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Portraiture
Reflective of IndividualismOften showed the materialism of the cultureGhirlandaio portrait a perfect example
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Botticelli—Portraits of Sandro di Medici and “unknown woman”
Durer II
Define humanism:
Secular, but not necessarily anti-Christian
Greek and Roman
Focus on explaining humans and human nature
Learning emphasized
Great Humanists?
PetrarchBocaccioMirandolaCastiglioneVergerioBruniValla
More humanists—
T. More
Erasmus
Rabelais—cynic, made fun of those in society he found to be contradictory
Prescriptive literature:Tells reader how to actExample—Castiglione, Vergerio…
Vernacular—Common language—humanist writers
Is the term “Renaissance” misleading?
Secularism and individualism?
No learning during late mid. Ages?
Scholasticism?
What were the components of a great Renaissance education?
Liberal education
History
Poetry
Military
Humble…
How was a Ren. Woman’s education and life different from that of a man?
More poetry and religion
Less political and social status
Married young
Made babies
More isolated (private sphere)
Demure/ modest
Was “The Prince” misinterpreted?
Why did M. write the book?
How was it the first modern treatise on political systems?
“Does the welfare of the state justifies everything” mean “the end justifies the means?”
How did politics and social classes begin to change?
Popolo—middle class started to increase in size, wanted more political powerCommunes—free associations of free individuals—in townsSignori—beyond feudal lords, Despots (sometimes enlightened)Medici, Sforza, Florence, Milan
How was Italy divided?
Duchy of Milan
Rome and the Papal States
Republic of Florence
Naples and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Compare the N. Ren. To the Italian Ren…
art and literature?
Writers?
Emphasis on Religion?