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HIST 232: Renaissance Worlds in France and Italy

Instructor: Victoria Morse
History
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