1. Reading for Tuesday: Briggs, pp
Reading for Tuesday: Briggs, pp ; begin Machiavelli, The Prince (we will discuss The Prince next Thursday)

2. Begin reading The Prince - Try to forget everything you’ve ever heard about The Prince (nowhere does Machiavelli say that “might makes right” or that “the ends justify the means”) - What is the historical context of the Prince (e.g. what is the political situation in Italy? Why is Machiavelli writing?) - Machiavelli gives advice on how to create a state and hold it securely, but why establish a secure state in the first place? What’s the greater point of establishing a secure state (esp. for the people)? - What type of principality is easiest to rule? - What type of troops should a prince have? - Is it better to acquire a state by virtue or Fortune? Why? - Does Machiavelli recommend acquiring a state through wicked means? - What kind of reputation should a prince cultivate, and how should he treat his nobles and his people? - How should a prince behave?

3. The Italian Renaissance:
Ideal and Reality
Francesco Petrarch
( )
Cellarius, 17th c.
historia antiqua
historia medii aevi
historia nova
Voltaire coins term Renaissance
Petrarch crowned with a laurel wreath

4. Antonio Filarete (d. 1469)
Matteo Palmieri (d. 1475)
Carolingian Renaissance (9th century)
Carolingian miniscule
12th Century Renaissance
Carolingian miniscule

5. -Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) -republics > signorias
Renaissance Humanism
Cicero ( BC)
-Brutus
Quintilian (c.35 – c.100 AD)
-Institutio Oratoria
-studia humanitatis
   
Civic Humanism
-Leonardo Bruni ( )
-Leon Battista Alberti ( )
-republics > signorias
The Roman Heroes: Decius, Scipio, and Cicero
Sandro Botticelli, Sala dei Gigli
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

6. Donation of Constantine Latin vulgate, Jerome, 4th c.
Augustine of Hippo
( )
Lorenzo Valla (d. 1457)
Donation of Constantine
Latin vulgate, Jerome, 4th c.
13th century fresco, Donation of Constantine
Papal Chapel of St. Sylvester,
Church of SS Quattro Coronati, Rome

7. Conques, Last Judgment, 12th c.

8. Lincoln, Harrowing of Hell, 12th c.

9. Rheims Cathedral, 13th century
Reims , 13th century
Rheims Cathedral, 13th century

10. Rheims Cathedral, Visitation Group, c. 1225
Reims, Visitation
Rheims Cathedral, Visitation Group, c. 1225

11. Cimabue, late 13th century
Cimabue, late 13th century; Byzantine style
Cimabue, late 13th century

12. Giotto (c. 1267-1337), upper chapel at Assisi

13. Giotto, Francis receiving the stigmata
Giotto, Francis receiving the stigmata, more realistic light and shadow, working on depth and perspective
Giotto, Francis receiving the stigmata

14. Giotto, Dream of Innocent III

15. Giotto, Entombment; depiction of individuals and emotion

16. Masaccio (1401-1428),Trinity; mastery of single point perspective

17. Botticelli (1445-1510), Primavera
Botticelli ( ) Primavera; classical themes in art
Botticelli ( ), Primavera

18. Botticelli, Trinity; continuation of Christian themes

19. Michelangelo (1475-1564), Pieta

20. Michelangelo, Moses
Michelangelo, Moses

21. Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel

22. Michelangelo, Expulsion from Eden

23. Writing Assignment: Describe one thing you learned about medieval people/society from reading the Canterbury Tales.

24. Writing Assignment: Give one example of a good/virtuous character from the Canterbury Tales. Who is the character and what are his/her virtues?