MUS 351 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Music Theory, Josquin Des Prez, Sandro Botticelli
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Jules michelet (histoire de france, 1855) coined the term renaissance (french, rebirth ) for the period after the middle ages. The idea of rebirth reflects the aims of scholars and artists to restore the learning and arts of ancient greece and rome. The renaissance saw much more than the revival of the old. New technologies transformed society, including oil painting and the printing press. The renaissance has no clear beginning point. Certain aspects of the renaissance began in the 1300s. In literature and the visual arts, the renaissance began in italy and spread north. In music, northern composers lead in the fifteenth century, and italians lead in the sixteenth. For our purposes, the period of the renaissance will include the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. End of the hundred years"war in 1453. Fall of constantinople to the turks in 1453. Rise of europe as a world power. Larger ships and better navigational aids expanded europe"s influence.
