FAH230H1 Lecture 1: FAH230 - Lecture 1 Notes
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Mainly focus on italy, and a bit on northern europe. The word came out in the 19th century but was present (idea) in 14th century. First verse: petrarch praises vergil for giving face to his city. Second verse: gives praise to painter for bringing fame to his hometown. Funny because giving praise to an ancient author and a contemporary painter. Self (cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e that there(cid:859)s a (cid:271)reak fro(cid:373) the (cid:373)edie(cid:448)al period. Begin to see themselves as living in an entirfely new period. Contemporary authors and artists were creating things that could rival the ancient authors and artists. Reoccurring theme of renaissance: contemporary rival against antiques. Antique art insprired the imitation of nature vasari. (cid:449)e do(cid:374)(cid:859)t agree, there are continuity of medieval to renaissance. Renaissance suggests innovation, not just classical revival and imitation of nature and intiquity. God was the first desig(cid:374)er, a(cid:374)d god(cid:859)s first desig(cid:374)er is the (cid:272)reatio(cid:374) of the u(cid:374)i(cid:448)erse.
