Time Capsule from Age of Baroque and the Renaissance
What I expect to find in a time capsule
Jessica Moss
August 12, 2009
University of Phoenix
Humanities 102
William Rogers - Instructor
What I expect to find in a time capsule
Hello, my name is Jane Thomas and I am an anthropologist. I travel all over the world in search of things that relate to the culture now and connect them to things in culture back then. In this latest assignment that I have been given, I am in search of two time capsules. With these time capsules I am to tell what I expect to find that relate to the Age of the Renaissance and the Age of Baroque. The four categories that I am searching for are art, literature, architecture, and music. So here is what I expect to find:
The Age of the Renaissance
The Renaissance was also called the “rebirth” of classicism, and was the cultural hinge between medieval and modern times. It lasted for three hundred years between 1300 and 1600 and brought Western Europe out of the middle ages and into modernity. So knowing that about the Renaissance, I expect to find these things: The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer, The Book of Courtier by Castiglione, Mona Lisa by Leonardo, the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, David by Michelangelo, the Pieta by Michelangelo, Matona, mia cara by Roland de Lassus, Tulerunt Dominum meum by Josquin des Prez.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales were written by Geoffrey Chaucer in 1390. In his Canterbury Tales, Chaucer paints a rich portrait of fourteen century life in England. The tales give to the reader an insight into the social divisions and popular beliefs of the time. They also reveal the corruption of the Catholic Church through the dishonest and crooked behavior of the church figures. The tales show Chaucer's deep humanity and acute observation of the social scene of his time. Chaucer's use of humor, irony and subtle criticism are behind the success of his tales. The reason...