• Note-taking Guide for Notion

History

• 1400 to 1600
• there’s always some overlap in between eras
• renaissance = rebirth
  • what’s reborn?
    • an interest in the ancient world (ancient Rome and Greece)
    • Greek philosophers were not Christian (they were Pagans)
    • Aristotle
      • way of thinking was a pre-cursor to scientific thinking (through reason, not faith) → rationality in human reason
  • increasing literacy (e.g., prominence of scholars)
• humanism - thinking more in human terms, instead of humans and God (or any other divine being)
  • also thinks about humans relationship with the King
  • a revolution in political thinking
• Palladio Villa - influenced by ancient Greek architecture
• Da Vinci’s Anatomy - artists back then studied anatomy
  • Leonardo would dissect them

<aside> ✍️ Thee Major Changes in the Renaissance

1. focus on individual achievement
2. daily world > spiritual afterlife
3. widespread mingling of cultures
   • due to easier travel and spread of printer materials </aside>

Medieval vs. Renaissance (Art and Technology)

• largest person drawn is the most important figure (e.g., Kings)
• Renaissance art is more realistic
  • observed how things looked like in the real world
• improvements in technology
  • compass, astrolabe - made long sea voyages out-of-sight of land possible
  • trade routes became possible
• invention of the printing press

Early Renaissance

<aside> 📍 Three Main Types of Music

1. liturgical (mass)
   • polyphonic
   • use musical phrase that recure in different movements
2. motets (sacred but not liturgical)
   • based on Latin texts taken from the bible or to celebrate an event
3. secular (nonreligious)
   • three-part gentle love songs </aside>

The Renaissance Mass - same as Medieval

• has five parts:
  1. Kyrie
  2. Gloria
  3. Credo
  4. Sanctus
  5. Agnus Dei

Mid-Renaissance

• four voice parts: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass