MUS 175 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Renaissance Music, Medieval Music, Movable Type
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The 15th and 26th centuries in europe have come to be known as the renaissance. People spoke of the rebirth or renaissance of human creativity. It was a period of exploration of the new world and adventure. Christopher columbus (1492), vasco da gama (1498), and ferdinand. Was an age of curiosity and individualism. This can be seen with leonardo da vinci. Painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, scientist and a fine musician. Dominant intellectual movement during this period was humanism. Focused on human life and its accomplishments. Was not concerned with the after-life in heaven or hell (differed from medieval period) They were devout christians but they were captivated by the cultures of ancient. Subjects were drawn from classical literature and mythology. They depicted the nude human body but it was depicted as an object of shame and concealment during the middle ages. Medieval artists had been more concerned with religious symbolism than lifelike representation.
