The Renaissance

The term 'Renaissance' means rebirth.

A growing reverence for the classical world among scholars in the 15th century.

They believed that emulating these societies would reinvigorate Europe's stunted progress during the 'Dark Ages.'

<p>The fall of Constantinople in 1453 and the subsequent migration of Byzantine scholars to northern Italian cities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They laid the foundation of the Renaissance and influenced various aspects including artwork and political tracts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The principles of classicism in the arts include form, simplicity, proportion, clarity of structure, perfection, restrained emotion, and explicit appeal to the intellect.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Classic art possesses qualities of balance, completeness, restraint, and compression.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The cultural and historical basis of classicism is the culture, art, and literature of ancient Greece and Rome.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Classicism seeks to emulate the classical period by setting standards for taste based on the classical antiquity in the Western tradition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The aesthetic attitude of classicism is one that values and seeks to embody the principles and ideals of ancient Greece and Rome.</p> Signup and view all the answers