HIST 10800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Girolamo Savonarola, Pope Leo X, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
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(1300-1600) time of rebirth, golden age, bringing back classical culture of. Dante wrote the divine comedy, dante and virgil go through hell, purgatory, and heaven. Vernacular the everyday language of a certain place. Petrarch imitated cicero, strove for classical simplicity and purity, laura was his muse. Raphael young artist, painted pope julius ii"s private library: school of athens. Castiglione wrote the courtier how an accomplished person should be. Isabella d"este exercised real political power, defended mantua when her husband was captive, loved art. Medici family powerful family in trade and banking. Cosimo and lorenzo, virtual dictators of florence, beautified florence. Florence the city of flowers, wealthy in trade and banking, beautified by artists. Donatello (1386-1466) worked for ghiberti, made david - bronze, freestanding. Princes must be honest, religious, stand for trickery and double dealing. Leonardo da vinci the last supper mona lisa . Age of exploration searching for spices and profits, spread christianity, use new technologies.
