Arts150 Lecture 1 Outline of Current Lecture II Historical Time Periods III Humanism IV Byzantine V The Church and Art Current Lecture Historical Time Periods of Focus o High middle ages 1200 1400 o Renaissance 1400 1500 o High Renaissance 1500 1550 during this period the most famous pieces were created o Mannerism Late Renaissance Early Modern Age 1530 1600 Styles in the 1300s Gothic Italo Byzantine Romanesque 14th Century was poor with many bad harvests 100 yrs war and the black plague killing 40 of the pop causing Dark Ages which led up to the Renaissance Greek and Roman literature and works recovered by Byzantine Byzantine empire est by Constantinople and marked official religion as Christianity o 1 big Greco Roman empire which did not divide until later o Istanbul is modern Constantinople At this time Spain was the Italian Peninsula o Italian cities often had the advantage of being port cities so received more commerce and connected Italy to Russia China Byzantine ect o Natural route to most counties went through Italy so it gained many economic cities which grew into territories or city states Milan Rome Florence Papal states Pope had own financial system with bankers in Florence Renaissance culture 1300s o Focused on Humanism and the concerns and values of social culture and religion Founders Petrarch and Dante Aligheri both poets o Humanists reverted to classical past o Humanist was the revival period of religion and sought to reform church These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Renaissance humanism was the new revivalist spirit in religion that sought to inspire believers by appealing to the teaching of early Christianity and the examples of saints and martyrs Main form of art at this time was the altar piece o Typically depicted the sacrifice of Christ invention of man ect Christian Worship o Was centered on mass o Celebrated by priest at the altar o Had altars in every church typ the east side o Sometimes had altar double as tomb Examination of St Hubert 656 527 o Typ Included saints relics and reliquary Christ s life was the major theme in Christian Art o Incarnation of God Annunciation Mar 25 o Birth of Christ Nativity Dec 25 o Death of Christ crucifixion easter o Resurrection of God o Christ s Public Miracles o Stories Illustrating the Passion the last supper the crucifixion the deposition being brought down from cross the lamentation dead Christ in Mary s lap the entombment Byzantine artwork would reemerge in Italian Renaissance o Crucifixion 1225 1256 Marcovaldo 6 scenes of the Passion on the cross left and right ends of cross depict women of Chirst and St John is at the top blessing Jesus o Altarpiece of St Francis Berlinghieri Panels of Jesus life
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