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  1. The Renaissance: Schools of Interpretation
    1. Burckhardt and his critics
    2. Phases of the Renaissance

  2. Early Renaissance History and Institutions
    1. Italian city-states during the early Renaissance
      1. Wars, alliances, treaties
      2. Trade and commerce
      3. The role of the family
      4. Women and Power: Lucrezia Borgia
    2. Florence, the center of the Renaissance
      1. Phases of governments
      2. The Medici family
    3. The resurgent papacy, 1450–1500
      1. Popes caught up in pursuit of power
      2. Patrons of Renaissance culture
      3. Three powerful popes
    4. International developments: Italy is politically and economically weakened
      1. Invasion in 1494
      2. Fall of Constantinople in 1453 blocks trade with the eastern Mediterranean
      3. New sea routes circumvent Italian ports
      4. Opening of the New World

  3. The Spirit and Style of the Early Renaissance
    1. Humanism, scholarship, and schooling
      1. Humanistic studies
          2. a) Textual criticism
          b) Civic humanism
      2. Educational reform and curriculum
    2. Thought and philosophy
      1. Platonism in Florence
          2. a) Ficino
          b) Pico della Mirandola
      2. Relation to classicism
    3. Architecture, sculpture, and painting
      1. Artistic ideals and innovations
          2. a) Classical influences
          b) Late medieval influences
          c) Types of perspectives
          d) Secular values in art
      2. Architecture
          3. a) Brunelleschi
          b) Alberti
      3. Sculpture
          4. a) Donatello
          b) Verrocchio
          c) Ghiberti
      4. Painting in the Florentine and Venetian schools
          5. a) Changes and innovations in painting
          b) Florentine school
            (1) Masaccio
            (2) Fra Angelico
            (3) Piero della Francesca
            (4) Botticelli
            (5) Leonardo da Vinci
          c) Venetian school
            (1) Bellini
    4. Music
      1. Influences on Renaissance music
      2. The leading composers
          3. a) John Dunstable
          b) Josquin des Prez

  4. The Legacy of the Early Renaissance






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