PART 1
A New Way of Life• Emphasis on effort, talent,
and creative genius as basis of merit rather than heredity
Bust of Michelangelo, Daniele da Volerra, 1565,
A New Way of Life• Emphasis on effort, talent,
and creative genius as basis of merit rather than heredity
• Newly rich merchants supported the arts as a means of publicising their power
Adoration of the Magi (1475) by SandroBotticelli.
A New Way of Life• Emphasis on effort, talent,
and creative genius as basis of merit rather than heredity
• Newly rich merchants supported the arts as a means of publicising their power
Bronze doors of Florence’ Baptistery, designed by Lorenzo Ghiberti
A New Way of Life• Emphasis on effort, talent,
and creative genius as basis of merit rather than heredity
• Newly rich merchants supported the arts as a means of publicising their power
Dome of Florence Cathedral, designed by Filippo Brunelleschi
A New Way of Life• Emphasis on effort, talent,
and creative genius as basis of merit rather than heredity
• Newly rich merchants supported the arts as a means of publicising their power
• Increasing focus on secular world of human affairs rather than salvation
The Money Changer and His Wife (1514), by Quentin Matsys
A New Way of Life• Emphasis on effort, talent,
and creative genius as basis of merit rather than heredity
• Newly rich merchants supported the arts as a means of publicising their power
• Increasing focus on secular world of human affairs rather than salvation
• Opportunistic nature of urban life released citizens from old hierarchies and gave rise to individualism
The Money Changer and His Wife (1514), by Quentin Matsys
PART 2
Calvinist Reform - 1536
• Doctrine of Depravity: Augustinian view that humans are essentially sinful
Calvinist Reform - 1536
• Doctrine of Depravity: Augustinian view that humans are essentially sinful
• Doctrine of predestination: Since God is all-knowing, he already knows who is going to heaven and who is destined for hell; good works will not earn you passage to heaven
Calvinist Reform - 1536
• Doctrine of Depravity: Augustinian view that humans are essentially sinful
• Doctrine of predestination: Since God is all-knowing, he already knows who is going to heaven and who is destined for hell; good works will not earn you passage to heaven
• Rationalisation of religion: the ‘beauty’ and ‘magic’ of religious rituals distracts worshippers from developing a private relationship with God
Calvinist Reform - 1536
• Doctrine of Depravity: Augustinian view that humans are essentially sinful
• Doctrine of predestination: Since God is all-knowing, he already knows who is going to heaven and who is destined for hell; good works will not earn you passage to heaven
• Rationalisation of religion: the ‘beauty’ and ‘magic’ of religious rituals distracts worshippers from developing a private relationship with God
• Emphasised the importance of hard work and financial success as a sign that you had been ‘chosen’