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Ronsard and the Pléiade | HISTORY OF LITERATURE

Ronsard and the Pléiade

Though elements of the Renaissance and of humanism pervade the work of Rabelais, the chaotic anarchy of his tumbling crowded canvas is also very medieval. The intellectual rigour of the Renaissance enters French literatu...

Ronsard and the Pléiade | HISTORY OF FRENCH LITERATURE

Ronsard and the Pléiade

Though elements of the Renaissance and of humanism pervade the work of Rabelais, the chaotic anarchy of his tumbling crowded canvas is also very medieval. The intellectual rigour of the Renaissance enters French literatu...

Masaccio and the Brancacci Chapel | HISTORY OF PAINTING

Masaccio and the Brancacci Chapel

In about 1423 a Florentine silk merchant, Felice Brancacci, commissions frescoes for a chapel in Santa Maria del Carmine. His choice of artist is Masolino, who brings into the project a younger colleague, Masaccio. Most...

Masaccio and the Brancacci Chapel | HISTORY OF ITALIAN ART

Masaccio and the Brancacci Chapel

In about 1423 a Florentine silk merchant, Felice Brancacci, commissions frescoes for a chapel in Santa Maria del Carmine. His choice of artist is Masolino, who brings into the project a younger colleague, Masaccio. Most...

Van Eyck and the Ghent altarpiece | HISTORY OF PAINTING

Van Eyck and the Ghent altarpiece

On 6 May 1432 a vast new painted altarpiece is set in place in the cathedral of Ghent. An inscription on it states that it was begun by Hubert van Eyck and completed in 1432 by his brother Jan....

Van Eyck and the Ghent altarpiece | HISTORY OF NETHERLANDS ART

Van Eyck and the Ghent altarpiece

On 6 May 1432 a vast new painted altarpiece is set in place in the cathedral of Ghent. An inscription on it states that it was begun by Hubert van Eyck and completed in 1432 by his brother Jan....

Like the Renaissance, which slighly predates | HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY

Demands for reform

Like the Renaissance, which slighly predates it, the Reformation has a multitude of possible starting points. The wish to rediscover a simpler and more authentic version of the Christian life is characteristic of many ne...

Like the Renaissance, which slighly predates | HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION

Demands for reform

Like the Renaissance, which slighly predates it, the Reformation has a multitude of possible starting points. The wish to rediscover a simpler and more authentic version of the Christian life is characteristic of many ne...

In the spirit of the Renaissance, | HISTORY OF THEATRE

Roman revivals and intermezzi

In the spirit of the Renaissance, Roman plays are performed on festive occasions at the courts of Italian princes. Perhaps they prove a little heavy going for some of the guests. It becomes the custom to have rather more...

In the spirit of the Renaissance, | HISTORY OF OPERA

Roman revivals and intermezzi

In the spirit of the Renaissance, Roman plays are performed on festive occasions at the courts of Italian princes. Perhaps they prove a little heavy going for some of the guests. It becomes the custom to have rather more...

An important element of the Renaissance | HISTORY OF SCULPTURE

From Gothic to Renaissance

An important element of the Renaissance is the rediscovery of the realistic free-standing human figure as sculpted in Greece and Rome. But the emergence of Renaissance sculpture is not nearly as sudden a process as the c...

An important element of the Renaissance | HISTORY OF FRENCH ART

From Gothic to Renaissance

An important element of the Renaissance is the rediscovery of the realistic free-standing human figure as sculpted in Greece and Rome. But the emergence of Renaissance sculpture is not nearly as sudden a process as the c...

With the renewal of interest in | HISTORY OF HISTORIANS

Plutarch and biography

With the renewal of interest in Greek literature in the Renaissance, Plutarch is published in Greek and Latin in Italy in the early 16th century and is subsequently translated into French (1559) and from French into Engl...

At the same period as the | HISTORY OF WALES

Welsh language and literature

At the same period as the Reformation, the attitudes of the Renaissance have a beneficial effect on Welsh literature. The Renaissance passion for rediscovering classical texts becomes, in the Welsh context, a scholarly i...

Many of these Italian condottieri of | HISTORY OF ITALY

Condottieri and Swiss guards

Many of these Italian condottieri of the 15th century are extremely civilized men of the Renaissance (Federico da Montefeltro, with his own court at Urbino, is an outstanding example). Engagements between their ar...

It is a coincidence of great | HISTORY OF BIOLOGY

Illustrated books

It is a coincidence of great value to biology, in which observation is of prime importance, that the Renaissance revival of interest in science coincides with the invention of printing. As soon as books can be published...