Questions on page 485 and notes

 

Questions:

1. utopia- In Greek, this word means "no place." It has come to mean an ideal place as depicted in More's book. In Utopia, because there was little greed, Utopians had little use for money.

William Shakespeare- The most famous writer of the Elizabethan Age. Many people regard he am the greatest playwright of all time. He was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Johann Gutenberg- A craftsman from Mainz, Germany who developed a printing press that incorporated a number of technologies in a new way.

3. He was the only artist who drew things as they really were and drew living things. He was also one of the only artists who drew animals such as his famous painting "yonug hare". 

4. Art, because artists started to draw and paint things and depict them as they really are, such as the Mona Lisa who was painted exactly how she looked, and it is known that the eyes follow you. 

5. Printing changed society by making information inexpensive and available enough for society at large. Greater availability of books led to a greater quest for knowledge and literacy. Published maps and charts led to great discoveries in a variety of fields. People began to question political structures and religious practices.

Notes: 

A super-patron: Isabella d' Este. Educated, brilliant, gifted singer, lute player, innovative dancer. Wealthy, powerful parents. Sponsored painters, sculptors, musicians, writers, architects. Fashionista designed her own perfume. Patron of Davinci, Raphael, and many others. What patronage got you. Nativity, by Antonio de Correggio. 1529-1530. 101 inches, by 74 inches (8 1/2 feet by 6+ feet). Evolving values...Humanism. A deep interest in what people have already achieved, as well as what they are capable of achieving in the future. Not a coincidence that humanism resembles the Greek ideas of the arete. Classical writings were important to them. Wordly values were essential-concerned with the here and now. Christian values were still important but different from secular values. "Renaissance Man," "Renaissance Woman". Someone who could master fields of work. Example of Renaissance Woman: Isabella d' Este. The ultimate Renaissance Man: Leonardo da Vinci. Painter, scientist, inventor. Artistic styles and methods- sculpture. Sculptures made realistic figures, such as the Pieta. Carved from marble by Michelangelo from 1498-1499. Artistic styles and methods- painting. Painters used perspective- using shadow and depth to create the illusion of three dimensions. They sometimes painted Frescoes...A technique of mural painting executed freshly-laid, wet ink plaster. The pigments merge with the plaster. Artistic styles and methods- literature. Writers wrote in the vernacular- their native language. The writing was in Latin or Greek. Latin was more accessible to masses. Shakespeare wrote in English. Dante wrote about hell in Italian. Niccolo wrote in Italian as well. Those were all the notes that I took today in class, they are a little hard to comprehend due to the way the PowerPoint was formatted.