An Overview by Naomi Klockmann

When did the use of the word Europe come to mean what it means today?

What role did maps play in the time between 1450 and 1620?

Did images help establish Europe’s Identity?

When and why did Europe have a triumphal ideology?

Europe John Hales thesis:

“It was during the period covered by this

book (1450-1620) that the word

Europe first became part of

common linguistic usage and that

the continent itself was given a securely

map-based frame of reference, a

set of images that established its

identity in pictorial terms, and a

triumphal ideology that overrode its

internal contradictions.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_As_A_Queen_Sebastian_Munster_1570.jpg

Greek Myth Europa and Jupiter (Jove)

Religious leaders change the name to Japetie after

one of Noah’s sons

Propaganda Wars/ ‘civilized’ vrs. ‘barbaric’

http://www.fanpop.com/spots/greek-mythology/images/2996102/title/zeus-europa-photo

The myth of Europa and Jove

Maps as a frame of Reference

• Explorers and Artist

• Columbus and da Vinci

• Religion in maps

• Jerusalem as center

• Cartography and

Topography

• “a grasp of personal location within a clearly defined continental expanse”(Hale 27) www.vam.ac.uk

Map of the World from TheatrumOrbis Terrarum, Belgium, 1591

Moving from two-dimensional to three-dimensional Leonardo da Vinci

Raffaello

Michelangelo

Expression Made art look real

http://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Lady-with-an-Ermine.html

Leonardo da Vinci The Lady with the Ermine

RaffaelloTransifuration

1516-1520

www.allart.biz

Europe’s Triumphant Ideology

• Clear set of ideas unified

a people

• Printing press

• Great thinkers

• Works of art

• Gave Europeans pride in their beliefs and history

• Battles won and Pride

gained

• Pride in oneself and ones nation

mv.vatican.va

Raphael’s School of Athens

The Word ‘Europe and European’ were first used during the time between 1450-1620

Maps became a frame of reference

Images helped to establish Europe’s identity

The Renaissance created a Triumphal Ideology for Europe

Hale, John. The Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance. First American Edition ed. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Print.