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Burckhardtian Renaissance

Explore the Burckhardtian Renaissance in Italy through the lens of Jacob Burckhardt's seminal work "Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy" (1860). This period marked the revival of antiquity, development of the individual, and exploration of the world and humanity. Discover the controversial aspects of Burckhardt's views leading to a debate on its authenticity. Unravel how city-states were crafted as works of art, fostering unique urban styles and independent individuals. Witness the equalization of society through festivals as expressions of common culture despite the immoral and irreligious tendencies of the era.

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Burckhardtian Renaissance

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  1. Burckhardtian Renaissance

  2. Burckhardtian Renaissance • State as a Work of Art • Development of the Individual • The Revival of Antiquity • Discovery of the World and of Humanity • Equalization of society • Immoral and Irreligious Pagan Age

  3. Jacob Burckhardt Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy 1860

  4. Burckhardtian Renaissance: True to the Evidence or Not? • Controversy on Burckhardt discussed in Ferguson, The Renaissance in Historical Thought

  5. State as a Work of Art • Self-conscious, deliberate design of city-states • Despotisms bred a new type of egocentric individual • Distinctive aesthetic urban styles • Republics with party strife bred new independent individuals

  6. Development of the Individual • Growing consciousness of the subjective and of personality • Growing consciousness of fame • Emergence of the multivariate individual

  7. The Revival of Antiquity • The "renaissance of arts and letters," what humanists originally meant by the word "renaissance." • The reemergence in Italy of its ancient Roman culture.

  8. Discovery of the World and of Humanity • Voyages of exploration, map-making, and the discovery of the beauty of landscape. • Human spirit explored in poetry, biography, and social commentary. • Expansion of natural science.

  9. Equalization of Society with Festivals as an Expression of a Common Culture • Mingling of noble and burgher in an urban society based on wealth and culture, not birth. • Outward refinement of fashion, language, and social gatherings. • Conceptualization of ideal man and ideal woman in secular terms.

  10. Immoral and Irreligious Pagan Age • Machiavelli’s view of Italians as irreligious and corrupt among peoples. • Mixture of ancient and modern superstitions • Bursts of religiosity intermingled with periods of secularity.

  11. "…the Italian Renaissance must be called the mother of our modern age." Concluding Sentence of Burckhardt:

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