ARTH 3340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: 1998 In Pride Fc, Great Man Theory, Spiritual Exercises Of Ignatius Of Loyola
28 Sep 2016
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The eras of western art history (art historian"s trying to be funny: grotto to giotto. Giotto di bondone generally considered first in line of great artists who contributed to renaissance: giotto to watteau. Jean-antoine watteau (1684-1721) revitalized waning baroque style, shifting it to the less severe and more naturalistic idiom: watteau to blotto. Blotto (ex of puke rainbow/confetti death) contemporary. Wallace ferguson, the renaissance in historical thought, pub. For centuries the idea of renaissance at the end of the middle ages has been an agent in shaping the conceptions of the development of western european. Sums up why people were/are fascinated with the renaissance. French word coined by french historian jules michelet: expanded by swiss historian jacob burckhart in 19th c. that literally means rebirth. Rebirth used in two ways: rediscover of ancient classical texts and learning and their applications in the arts and sciences (humanism)
