1. Later Middle Ages
2. Renaissance
Ideal
Ideal
Thought
Thought
Religion
Religion
Literature
Literature
Sculpture
Sculpture
Painting
Painting
Architecture
Architecture
Technology
Technology
Politics
Politics
Using the following points under each category, rearrange them in the table under either 1.
Late Middle Ages or 2. Renaissance
Thought:
Religion dominates
Philosophy: Humanism – Emphasis on secular concerns due to rediscovery and study of ancient Greco-Roman
culture
Scholasticism: Thomas Aquinas – reconciles Christianity with Aristotelian science
Literature:
Based almost solely on religion
Written in Latin
Humanism, secularism
Northern focus on writings of early church fathers
Hand-written
Covered wider variety of topics (politics, art, short stories)
Focused on the individual
Increased use of the printing press; propaganda
Church was the greatest patron of arts and literature
Writing in the Vernacular
Little political criticism
Ideal:
Virtu Renaissance man should be well-rounded
Man is well-versed in one subject and it is how to get to heaven
Sculpture:
Architecture
Free-standing
More gothic,
Greek and Roman classical influences
Use of Bronze
extremely detailed
relief
Gothic style
Domes
Pointed arches, barrel vaults, spires
Less detailed
Flying buttresses
Rounded arches, clear lines, Greco-roman columns
Focus on balance and form
Elaborate detail
Painting
Patronized mostly by the church
Increased emphasis on secular themes
Less emotion
Lack of perspective
Classic Roman and Greek ideals
Use of perspective
Nearly totally religious
Chiaroscuro
Increased use of oil paints
Brighter colors
Use of gold to illuminate figures
More emotion
Real people and settings depicted
Patronized largely by merchant princes
Popes patronized art
Gothic style
Byzantine style dominates
Stiff, 1 dimensional figures
Stylized faces (faces look generic)
Lack of chiaroscuro
Technology
Invention of the printing press
New Inventions for exploration
Depended on scribes
Politics
“New Monarchs” assert control over national
churches
Church tends towards supremacy over the state
Machiavelli
State tends towards supremacy over the church