Initial Publication Date: December 3, 2012
HIST 232: Renaissance Worlds in France and Italy
Instructor: Victoria MorseHistory
Spring 2012
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Course Description
Enthusiasm, artistry, invention, exploration.... How do these notions of Renaissance culture play out in sources from the period? Using a range of evidence (historical, literary, and visual) from Italy and France in the fourteenth-sixteenth centuries we explored selected issues of the period, including debates about the meaning of being human and ideal forms of government and education; the nature of God and mankind's duties toward the divine; the family and gender roles; definitions of beauty and the goals of artistic achievement; accumulation of wealth; and exploration of new worlds and encounters with other peoples.
Assignment and Open House
Students created villas and displayed them during an open house event on Friday, April 16th.Renaissance Worlds: Villa Project Research Sheet
Renaissance Worlds: Villa Project Assignment Sheet