CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Geoffrey Chaucer, Suger, Brocade
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13th-14th century in italy, rediscovery of all this architecture, democracy, law, and rebirth. Classic golden roman age, then dark ages, and then renaissance. Protestant reformation for example, gives a social pressure for the individual. Idea of city states: according to burckhardt, the individual despit over city states and he is to a certain extent a way to differentiate from 12th century renaissance. 12th century: marked by individual despits, falling in to individual authority. Individual nobles were placed with some authority above and below them. Plastic art (?: sculptures as opposed to architecture. Hallmarks in architecture in 12th century: romanesque, moving into abbot sujet, then gothic, gothic never used in burckhardt despite him being an art historian, he talks of romanesque architecture, trying to harken back to romanesque architecture. Idea of individual, rediscovery of individuality, interest in science, understanding in the natural, mundane world; idea of human self.
