HIS109Y1 Chapter Notes -Petrarch, Omnipotence, Party For The Open Society
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& seminar 2 - renaissance ideals and realities. Art: decrease in religious themes, rediscovering pagan beauty, patrons were used (competition amongst banking families caused conspicuous consumption to develop reputations, use of perspective in art, classicism. Reform of the education system towards the humanities. Inventions like the printing press allowed for the distribution of classical works. After the creation of a new middle class, commentaries on everyday life and instruction manuals as to how to act appropriately in court life were necessary to inform new classes like the mercantile class how they should act. The station of women did change slightly for courtly ladies. Some ladies of the court were educated in the renaissance however they would not have studied the same things as men (dance and music rather than literature) Perspectives from the past: p. 387 - 409. > he was a renaissance man; entered the papal service. > examines the family unit and its role in rearing children.
