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Renaissance Rebirth The Norton Anthology of World Literature 1500-1650 Volume C Significant Challenges • These aspects posed a significant challenge to notions of Europe’s and humankind’s centrality in the world: – Columbus’s so-called discovery of Americas – New scholarly methods for interpreting ancient texts – Copernicus’s scientific theories – Galileo’s astronomical observations About the Renaissance • Series of literary and cultural movements in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries • Began in Italy – Expanded into Germany, France, England, and other parts of Europe • Studied Ancient Rome and Greece – Classical education • • • • • Ancient texts Poetry History Rhetoric Moral philosophy • Humanism – Emphasizes the worth of the individual Humanism • Dominant intellectual movement of Renaissance • Philosophy that people were rational human beings • Emphasized the dignity and worth of the individual • Humanities: promotion of a new educational curriculum – Included grammar, rhetoric, history, poetry, and ethics Humanist • Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) – First great humanist – Contemporary poet – Studied and collected ancient texts during his travels – Influenced: • Giovanni Boccaccio • Niccolò Niccoli • Coluccio Salutati Scholasticism • Concentrated on study of logic, science, and metaphysics, or the nature of reality • Humanists believed scholastics failed to instill respect for public duty • Prepared students for training in: – Medicine – Law – Theology • Believed to focus on the intellectual development while Humanist focused on the whole self: intellectual, physical, and moral development Characteristics of the Renaissance • Rediscovery of classical literature and art • Middle Ages: – Interest in classical literature, especially Latin and Latin translations of Greek – Confined to professional activities of theologians, philosophers, and writers – Served a specialized interest and purpose • Renaissance: – People from all aspects of society (Kings, Queens, merchants and soldiers) studied classical art and literature. – Amateurs who studied for the pleasure of it – Existed largely for their own sake, objects of ideal beauty or learning Curiosity and Objectivity • Intense interest in the visible world • Interest in the knowledge derived from concrete sensory experience • During the Renaissance, the focus turned from religious issues to the morality of human actions Individualism • Individual is seen for his or her unique talents • Potential of the individual became significant • Brought about an emphasis on education – Intellectual: • Scholarship – Writing of Sonnets – Physical: • Swordsmanship • Wrestling • Renaissance: Ideal person is not bound to one discipline. Specialization like that in the Middle Ages is not encouraged. Artists –Middle Ages: •Focus on otherworldliness and on glorifying God •Humble and remained anonymous –Renaissance: •Valued glory and renown •Signed their works