HUM-2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Illuminated Manuscript, Albertus Magnus, Chartres Cathedral
Document Summary
Gothic: considered a negative, architecture considered tacky, had things that glorified god and tried to reach god. Suger: first architect, gothic, patron of art. Saint-denis: built by suger, a gothic cathedral. Quadrivium: mathematical scientists, music was one of four subjects, science, math, stars and music, 1179 the pope decided it was time to educate the people. Abelard: great lecturer, brought up dialogue, believed everyone is equal, was not popular with the church, questioned the bible, god and faith, tried and condemned for heresy, castrated, womanizer. Impregnated by abelard: had to join a covenant, rose to top position in covenant. Romance of the rose: the first dirty book, romance between abelard and heloise. Misogyny: fear and hatred of women. Trotula: first book on the female anatomy, dealt with midwives and the complications of pregnancy. Scholasticism: goal was to reconcile the bible to facts.
