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This the Beloit College course blog for Renaissance Reconsidered (Fall 2013). Per the Beloit catalog:

“This course is a critical examination of the Renaissance, both as a historical period and a modern construct. The primary focus will be the developments in Italy during the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries, although these phenomena will also be related to the broader European and global context. In addition to studying some of the era’s key monuments and figures—from Giotto to Donatello to Michelangelo—we will reevaluate some longstanding beliefs about the Renaissance. Topics will include: medieval precedents for Renaissance developments, the persistence of earlier traditions, the shifting status of the artist, and the international artistic and intellectual climate.”

More informally: the Renaissance! The goal is to look at the Renaissance from a variety of angles: popular conceptions, medieval and classical precedents, traditional approaches, new approaches, and more. The blog is one outlet for us to discuss and share our ideas.