Renaissance

Renaissance

Lecture materials

2020

By Diana L. Baisheva

plan

• Renaissance as a cultural and artistic movement (general background)
• Characteristics of Renaissance
• British Renaissance and its periodization
• Sir Thomas More and his “Utopia”
• Sir Francis Bacon and his “New Atlantis”
• Edmund Spencer “Amoretti”
• Christopher Marlowe and his tragedies

What is Renaissance?

From Latin means “rebirth”

REBIRTH OF WHAT?

What is Renaissance?

Rebirth of ancient Greek and ancient Roman culture:

• Art
• Literature
• Architecture

BUT…

The Renaissance was the period that followed (brought Europe out of) the Middle Ages. It was a time of renewed interest in things of this world.

• A. Human beings and their conditions
• B. Education, art, literature, and science
• C. Approximately 1300 - 1600