CO 1503 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Lazzi, Pantalone
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Explosion of art, culture, and travel centered in italy after the fall of constantinople. Reintroduction and gained interest in the classical world of greece and rome. Education suddenly became important to higher classes. Major trade route from asia/africa to europe: lots of culture and people traveling through. They had a lot of trade and so a lot of wealth and so a lot of leisure time. Power transfers from constantinople to italy: merchants run from constantinople smuggling are and plays with them to sell on black market where rich people buy them. Everybody wants to out do their neighbor with money. Tries to make form look natural and real. Uses science and math to make life-like visual representation. Shows chaos of life to show pure form. Gets ideas from old greek and roman classics. Cou(cid:374)(cid:272)il of tre(cid:374)t puts (cid:373)ore fo(cid:272)us o(cid:374) aristotle"s poeti(cid:272)s rather tha(cid:374) the ro(cid:373)a(cid:374) hora(cid:272)e"s. Drama has only two forms: comedy and tragedy.
