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The Renaissance: Art & Science, Friday, 2nd period
Today's classroom had a map of early Renaissance era Italy hung prominently, just in case people needed a slight reminder about where Italy was or what it had looked like.
"What's known as the Renaissance Art period lasted for more than 300 years," Steve began, "which is longer than the United States has been a nation. That's padding the numbers slightly: proto-Renaissance art lasted for almost a hundred years and isn't at all like the Donatellos, Michealangelos, or Da Vinci's people think of when they imagine the era. We're going to have to break down the centuries manageable chunks and talk about the broad strokes--" he grinned because he'd made an accidental art pun, "--that took place in each era. We'll start at the beginning, around 1400. The Roman Empire had fallen and so now each major city of what will eventually be Italy is its own nation-state."
And then Steve went on for a while about Florence and the Medici family. A while.
It was adorable, really. Or maybe that was just Tony.
"The scientific Renaissance came and went earlier than the artistic one in many ways," Tony said. "Leading up to that era, a resurgence of different writings were found and translated from their original Latin or Greek or Arabic to bring lost knowledge back to the forefront or allow for discussion on the validity of many of the old theories. But these things came in spurts and waves as conflicts and plagues would wipe out populations as cities grew larger."
"Plagues will definitely come up a lot, and--strangely--would also turn political as people who didn't enjoy the new progress declared them signs from God to return to the old ways of doing things," Steve said. "Today we're going to concentrate on the works of Filippo Brunelleschi, an artist, architect, and engineer who is credited with really kick-starting the early Renaissance. He's the one who figured out how to make the giant dome of Florence's cathedral from falling in and killing everyone."
"What's known as the Renaissance Art period lasted for more than 300 years," Steve began, "which is longer than the United States has been a nation. That's padding the numbers slightly: proto-Renaissance art lasted for almost a hundred years and isn't at all like the Donatellos, Michealangelos, or Da Vinci's people think of when they imagine the era. We're going to have to break down the centuries manageable chunks and talk about the broad strokes--" he grinned because he'd made an accidental art pun, "--that took place in each era. We'll start at the beginning, around 1400. The Roman Empire had fallen and so now each major city of what will eventually be Italy is its own nation-state."
And then Steve went on for a while about Florence and the Medici family. A while.
It was adorable, really. Or maybe that was just Tony.
"The scientific Renaissance came and went earlier than the artistic one in many ways," Tony said. "Leading up to that era, a resurgence of different writings were found and translated from their original Latin or Greek or Arabic to bring lost knowledge back to the forefront or allow for discussion on the validity of many of the old theories. But these things came in spurts and waves as conflicts and plagues would wipe out populations as cities grew larger."
"Plagues will definitely come up a lot, and--strangely--would also turn political as people who didn't enjoy the new progress declared them signs from God to return to the old ways of doing things," Steve said. "Today we're going to concentrate on the works of Filippo Brunelleschi, an artist, architect, and engineer who is credited with really kick-starting the early Renaissance. He's the one who figured out how to make the giant dome of Florence's cathedral from falling in and killing everyone."
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