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Discuss your interpretation of the Hamlet passage with your neighbor!

The Renaissance: 1500-1670

ALyssa Miner & Rachel Ziemba

❖ The Protestant Reformation

❖ Discovery of America

❖ Decline of the feudal system

❖ Invention & innovation

Historical Parallels

Tenet 1 : Humanism ❖Shift: Church centered ⇨

individualism❖People started thinking about

their own interests vs. the church’s interests

❖“This above all; to thine own self be true.” (Shakespeare)

Tenet 2: Rebirth ❖Renaissance = rebirth in French❖New attitude, new opportunities,

new ideas

❖“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” (Shakespeare)

Tenet 3: Respect for Ancient Literature/Art

❖Shift: traditional styles ⇨ “recycled” and new ways of writing

❖Re-introduced Roman/Greek styles of art and literature

❖“Art is never finished, only abandoned.” (Da Vinci)

Tenet 4: Curiosity and Discovery

❖ Shift: not questioning things ⇨to asking questions

❖“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” (Da Vinci)

Tenet 5: Rational Thinking

❖People began to think more logically

❖“Common sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.” (Da Vinci)

Tenet 6: Art Appreciation

❖The Elizabethan Era emphasized the importance of the arts to life

Bacchus and AriadneTitian. Bacchus and Ariadne. 1523. National Gallery, London. Web. 7 Nov. 2014.

The Wedding at CanaPaolo Veronese. The Wedding at Cana. 162-1563. The Louvre, Paris. Web. 7 Nov. 2014.

Front page of Shakespeare's plays. Digital image. Origins of Modernity. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Nov. 2014.

Medieval VS. Renaissance Art

⇨Leonardo Da VinciDa Vinci, Leonardo. Mona Lisa. 1503. The Louvre, Florence, Italy. Louvre.fr. Web. 10 Nov. 2014.

⇦Jean CourdichonThe Virgin in Prayerca. 1480"Late Medieval Panel Paintings: Methods, Materials, Meanings"Richard L. Feigen & Co.