The Arts: Mirror of History

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The Arts Mirror of History
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Art in the Middle Ages
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Window of Chartres
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Art in the Renaissance
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Art in the 1600s
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A View of Delft Vermeer
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Summary of Art

• Artistic themes moved from the presentation of
  the ideal to a new concern for the universal man
  and particular heroes to a study of individuals
  and their environment

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Literature in the Middle Ages
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Literature of the Renaissance
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Literature in the 1600s

• Don Quixote
• Le Cid
• Misanthrope
• Paradise Lost

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Summary of Literature

• Medieval literary efforts centered on religious
  issues and heroic deeds and virtues. The
  Renaissance emphasized the world and methods to
  organize it while writers of the seventeenth
  century took particular delight in portraying man
  and his foibles.

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Architecture in the Middle Ages
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Cathedrals
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Architecture during the Renaissance
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Architecture during the 1600s
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Summary of architecture

• Building for the glory of God as well as for
  protection highlighted medieval architectural
  achievement, but in both the later periods,
  buildings dwelt on exalting the monarch and the
  Deity.

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Summary of historical periods

• During the Middle Ages, the arts reflected a
  conception of life centered on the Church and
  chivalry and expressing a concern for survival
  and salvation. The Renaissance was a more orderly
  world where humans could center themselves and
  their concerns in the arts. The 1600s reflect
  the triumph and the visions of local populations
  who desire control and exalt their destiny.

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Class Discussion

• In what way is man is the measure reflected in
  the arts?

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• How are the concerns of the Reformation and the
  national monarchs reflected in the arts?