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what does renaissance mean?
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rebirth/ reawakening
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when did the renaissance begin and end?
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14-17C
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where was the center of the renaissance?
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center was italy with independent city states
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where did the renaissance later spread to?
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england, spain, france, germany
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what types of things happened during the renaissance in italy?
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painting and perspective painting, sculpture, architecture, commedia dell' arte, opera, dramatic criticism, proscenium arch- Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Botticelli think david, sistine chapel, mona lisa and last supper
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merchants=
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wealth and leisure time
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painting
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artists and theatres...leonardo da vinci
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literature during the renaissance?
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to a certain degree
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what year was the printing press invented?
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1450
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Opera
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followed greek tragic style with music
the text was second to the music |
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theatre during the renaissance?
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neoclassical rules for theatre were formulated--critics-very perscriptive, telling how: tragedy should end sadly, comedy should end happily, no violence, chorus, or supernatural characters, soliloquies, 3 unities helped lead to other forms- improvisational theatre and opera- proscenium arch theatre- theatres went inside
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Money for theatre?
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needed money unlike court and academy theatres, people had money
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teatro olympico
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1580
-vicenza -similar to roman theatre in orange, france |
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teatro farnese
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1618
-Parma -1st proscenium arch -standard for over 300 years stage |
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Commedia dell' arte
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1550 to 1750
10 members half masks except the comedy of art by professional artists stock physical gags roman comedies like adultery, old age, love stock characters with recognizable costumes, masks, props (batons like slapsticks), routines called burle (italian for joke) or burlas |
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lazzi, concetti
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stock physical gags
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vecchi
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elders
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zanni
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eccentric servants
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arlecchino
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harlequin clown
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pantalone
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old-girls-horny
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innamorati
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young lovers (love interest- will they or won't they get together? and what is in their way?)
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Il dottore
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doctor
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il capitano
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bold braggart wants sex
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brighella
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upper tier servant or shopkeeper
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pulcinella
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punch
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tartaglia
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middle class, usually stutterer
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where did the video of Shakespeare's taming of the shrew take place?
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american conservatory in san fancisco
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where is taming of the shrew set?
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padua (urban)
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what is taming of the shrew about?
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battle of the sexes, man/woman, marriage
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pertrucchio
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il capitano
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grumio
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arlecchino
from verona |
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lucentio
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(cambio)
innamorati |
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tranio
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(brighella)
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where is biondello from?
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from pisa
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bianca
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innamorati
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minola baptista
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vecchi
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gremio
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pantaloon
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hortensio
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litio
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remember other character names
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katherine, widow, vincentio
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14 c on
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break away from restrictive ideas of middle ages- challenge absolute power of God, enforced by catholic church. Artists, writers, philosophers became more inquisitive about world around them to Humanism (concept of individual), caused unprecedented upheaval in the accepted hierarchy- not reject god but questioned relationship of humankind to God. merchants key to success-emergence of Middle Class
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what was another name for the english renaissance?
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elizabethan period
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what years did Elizabeth I rule england?
what was she? |
1558-1603 45 years
amateur linguist language and literature exploration columbus explore |
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when was shakesphere alive?
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1564-1616 52 years
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what year was shakesphere's theatre
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1590
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john webster and marlowe
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1564-1593 23 years
author of mighty line dramatic poetry dr. faustus (play that marlowe wrote) |
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heart of english renaissance
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in literature and art= theater
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how many plays did shakesphere write and how were they broken up into categories?
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10, 12, 15= 37
history, tragedy, comedy |
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dramatic verse
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iambic pentameter 5 beats to the line, 2 syllabi to each beat
the way we breathe and natural way we speak with our english language (our heart beat) |
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how was simplistic 2 dimensional writing style of pre-renaissance changed?
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creating human characters with psychological complexity (hamlet), the social upheavel allowed shakesphere to explore humanity of every character regardeless of social positio, kings can make mistakes, s used the greek's and roman classics whose texts were supressed by the church
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s had going for him
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senecan dramatic devices; platform stage; powerful dramatic verse with powerful metaphors; source material from english history, roman history, classics and drama; italian literature; introduced episodic plot structure; excelled in several genres (3); musical language, carefully developed and well rounded characters (living people); understood technical and business elements of theatre; had best company; and introduced parallel plots and subplots
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lord chamberlains men
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25 best acting co.
shareholders hirelings apprentices no women |
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describe shakesphere's theatre
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shows- changed scenery, tiring house for actors and storage
stage was 27.5X43 yard 55' 700/1000 stinkyards grounlings 5' tall stage theatre was mostly public |
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James Burbage
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carpenter of "the theater" son reichard leading actor of shakespeare's company
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globe theatre
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1500-300 thrust circle balcony 3rd floor w/roof
heavens musicians one penny- yard 2 penny- gallery 3 penny- boxes Lord's room |
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how many open air theatres were there outside of london? why?
