COM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Girolamo Savonarola, Epicenter, Christ Child
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Were focused on the here and now since they didn"t believe in the afterlife. This life is preparation for the next. The more you withdrew, the more you would have an insight into the afterlife. Virgin mary usually painted plainly, draped in basic clothes. People rediscover pagan life in the italian renaissance. People look into the mirror, discover themselves more. Wanted to go back to the time of self denial. Warned the people of florence to stop. Bring your vanities to me, i will burn them in the square . Women cut long hair, men brought velvet robes. All things of vanity were burned with fire for days. Public town square now lined by expensive fashion houses, nice cafes, restaurants, etc. Materialism is the new god in modern day thinking twice. What will stop them now that they"ve looked in the mirror? nothing. Christian life in europe was going to come apart because pagan life returned.
