HIST 2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Giorgio Vasari, Roman Mythology, Filippo Brunelleschi
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The renaissance took place from 1350 - 1600. The word comes from the french word rebirth". The first person to use this term did use it during the renaissance. It was first used by giorgio vasari (1511 - 1574) He recognized that there were rare men of genius" during this time. This seperates the middle ages from the modern age, along with the reformation, the discovery of the new world. This was the period concerned with specific characteristics. They are limited in the sense that it touched only the upper crusts of society. For most people on the ground, the average 98%, things didn"t really change and trickle down to them . There were also a lot of continuities and the renaissance and the middle ages. The concept of humanism; the importance of the individual.
