IT 1751 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Italian Language, God, Divine Comedy
12 Oct 2018
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IT 1751
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
September 11th, 2018
Italian Culture - Lecture 1
Art, Literature, and Religion in the Middle Ages
Italy - multicultural society
*middle ages - middle of classical world and modern world
- Perugia, Tarquinia, Cerveteri, Arezzo
- tombs have fresco’s
*middle ages after 476 A.D. to the 1200-1500s
Rome - centre of the world
- at one point, it was the largest city in Europe
Greater Greece - southern Italy (Calabria) *Greek temple in Italy
- Greeks enrich Italy with sculptures, art, architecture
- creates creative artistic world for ancient era
Riace - Reggio Calabria
- 1753 B.C. to 476 A.D. - flourished with Greek inventions
Julius Cesar - period with empire (power)
- Romans unify Italy and build a larger empire
476 A.D.! - collapse of Roman Empire (because over extended Christianity, historians say
Romans used to store water in led containers)
*also because the empire was so large
- to add on there were invasions the empire was taken over by Christianity, emperor
Constantine
What did we learn?
- lower populations (Greeks) bring important contrast
- their art and architecture to Italy
Romans
- give Roman laws
- have organization for political and military
- Romans provided us with a tool (the alphabet)
- Roman Aqueduct - carries water to cities and towns
300 A.D. - Christianity took over
*Rome used to be the center of an empire, it’s now the center of Christianity
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Document Summary
Art, literature, and religion in the middle ages. *middle ages - middle of classical world and modern world. Perugia, tarquinia, cerveteri, arezzo tombs have fresco"s. *middle ages after 476 a. d. to the 1200-1500s. Rome - centre of the world at one point, it was the largest city in europe. Greater greece - southern italy (calabria) *greek temple in italy. Greeks enrich italy with sculptures, art, architecture creates creative artistic world for ancient era. 1753 b. c. to 476 a. d. - flourished with greek inventions. Romans unify italy and build a larger empire. 476 a. d. - collapse of roman empire (because over extended christianity, historians say. Romans used to store water in led containers) To add on there were invasions the empire was taken over by christianity, emperor. Romans give roman laws have organization for political and military. Romans provided us with a tool (the alphabet) Roman aqueduct - carries water to cities and towns.
