Florence and the Renaissance: Art, Humanism, and History
Renaissance: First Part
Florence, capital of the Renaissance.
The “David” statue was created in 1501, but the Renaissance period spans from 1350-1400.
Renaissance artists rediscovered the classical era.
Rome flourished until the arrival of the barbarians.
The concept of the Middle Ages was created in Italy in the 15th century.
For them, the Middle Ages was a dark period, deviating from classical culture.
Humanism
To understand the emergence of the Renaissance, one must understand Humanism, a cultural
Read MoreKey Sociological Concepts and Citations
Key Sociological Terms and Citations
Week 2: Futurism and Social Actors
- Futurism:
- Social Actors:
“For a generation often accused of being passive and totally preoccupied with their own selves, their digital devices and social media, young people are ready to show that there is another side to their life trajectories—that they are future-makers.” (Spyrou, 2020, p. 3)
Week 3: Colonialism, Biopolitics
- Settler Colonialism: When people from a place of imperial power move to a region and displace those indigenous
Baroque Tombs: Bernini vs. Michelangelo
It appears as the claw of a lion, sometimes as a heraldic device or as an element of protection.
Changes from Michelangelo to Bernini
It is the position of the virtues—which, in Bernini’s case, are Charity and Justice, two of the cardinal virtues. The standing figures appear here, attached to the shape of the tomb, the funeral urn, so that they can give a curvature to the body, which leads to the naturalistic interpretation of the Baroque world’s own bodies. It must be stressed that the internal
Read MoreVocabulary for Describing Adventures, Homes, and Sounds
Unit 9: Describing an Adventure
Adjectives and Nouns
- Arid: desert, island, landscape
- Intrepid: traveler, group, voyage
- Idyllic: spot, conditions, setting
- Grueling (agotador): hike, climb, race
- Swirling (turbulento): mist, water, wind
- Exquisite: waterfalls, flowers, views
Phrasal Verbs
- Setting out to do something: Prepararse para alguna cosa
- Run into: Meet someone unexpectedly
- Kicks in: Begins to have an effect
- Set off: Begin a journey
- Turned out to be: Become
- Win through: Succeed after some difficulties
Anger
- Lose
Lyric Poetry: Key Features and Forms
Lyric Poetry: Main Features
Lyric poetry is a broad and varied genre characterized by its intensive use of the poetic function of language. It expresses emotion, feelings, imaginations, and personal experiences, serving as a vehicle for privacy, subjective changes, allusion, and connotation.
Key Characteristics of Lyric Poetry
1. Emotion and Immediacy
Lyric poetry expresses the feelings and emotions of its creator. The underlying sentiments are recognized directly and immediately by the receiver, who
Read MoreArt and Beauty: Creation, Meaning, and Perception
Art and Beauty
Artistic creation, or the work of art, is an activity aimed at the production of beautiful objects. It is a type of symbolic action and involves both the mastery of technique and intuition.
Historical Conceptions of Art
The Western tradition elaborated the concept of art from the Aristotelian conceptions of techne or ars. In this conception, it includes, as undifferentiated, any activity or practice learned from experience.
Plato had a positive concept of art, considering it a copy of
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