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What is a paradigm and how do paradigms determine the basic workings of human culture?
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is a model or example that humans use to make sense of the world
They are part of our cultural environment. |
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Some extremely primitive societies have no paradigms at all. True or False.
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False
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Why is the Renaissance so important to the history of western culture?
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its the start of modern day thinking
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What does the word "renaissance" mean and where does this series of paradigm revolutions first occur?
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Reawaking
Rebirth Resurrection it first occured in florence, Italy |
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What are the various dimensions of the term "humanism" as used in the study of Renaissance culture?
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-Affairs to this life
-To be a classical Scholar - Philosophical |
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Be prepared to explain the primary characteristics of the Renaissance to a well-educated non-expert.
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Change from God is everything to personal well-being.
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What do we mean by the idea of representational art and how does this concept connect to the pursuit of humanism in the 15th and 16th centuries?
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art that tries to capture the world how the human eye sees it.
Optical |
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Describe the world of the "two texts" as it relates to the ideology of the 16th and 17th centuries.
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Book of Nature- Physics, Astronomy, Anatomy and other natural sciences. Was written by God.
The symbols are mathematical. Geometry. Book of Scripture- Also written By God, in symbols. |
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Why would a medieval individual probably be shocked by the representational art of the 15th and 16th centuries?
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Because no one cared about anything other than pleasing god.
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What are the three kinds of perspective used in Perugino's painting, "Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Peter."
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Atmosphere perspective
- use color and outline to convey the allusion. Modeling perspective - manipulate lighting and shadows to convey the allusion Over lapping |
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What do we mean by the term "perspective"?
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the way optical view of the world
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What do we mean by the "transalpine" or "transmontane" Renaissance?
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Transalpine is the renaissance north of Italy
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What is cultural diffusion and how can we see this phenomenon at work during the 15th, 16th, and 17th, centuries?
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the renaissance started in florcence italy and spread throughout the world
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What do you understand by the concept of mysticism and why is it important to an understanding of the northern Renaissance?
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Believes its possible to achieve a personal relationship with, the people of the north are still live by the bible and are more conservative about the renaissance
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Describe the nature and the work of the popular piety movements. Where do they start and what are the causes of their great appeal to northern Catholics?
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movements arise as one answer to Church corruption,
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True or False. The Reformation begins in 1517 when Martin Luther nails the 95 Theses to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg, Saxony.
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True?
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What exactly is an indulgence? How did the practice get started and why?
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a piece of paper that u buy that says your sins are forgiven. this was started to help fund the church
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Why was Luther opposed to this practice and why was his opposition so threatening to the Catholic Church?
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He said god is the only one who can forgive your dins.
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Summarize some of Luther's basic theological ideas released in his Four Tracts of 1520.
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1st – he questions the whole system of priests’
2nd- the sacraments are unnecessary 3rd- all you need is faith 4th To be Christian you must forget about reason |
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Why is Luther's rebellion so significant to the history of communication and media?
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It shows that everyone has power through spreading knowledge.
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What are the far-reaching cultural effects and unintended consequences of the Reformation?
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further fragmentation of Christianity into many different subgroups, development of books, printing, and literacy, increasing power of the secular state, improvement in the general educational standards of the day, Undermines existing models of authority, and Stimulates an increasing level of confrontation, militancy, and intolerance in the 17th c.
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What are the basic differences between the art of the northern and southern Renaissance?
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northern art was not as representational people in the north were still very conservitive.
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Why do you think that the painting of Dürer and the northern artists is generally more naturalistic and less idealized than that of the Italians?
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because the north is still conservitive and has not opened their minds to the new paradigm of the 17th century
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The art of woodcut and engraving represent the beginnings of a revolutionary paradigm change that will enable modernity to emerge. Why? (This is the granddaddy of all questions).
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because it is the first time people are expressing what they see and not focusing on god as much
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