HIS230H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Syphilis, Florence Cathedral, Masaccio
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Read the txtbk, political aspects of the renaissance\ Aware that they were in a new age of artistic expression. Famous at his time too, unusual having a woman smile and look at the painters, the background is unusual, no indication of how to interpret it. Interested in subject matter, topics from ancient rome, ad fontes in art and architecture (ideals of proportion. Didnt have the subjective texts and arts to refer back to, but still did continue with ad fontes movement. 15th to 16th c was called the age of discovery (but were already people living there), it was totally new to them, had to fit it into their world system. Columbus didnt first know where thye had come, figured he was somewhere near china/india . 1507, had maps, shows they knew it was a new place maps in rg style.
