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Art and Architecture during the Middle Ages: Review. The Italian Renaissance: Review. Plato and Aristotle. Ptolemy. Pythagoras. Northern Renaissance Arnolfini and His Wife by – Jan Van Eyck 1434 Commissioned by: Giovanni Arnolfini (an Italian merchant). Northern Renaissance
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The Italian Renaissance: Review Plato and Aristotle Ptolemy Pythagoras
Northern Renaissance Arnolfini and His Wife by – Jan Van Eyck 1434 Commissioned by: Giovanni Arnolfini (an Italian merchant)
Northern Renaissance Emperor Maximilian I by – Albrecht Durer 1519 Commissioned by: Holy Roman EmperorMaximilian I
Northern Renaissance François I of France by – Jean Clouet 1535 Commissioned by: King Francis I of France
Northern Renaissance Edward VI as a Child by – Hans Holbein the Younger 1538 Commissioned by: King Henry VIII of England
From “Praise of Folly” 1509 –Desiderius Erasmus Some of the most ridiculous people in society are those who call themselves “monks.” Most of them stay as far away from religion as possible, and no people are seen more often in public. These fellows are so hated that it is considered bad luck if one crosses your path, and yet they are highly pleased with themselves. They cannot read, and so they consider it the height of piety (faith) to have no contact with literature.... Most of them take advantage of their dirt and poverty by whining for food from door to door. . . . These smooth fellows believe that by living in filth and ignorance they are attempting to live like Christ. It is amusing to see how they do everything by rule, almost mathematically. The monks of certain orders refuse to touch money, as if it were poison, but have no problem touching wine and women. They forget that Christ will condemn all of this and will call for a reckoning of that which He has prescribed, namely, charity.