Humanism in 14th Century Europe
Segle XV l’Humanisme: Female Anthropocentric Vision
It is based in 14th-century Europe. When finding a slow evolution in the arts and ideology, this aesthetic model brought about medieval humanism.
Characteristics:
- Change in the design world.
- We pass from a theocentric universe to an anthropocentric world.
- The universe is at the service of man.
- Reason wins.
- The artist will have Greco-Latin tradition as a model to follow.
Nicolas Lluis Dolwer:
He gives a definition of humanism: “It is nothing but a projection of man; it is to look at all human eyes, to understand with human intelligence, and above all, to love with a human heart.”
Protagoras:
He thought that man was the measure of all things, that you can control everything.
Menander:
“I am a man, and nothing human is odd.” That is, as a human, everything around me does not surprise me.
Antonio Canales:
This writer first seems smart enough to realize that things have changed in his speech and that moralizing is not enough, but the purpose of Saura is to adapt to a public with a more humanist mind.
Religion is always based on dogma. He uses arguments from classical authors to convince of deviations from dogma.
He wanted to Christianize his works in a rational court. It was moralistic and was not intended for people to read pernicious books; he criticized provocative books. His literary morality was more about attitude.
Bernat Metge:
He is representative of the most modern-minded group of secretaries that formed the Royal Council. This writer perceived changes in literary sensibility and won the evident cultural gap of the average age.
His attitude is based on having a critical sense.
Works:
- Fortunata and Prudence: Written in verse, it emphasizes the treatment that the work gives to the liaison of its time. It is the introduction to a book. It speaks of man in a world of Divine Providence.
- Sermon: It is a book of advice in which he satirizes good Christian advice. He had problems because he gave cynical advice.
- Griselda and Walter: It seeks to exalt the figure of Petrarch and the concept of revenge.
- Lo Somni (The Dream): It is the most important book of the writer; he writes it to demonstrate his innocence. The book certainly presents him as a person who has been insultingly persecuted by envious people, when he is able to demonstrate his innocence. Skepticism is a feature of the book. It is divided into books:
- The author, before King John, expresses his skepticism about the problem of the immortality of the soul. This book shows that his conversion to Christianity was due to the philosophical arguments of King John. Bernat changed his way of being for the new king and returned to his chancellery. A feature of the book is the irony and picturesque elements of the time.
Bernat Metge:
He is representative of the most modern-minded group of secretaries that formed the Royal Council. This writer perceived changes in literary sensibility and won the evident cultural gap of the average age.
His attitude is based on having a critical sense.
Works:
- Fortunata and Prudence: Written in verse, it emphasizes the treatment that the work gives to the liaison of its time. It is the introduction to a book. It speaks of man in a world of Divine Providence.
- Sermon: It is a book of advice in which he satirizes good Christian advice. He had problems because he gave cynical advice.
- Griselda and Walter: It seeks to exalt the figure of Petrarch and the concept of revenge.
- Lo Somni (The Dream): It is the most important book of the writer; he writes it to demonstrate his innocence. The book certainly presents him as a person who has been insultingly persecuted by envious people, when he is able to demonstrate his innocence. Skepticism is a feature of the book. It is divided into books:
- The author, before King John, expresses his skepticism about the problem of the immortality of the soul. This book shows that his conversion to Christianity was due to the philosophical arguments of King John. Bernat changed his way of being for the new king and returned to his chancellery. A feature of the book is the irony and picturesque elements of the time.