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In this edition of this or that you need to
categorize two schools of philosophy:
Humanism or Medieval.
Humanism
Medieval
15th to 17th century
5th to 15th century
Return to pagan classics
(Greeks and Romans)
Humans can use logic and
reason to find their own
answers.
Reason comes from faith
and God. Topics were
mostly focused on themes
from the Bible.
Laon Cathedral
Painting A
Painting B
Painting C
Painting D
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Song A
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Song B
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Gregorian Chant: more
properly called “Plainchant.”
Monophony: one voice
Responsorial: soloist with
choral
response
Conjunct: connected notes
with small intervals
producing flowing sound
Melismatic: syllable
extended over several notes
emphasizing particular
words.
Purpose: encourage
prayerful state without
distraction of instruments
Anonymous creators who
improvised and transmitted
work orally.
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Haec dies (“This is the day..”)
This is the day
which the Lord hath made;
we will rejoice and be
glad of it
O give thanks to the Lord
for He is good:
for his mercy
endureth
forever.
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Humanism in Music: Like artists
turned to pre-Christian models.
Wanted music to have same effect
on listener as Greek music had.
Knew about Pythagorean views on
music as representing order of
cosmos with the power to change
nature and alter souls.
Continuous imitation: lines imitate
each other.
Cantus firmus: Fixed melody serves
as basis for elaborate imitation by
other voices.
Homophony: Composition with
several voices in which one melodic
line dominates other musical lines.
Word painting; musical gesture
reflects meaning of the word being
sung.
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Josquin Desprez, “Ave Maria . . . virgo serena”
1470s
Hail Mary, full of grace.
The Lord is with you, gentle Virgin.
Hail, whose conception,
Full of solemn joy,
Fills the heaven, the earth,
With new rejoicing.
Hail, whose birth
Was our festival,
As our luminous rising light
Coming before the true sun.
Hail, pious humility,
Fertility without a man,
Whose annunciation
Was our salvation.
Hail, true virginity,
Unspotted chastity,
Whose purification was our cleansing.
Hail, famous with all
Angelic virtues,
Whose assumption was
Our glorification.
Renaissance
Architecture revives
Roman domes,
rounded arches
Music- Choral. Many
voices overlapping.
Art- Use of perspective;
Depth, shadow, two
dimensional.
Medieval
 Architecture uses
square towers,
pointed arches,
vaulted ceilings
 Music- Religious or
tells heroic tales.
 One Voicecontemplating God
 Art- Flat, one
dimensional, very
colorful.