Music An Appreciation Part 2 The Middle Ages And Renaissance 
PartII
The Middle
Ages and
Renaissance
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An Appreciation
Time-Line
Middle Ages (450-1450)
– Rome sacked by Vandals—455
– Beowolf—c. 700
– First Crusade—1066
– Black Death—1347-52
– Joan of Arc executed by English—1431
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An Appreciation
Time-Line
Renaissance (1450-1600)
– Guttenberg Bible—1456
– Columbus reaches America—1492
– Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa—c. 1503
– Michelangelo: David—1504
– Raphael: School of Athens—1505
– Martin Luther’s 95 Theses—1517
– Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet—1596
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An Appreciation
The Middle Ages
Period of wars and mass migration
Strong class distinctions
– Nobility: castles, knights in armor, feasting
– Peasantry: lived in huts, serfs—part of land
– Clergy: ruled everyone, only monks literate
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An Appreciation
The Middle Ages
Architecture
– Early: Romanesque
– Late: Gothic
Visual Arts
– Stressed iconic/symbolic, not realism
Late Middle Ages saw technological progress
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An Appreciation
The Renaissance
Rebirth of human learning and creativity
Time of great explorers
Humanism
Fascination w/ ancient Greece & Rome
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An Appreciation
The Renaissance
Visual art becomes more realistic
– Mythology is favorite subject
– Nude body, as in ancient times, is shown
©Corbis
Weakening of the Catholic Church
David by Michelangelo
Education & literacy now status symbol
– Result of invention of printing press
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An Appreciation
Chpt. 1: Music in the
Middle Ages
Church dominates musical activity
– Most musicians were priests
– Women did not sing in mixed church settings
Music primarily vocal and sacred
– Instruments not used in
The Middle
Ages and
Renaissance
McGraw-Hill
© 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rig
An Appreciation
Time-Line
Middle Ages (450-1450)
– Rome sacked by Vandals—455
– Beowolf—c. 700
– First Crusade—1066
– Black Death—1347-52
– Joan of Arc executed by English—1431
McGraw-Hill
© 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rig
An Appreciation
Time-Line
Renaissance (1450-1600)
– Guttenberg Bible—1456
– Columbus reaches America—1492
– Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa—c. 1503
– Michelangelo: David—1504
– Raphael: School of Athens—1505
– Martin Luther’s 95 Theses—1517
– Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet—1596
McGraw-Hill
© 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rig
An Appreciation
The Middle Ages
Period of wars and mass migration
Strong class distinctions
– Nobility: castles, knights in armor, feasting
– Peasantry: lived in huts, serfs—part of land
– Clergy: ruled everyone, only monks literate
McGraw-Hill
© 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rig
An Appreciation
The Middle Ages
Architecture
– Early: Romanesque
– Late: Gothic
Visual Arts
– Stressed iconic/symbolic, not realism
Late Middle Ages saw technological progress
McGraw-Hill
© 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rig
An Appreciation
The Renaissance
Rebirth of human learning and creativity
Time of great explorers
Humanism
Fascination w/ ancient Greece & Rome
McGraw-Hill
© 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rig
An Appreciation
The Renaissance
Visual art becomes more realistic
– Mythology is favorite subject
– Nude body, as in ancient times, is shown
©Corbis
Weakening of the Catholic Church
David by Michelangelo
Education & literacy now status symbol
– Result of invention of printing press
McGraw-Hill
© 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rig
An Appreciation
Chpt. 1: Music in the
Middle Ages
Church dominates musical activity
– Most musicians were priests
– Women did not sing in mixed church settings
Music primarily vocal and sacred
– Instruments not used in