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9 to avoid censors
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private theatres
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600-750
indoor with candles |
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the merchant of venice
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casket scene- Portia and Bassanio (elizabeth and Mic)
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what was merchant of venice about?
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venice/belmont, jews/christians, law/mercy, false bonds/true bonds, contracts/bonds, self interest/love, intermarriage, anti-semitism, trade, usury, conversion, male friendship, money, revenge, appearance/ reality
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sun king louis XIV
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(b 1638)1643-1715 started at age 4 ruled 72 years
longest European monarch loved theatre, ballet, music |
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Moliere
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ballet, music, theatre
comedie francaise [1680, 1689, 1770] |
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ballet
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catherine de medicis
a member of the ruling family of florence became queen of france in 1547 1581 she had 5.5 hr ballet for royal wedding |
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french were explorers
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louisiana territory
canada |
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18c england civil war
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1642-1649 charles I removed by puritans and beheaded
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for 11 years what type of gov did england have? ruler?
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commonwealth by oliver cromwell
1648 all theaters pulled down reopen 1660 1642 parliament closes theatres oliver dies in 1658 and charles II comes back from france in 1660 to assume the monarchy and thus the RESTORATION 1660-1700 |
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comedy of manners
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influenced by Moliere influenced by commedia dell' arte and we have witty dialouge, sexual intrigue and innuendo. amoral attitude to human behavior and sex. AND women appeared on english stage (1660) here in the restoration after the renaissance
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comedy of humor and comedy of intrigue
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18c england
comedy sinful are punished and virtuous are rewarded theater companies used stock sets and afternoon performances for light. night time, brackets in front of boxes and footlight candles on stage |
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18c england more complex world
what began to disappear? |
global homogeneous self-contained societies began to disappear
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increaed maufacturing and international trade affected everyone. where where the mercantile power? what did this mean for the middle class?
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18c mercantile powers were england and france- more $ for middle class
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new developments in learning and philosophy
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age of enlightenment
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american revolution 1775-1783
french revolution 1789-1799 |
arts, BAROQUE, detail, color, and ornamentation, music unity of mood, nut filled with movement and action
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drame
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french for serious play
bourgeois tragedy and domestic tragedy sentimental and melodramatic ignored neoclassical requirements that cheif characters be kings, queens, or nobles rather emerging middle class plus individuals |
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theatre sometimes melodramatic and sentimental
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again virtuous rewarded and wicked punished
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ballad opera
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comic plays with songs inserted into them, sometimes popular songs that had nothing to do with the plot
best known...beggar's opera written in 1728 by john gay. sex and violence, Macheath, Polly Peachum, and petty thieves and prostitutes. 62 consecutive performances 1920 in london it ran for 1463 operettas like gilbert and sullivan |
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david garrick
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1717-1779
rebelled against formal declamation, stereotyped movement, and singsong delivery of verse garrick had long rehersals, no spectators, natural style of acting, use of character, research, actors on times, know lines, director responsible fro all artistic decisions |
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the beginnings of the first director
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Mr.garrick and johann wolfgang vongoethe
german playwright, poet, novelist, and critic |
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goethe
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1790s
not commercial, not an actor, long rehersals, work as an ensemble, rules for movement, vocal technique, good behavior for actor's personal lives, oversaw costumes and settings, and believed in historical accuracy. became regisseur-dictorial director (french dictator) still faced the audience so not too natural and of course still a playwright so was invested |
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goethe's essay
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what was the artist trying to do?
did the artist succeed? was it worth doing? |
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a doll house
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most famous modern scene- torvald and nora, end of play, read by elizabeth and mic double ending
new one used in germany |
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main 3 realism playwrights
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1.Isben norweigan a doll house
2. strindberg swede miss julie 3.chekhov russian the seagull |
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the homecoming
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by harold pinter
lenny max sam joey teddy ruth-deena burke, speech and vocal coach |
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"taking the piss out of them"
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pinter like enigmas but actor has to know when should walk in w/a secret
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