Renaissance

null Presented by fenggai English Renaissance 14th–17th centuries The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England dating from the early 16th century to the early 17th century. It is associated with the pan-European Renaissance that many cultural historians believe originated in northern Italy in the fourteenth century. This era in English cultural history is sometimes referred to as "the age of Shakespeare” or "the Elizabethan era." The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England dating from the early 16th century to the early 17th century. It is associated with the pan-European Renaissance that many cultural historians believe originated in northern Italy in the fourteenth century. This era in English cultural history is sometimes referred to as "the age of Shakespeare” or "the Elizabethan era." Renaissance During the era known by this name, Europe emerged from the economic stagnation of the Middle Ages and experienced a time of financial growth. Also, and perhaps most importantly, the Renaissance was an age in which artistic, social, scientific, and political thought turned in new directions. During the era known by this name, Europe emerged from the economic stagnation of the Middle Ages and experienced a time of financial growth. Also, and perhaps most importantly, the Renaissance was an age in which artistic, social, scientific, and political thought turned in new directions. Renaissance Humanism affirms the dignity and worth of all people, based on the ability to determine right and wrong by appealing to universal human qualities – particularly rationality. Humanism can be considered the process by which truth and morality is sought through human investigation. Humanism affirms the dignity and worth of all people, based on the ability to determine right and wrong by appealing to universal human qualities – particularly rationality. Humanism can be considered the process by which truth and morality is sought through human investigation. Humanism Renaissance humanism revived the study of Latin and Greek, with the resultant revival of the study of science, philosophy, art and poetry of classical antiquity. The revival was based on interpretations of Roman and Greek texts, whose emphasis upon art and the senses marked a great change from the contemplation on the Biblical values of humility, introspection, and meekness. Beauty was held to represent a deep inner virtue and value, and an essential element in the path towards God. Renaissance humanism revived the study of Latin and Greek, with the resultant revival of the study of science, philosophy, art and poetry of classical antiquity. The revival was based on interpretations of Roman and Greek texts, whose emphasis upon art and the senses marked a great change from the contemplation on the Biblical values of humility, introspection, and meekness. Beauty was held to represent a deep inner virtue and value, and an essential element in the path towards God. Renaissance humanism Renaissance humanists believed that the liberal arts (music, art, poetry, using classical texts) should be practiced by all levels of wealth. They also approved of self, human worth and individual dignity. Humanists asserted "the genius of man ... the unique and extraordinary ability of the human mind." Renaissance humanists believed that the liberal arts (music, art, poetry, using classical texts) should be practiced by all levels of wealth. They also approved of self, human worth and individual dignity. Humanists asserted "the genius of man ... the unique and extraordinary ability of the human mind." Renaissance Renaissance: A Cultural Movement Renaissance: A Cultural Movement As a cultural movement, it encompassed these aspects: A revival of learning based on classical sources, Artistic developments represented by Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. A gradual but widespread educational reform. Renaissance Playwrights: Renaissance Playwrights: Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare, composed theatrical representations of the English take on life, death, and history. Renaissance Philosophers Renaissance Philosophers Sir Thomas More and Sir Francis Bacon published their own ideas about humanity and the aspects of a perfect society. England came closer to reaching modern science with the Baconian Method, a forerunner of scientific method. Sonnet Sonnet A sonnet is a fourteen-line lyric poem, traditionally written in iambic pentameter --that is, in lines ten syllables long, with stresses falling on every second syllable. e.g. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Sonnet Sonnet The sonnet form first became popular during the Italian Renaissance, when the poet Petrarch published a sequence of love sonnets addressed to an idealized woman named Laura. Taking firm hold among Italian poets, the sonnet spread throughout Europe to England, where, after its initial Renaissance, "Petrarchan" incarnation faded, the form enjoyed a number of revivals and periods of renewed interest. null Two kinds of sonnets have been most common in English poetry, and they take their names from the greatest poets to utilize them: the Petrarchan sonnet and the Shakespearean sonnet. Sonnetnull The Petrarchan sonnet is divided into two main parts, called the octave and the sestet. The octave is eight lines long, and typically follows a rhyme scheme of ABBAABBA, or ABBACDDC. The sestet occupies the remaining six lines of the poem, and typically follows a rhyme scheme of CDCDCD, or CDECDE. The octave and the sestet are usually contrasted in some key way: for example, the octave may ask a question to which the sestet offers an answer. The Petrarchan Sonnet The Shakespearean sonnet, the form of sonnet utilized throughout Shakespeare's sequence, is divided into four parts. The first three parts are each four lines long, and are known as quatrains, rhymed ABAB; the fourth part is called the couplet, and is rhymed CC. The Shakespearean sonnet is often used to develop a sequence of metaphors or ideas, one in each quatrain, while the couplet offers either a summary or a new take on the preceding images or ideas. The Shakespearean sonnet Hamlet HamletHamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. HamletHamletThe play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet’s father, the King, and then taken the throne and married Hamlet’s mother. The play vividly charts the course of real and feigned madness—from overwhelming grief to seething rage—and explores To be, or not to be To be, or not to be The phrase “to be, or not to be” comes from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Act III，Scene I. It is one of the most famous quotations in world literature and the best-known of this particular play. The soliloquy is spoken in the play by the hero, Hamlet.