\n “What is Renaissance humanism? How did it transform the way Europeans looked at the world?\n <\/p>\n
\n “How did Ideology, religion, politics, and economics drive and enable European exploration?”\n <\/p>\n
\n Each answer should be around 300 words and based on the April 13 lecture.\n <\/p>\n
\n note The lecture is the down started from Agenda\n <\/p>\n
\n Agenda for today:\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 The Renaissance: why it was a significant moment for the evolution of politics, arts, and science in Europe and for exploration.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 The Renaissance changes how Europeans think about the world and gives them a fresh incentive to go exploring\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 We\u2019ll look at the role ideology, economics, politics, religion and technology played in allowing Europeans to explore the world.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 We\u2019ll talk about spices: the role they played in European culture and in the Age of Exploration.\n <\/p>\n
\n Copyright Dale Barbour (2022) 3\n <\/p>\n
\n Questions for today\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 What is Renaissance humanism? How did it transform the way Europeans looked at the world?\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 What role did virt\u00f9 play in the European Age of Exploration?\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 How did Ideology, religion, politics, and economics drive and\n <\/p>\n
\n enable European exploration?\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 What is the significance of the Reconquista?\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 What are spices? Why did Europeans value them so much? What role did they play in the Age of Exploration?\n <\/p>\n
\n Copyright Dale Barbour (2022) 4\n <\/p>\n
\n My sources:\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 These are some of the sources I\u2019m using to build your lectures. They include your textbook so expect to hear moments when I am quoting the textbook or flagging that I\u2019m drawing from it.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Brian Levack, Edward Muir, Meredith Veldman, The West: Encounters and Transformations: Fifth Edition.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Lynn Hunt, Thomas R. Martin, Barbara H. Rosenwein, Bonnie G. Smith. The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures: Sixth edition. Volume 1 to 1750\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Katharine J. Lualdi, Sources of The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures, Sixth Edition: Volume I.\n <\/p>\n
\n Copyright Dale Barbour (2022) 5\n <\/p>\n
\n The Renaissance (1300-1600)\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 The Renaissance: Rebirth\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 The Renaissance kicked off in Northern Italy.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 The political culture and economic vibrancy of the Italian city states encouraged wealthy patrons to support art and learning.\n <\/p>\n
\n Source: Brian Levack, et al, The West, Page 314 Copyright Dale Barbour 2022\n <\/p>\n
\n The Renaissance (1300-1600)\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Florentine banker Cosimo de\u2019 Medici (1389\u20131464) is probably the most famous Renaissance patron\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Venice: Trade links and a cosmopolitan city encouraged artistic endeavor.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 The Fall of Constantinople drove Greek Christian artists and scholars towards Venice: they brought a renewed respect for Greek art and literature with them\n <\/p>\n
\n Cosimo de\u2019 Medici\n <\/p>\n
\n (1389\u20131464)\n <\/p>\n
\n Workshop of Bronzino, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons\n <\/p>\n
\n Copyright Dale Barbour 2022\n <\/p>\n
\n What is Renaissance humanism?\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Renaissance Humanists sought to uplift their fellow citizens, improve civic life, and persuade others towards more virtuous actions\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 They drew on ancient Greek and Roman writers and philosophers: Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, and Socrates.\n <\/p>\n
\n Copyright Dale Barbour 2022\n <\/p>\n
\n What is Renaissance humanism?\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Promoters of Renaissance humanism promoted \u201csecularism\u201d, a word that comes from the Latin word, saecula, meaning \u201cof the world, worldly\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Secularism DID NOT mean a separation of Church and State as we use it today.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 They believed religion was not just a matter for the afterlife: rather humanists asserted God had made a world full of beauty, so we were obliged to enjoy it .\n <\/p>\n
\n Copyright Dale Barbour 2022\n <\/p>\n
\n Renaissance Humanists believed in virt\u00f9:\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Virt\u00f9 means the ability to make an impact in your chosen field\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 The idea of Virt\u00f9 pushed artists, architects, and explorers forward\n <\/p>\n
\n Copyright Dale Barbour 2022\n <\/p>\n
\n Michelangelo\u2019s David (1501-1504) captures the Renaissance ideal of virt\u00f9 and captures the Renaissance Humanist idea that beauty was to be found in the world: even in humankind.\n <\/p>\n
\n Copyright Dale Barbour 2022\n <\/p>\n
\n The Renaissance created a flowering in European art\n <\/p>\n
\n Lorenzo\n <\/p>\n
\n Ghiberti, The\n <\/p>\n
\n Sacrifice of Isaac Museao Nazionale del\n <\/p>\n
\n Bargello, Florence, Italy\/Bridgeman Images\n <\/p>\n
\n Copyright Dale Barbour 2022\n <\/p>\n
\n Sandro Botticelli, The\n <\/p>\n
\n Birth of Venice Galleria degli Uffiza, Florence, Florence, Italy\/Bridgeman Images\n <\/p>\n
\n Copyright Dale Barbour 2022\n <\/p>\n
\n Antonio and Piero del Pollaiuolo, Martyrdom of St.\n <\/p>\n
\n Sebastian\n <\/p>\n
\n National Gallery, London\/Bridgeman Images\n <\/p>\n
\n Copyright Dale Barbour 2022\n <\/p>\n
\n Jan van Eyck, The Virgin\n <\/p>\n
\n of Chancellor Rolin Musee du Louvre, Paris, France, Erich Lessing\/Art Resources, NY\n <\/p>\n
\n Copyright Dale Barbour 2022\n <\/p>\n
\n Why did Europeans want to explore the world?\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Humanism and the related ideal of virt\u00f9.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 The desire to spread the Christian religion\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 (Spanish Reconquista is an example of this religious zeal)\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Competition between states\n <\/p>\n
\n \u2022 The desire for trade goods, especially spices.\n <\/p>\n