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Renaissance & Reformation 43.231
Professor Christopher Carlsmith UML, Fall 2012
Today’s Agenda • Introductions &
Attendance • Course Objectives &
Skills • Syllabus, Books,
Assignments, etc. • Course Web site • Maps • A Renaissance Painting:
“The Ambassadors” by Hans Holbein
Course Content • European History, 1348-1648, P.E.R.S.I.A. • Eras:
– Italian Renaissance, Age of Discovery, Protestant/Catholic Reformations, Early Modern Europe
• Significance? – Capitalism and globalization – Three-point perspective – Modern medicine & science – Growth of bureaucracy – The fork – Modern languages – April Fools’ Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, and the modern
calendar – Social Capital and Bowling Alone – Amish, Presbyterians, Quakers, Baptists, Methodists….
Course Skills
• Understand connections b/w past and present
• Analyze a primary source in its historical context
• Participate effectively in class discussion • Write clearly and cite sources properly • Organize information efficiently
Course Details
• Course Description • Syllabus • Books • Lecture & Discussion • Assignments • Field Trips • Echo 360 (lecture
capture) • Course Web site
In what ways might this painting represent the Renaissance?
Details…
“The Ambassadors” Hans Holbein 1533
“The Ambassadors” Hans Holbein 1533
How is this a Renaissance painting?
• Artist • Medium • Subject • Wealth • Philosophy • Humanist Learning • Religious Discord • Exploration • Printing • New Monarchies • Women • Individualism • Science
Assignments for Monday
• Read Zophy, pp. 9-45 • Look up Map Terms (Italy) • Review Course Description/Syllabus • Check calendar re: field trips
The Renaissance Today
Newstead Abbey, England
Martin Waldseemuller’s World Map, 1507