Renaissance Test Tips 2, 3, 4...

Make sure you go over the handout "On Machiavelli" (one sheet, double-sided). The last question addresses the value of "virtu" and asks you to relate it to what Pico della Mirandola states in "Oration on the Dignity of Man."

Questions about art will include a few works we have studied, but there will also be one work which we have not looked at. You will have to explain why it is a Renaissance (and not medieval) work of art. Be sure to review the concepts of perspective and chiaroscuro.

Also, there is a quote from Machiavelli in the reading handout "The End of the Reniassance" from "The Brick." I suggest you re-read this quote and place it in the larger cultural context of the Renaissance (you can relate it to Cosimo de' Medici's "hobby" and Botticelli's non-Christian paintings, among other things)

Remember to come to class early (1:10 or so) for a quick review!

Renaissance Test Tip #1

How would you relate the structures below to Renaissance social structure and humanism?

San Gimignano, Prov. of Siena, Tuscany

Palazzo Medici Riccardo (built for Cosimo de' Medici), Florence

The Launch... and the Masaccio clip

Hello all, and welcome to the blog! Along with class announcements, I will post course-related information, including links, images, and text that enrich the curriculum.

Here is the video from yesterday's class, about Masaccio's use of perspective in The Holy Trinity (1425).