THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, PMA - CONSIDER THE NUT
The best of both worlds refers the combining values of the Northern Italian Renaissance. The northern use of texture and detail is referred to by the Consider the Nut portion of the theme, alogn with the combined use of PMA, or positive mental attitude in the society then. The both worlds portion refers to the conflicting world of Protestant and Catholic religions, with the North Renaissance being the best of both, or the combination of them.
Historical Context
The Late Italian Renaissance was highly influenced by the Italian Renaissance, thanks to the slow spread of information from the the area due to the increase of information exchange because of the printing press. However, it should not be mistaken to be a mere copycat of Italian Renaissance, but rather its own culture and reaction to these ideas second hand changed the north in a way very unlike the Italian Renaissance.
The North was intensely religious, and a humanistic education often conflicted with the teachings of the Christian religion. Humanists of the North attempted to reconcile their religious beliefs, and make them harmonious with the teachings of the Catholic church. This harmonious reconciliation was helped along greatly by one of the most influential scholars of the time, Erasmus. Erasmus was known as the prince of the humanists and affected the culture of the north in a way unlike any other scholar before. Erasmus wanted the Catholic church to reform from within, and published a wide variety of ideas that affected many people, like Martin Luther.
Martin Luther was one of the protestants coming from within the Catholic church, who saw the corruption from inside the church, like the sale of indulgences and the stubbornness of the church hanging on the Latin, instead of moving to the vernacular languages of the regions the church was present in. Martin Luther nailed a lit of 95 theses on a church door, this list of theses focused on the practices within the Catholic church, like the sale of indulgences, which Martin Luther strongly opposed. This list was distributed quickly thanks to the printing press, and Pope Leo X was outraged because of this list. He ordered Martin Luther to recant this list, and he refused, resulting in his excommunication from the church, eventually resulting in the resulting of the Lutheranism faith.
This protestant reformation heavily affected the world, by challenging the common knowledge of the time, Luther paved the way for the questioning of many of the churches practices, leading to a large deal of questioning and people seeking their own answers. In this way the protestant reformation paved the way for a revolution in education, politics and science.
In the art world, the protestant reformation heaivly influenced the art of the time, both of the catholics and the protestants. The protestants did not believe in religious art, especially the Lutheran faith, with their meeting places being devoid of all artwork besides simple decoration. Protestant art was often of contemporary scenes, and almost never religious. Catholic art, however, was devoted to the topic of the counter-reformation, a reaction to the sudden reformation by the protestants.
People were no longer paying tithes to the pope, nor giving donations to the church. Wealth was now being spent elsewhere, like in the development of kingdoms, or in artwork of more secular scenes. Kings were gaining power at the expense of the popes. This led to more power and development in other parts of Europe. People were getting new ideas about money and the middle class, eventually leading to the rise of capitalism in Europe. People were also getting new ideas about science, with the churches iron hold on scientific development crushed, people could now pave the way for a scientific revolution.
The North was intensely religious, and a humanistic education often conflicted with the teachings of the Christian religion. Humanists of the North attempted to reconcile their religious beliefs, and make them harmonious with the teachings of the Catholic church. This harmonious reconciliation was helped along greatly by one of the most influential scholars of the time, Erasmus. Erasmus was known as the prince of the humanists and affected the culture of the north in a way unlike any other scholar before. Erasmus wanted the Catholic church to reform from within, and published a wide variety of ideas that affected many people, like Martin Luther.
Martin Luther was one of the protestants coming from within the Catholic church, who saw the corruption from inside the church, like the sale of indulgences and the stubbornness of the church hanging on the Latin, instead of moving to the vernacular languages of the regions the church was present in. Martin Luther nailed a lit of 95 theses on a church door, this list of theses focused on the practices within the Catholic church, like the sale of indulgences, which Martin Luther strongly opposed. This list was distributed quickly thanks to the printing press, and Pope Leo X was outraged because of this list. He ordered Martin Luther to recant this list, and he refused, resulting in his excommunication from the church, eventually resulting in the resulting of the Lutheranism faith.
This protestant reformation heavily affected the world, by challenging the common knowledge of the time, Luther paved the way for the questioning of many of the churches practices, leading to a large deal of questioning and people seeking their own answers. In this way the protestant reformation paved the way for a revolution in education, politics and science.
In the art world, the protestant reformation heaivly influenced the art of the time, both of the catholics and the protestants. The protestants did not believe in religious art, especially the Lutheran faith, with their meeting places being devoid of all artwork besides simple decoration. Protestant art was often of contemporary scenes, and almost never religious. Catholic art, however, was devoted to the topic of the counter-reformation, a reaction to the sudden reformation by the protestants.
People were no longer paying tithes to the pope, nor giving donations to the church. Wealth was now being spent elsewhere, like in the development of kingdoms, or in artwork of more secular scenes. Kings were gaining power at the expense of the popes. This led to more power and development in other parts of Europe. People were getting new ideas about money and the middle class, eventually leading to the rise of capitalism in Europe. People were also getting new ideas about science, with the churches iron hold on scientific development crushed, people could now pave the way for a scientific revolution.