Renaissance or Medieval?Humanism or Medieval.

Humanism Medieval

15th to 17th century 5th to 15th century

Return to pagan classics (Greeks and Romans)Humans can use logic

and reason to find their own answers.

Reason comes from faith and God. Topics were

mostly focused on themes from the Bible.

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Humanism: emphasizes reason, scientific inquiry and human fulfillment in the natural world

Ex. Increased anatomical knowledge allowed for better understanding of human body. Cures can be found through research.

More of a be all you can be attitude

Instead of a life of servitude to the Lord, the people lived in a society of a human-centered life.

Art & sculpture of the time showed man as a beautiful and important being

Engaging more in free thought

A humanization of the divine: God was viewed as more of a man than a supreme force

Vocab (cont.) Medieval Philosophy:

emphasizes theology (study of God) and religious explanations to questions about humans & natural world

Ex. Dissection banned. Disease/sickness caused by sin/God’s displeasure. Cures can be found through theological explanations (superstition/theories)

Mindset of Middle Ages was focused on God and the world of the divine (“hereafter” vs. the “here and now”)

People of the church held in utmost respect

Life seen as painful pilgrimage toward gratification in the afterlife

Fear of the unknown everpresent

Renaissance or MedievalRenaissanceArchitecture revives

Roman domes, rounded arches

Music- Choral. Many voices overlapping.

Art- Use of perspective;

Depth, shadow, two dimensional.

Medieval Architecture uses

square towers, pointed arches, vaulted ceilings

Music- Religious or tells heroic tales.

One Voice- contemplating God

Art- Flat, one dimensional, very colorful.

Renaissance or Medieval?Laon Cathedral

San Lorenzo Church

Renaissance or Medieval?

Painting A: Cimabue’s Santa Trinita Madonna

Renaissance or Medieval?

Painting B:Madonna & ChancellorRollin

Renaissance or Medieval?

Painting C: Girl With Pearl Earring

Renaissance or Medieval?

Painting D

The Last Supper (1498)

Renaissance or Medieval?

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Song BSong A

Romanesque (Medieval) Music 600-1150

Gregorian Chant: more properly called “Plainchant.”

Monophony: one voice Responsorial: soloist

with choral response Purpose: encourage

prayerful state without distraction of instruments

Anonymous creators who improvised and transmitted work orally.

Haec dies (“This is the day..”)

This is the day which the Lord hath

made; we will rejoice and be glad of it

O give thanks to the Lord for He is good: for his mercy endureth forever.

Renaissance Music: 1450-1600

Humanism in Music: Like artists turned to pre-Christian models. Wanted music to have same effect on listener as Greek music had. Knew about Pythagorean views on music as representing order of cosmos with the power to change nature and alter souls.

Continuous imitation: lines imitate each other. Cantus firmus: Fixed melody serves as basis for elaborate imitation by

other voices. Homophony: Composition with several voices in which one melodic line

dominates other musical lines. Word painting; musical gesture reflects meaning of the word being

sung.

Josquin Desprez, “Ave Maria . . . virgo serena” 1470s Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with you, gentle Virgin. Hail, whose conception, Full of solemn joy, Fills the heaven, the earth, With new rejoicing. Hail, whose birth Was our festival, As our luminous rising light Coming before the true sun. Hail, pious humility, Fertility without a man, Whose annunciation Was our salvation. Hail, true virginity, Unspotted chastity, Whose purification was our cleansing. Hail, famous with all Angelic virtues, Whose assumption was Our glorification.