Hist 151 1st Edition Lecture 29Current LectureSocial Character- Urban concentration; an urban, literate, patriciate - Demographic instability- Family and fertility- Mobility, youthful culture- Reexamine old values- Immigration necessary to maintain high urban concentration population (creates instability)Machiavelli and a Renaissance Perspective - A renaissance humanism- Renaissance outlooko Connection to classical- Revolution in architectureo Symmetryo Perspectiveo Classical proportion- Revolution in arto Human experience and beauty o Love of displayo Heightened self-awareness L.B. Albi (1404-72)- Della Famigilia- 10 books on architecture pico della Mirandola (1463-94)- oration on the dignity of man- belief in human potential to mold and shape their lifeo concern for civic and moral issueswhere did this new spirit emerge? Renaissance humanism- vs. Scholasticism ; outside universities - rhetoric: eloquence and wisdom- will and virtue through education- tools: revival of latin and then greekhumanist thinkers- petrach (1304-74)- Lorenzo valla (1407-57)o False donation of Constantineo Phiologyo New testament annotations- Manuel chrysoloras (1396)o Teacher of greek- Council of Florence (1438-9)o Filioque clause- Marsilio Ficino (1433-99)o Theological platonicao Plato and ChristianityRenaissance legacy for protestant reformation and scientific revolution- Prelude to new modes of thought; focus on here and now- Questioning old authorities with new critical attitudeso Copernicus (1473-1543) overturns Ptolemy o Vesalius (1514-64) over turns Galen- Close observation of nature leads to scientific method: dialogue b/t hypotheses and observation—art and scienceDoes a renaissance focus on humanity and self lead to more personal relationship b/t man and god?Machiavelli (1469-1527)- As a product of renaissance o Humanist educationo Youth in medicean Florence o Civil servant and astute political observero Exile 1513 (conspiracy theory)- The Discourses and The Princeo In the face of instability, be: The lion and the fox The centaur (half man, half beast)o For the sake of the stateo Fortuna and virtuo Virtuous republico Lowering our sights See how people actually operate and don’t just rely on general ideologieso The gamesman: cesare Borgiao Does it shape or reflect ideology of the modern
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