Catastrophe and Creativity (1350-1500) - New Movements to Match the Times

3 important questions on Catastrophe and Creativity (1350-1500) - New Movements to Match the Times

Who challenged the Church?

The Church was challenged by the Czechs and by rulers throughout Europe, who demanded to intervene in Church affairs.

What, in general, happened throughout the world after the schism?

  • The Ottomans and the Mamluks monopolized the Islamic world, and Constantinople was no longer the heir of Rome.
  • The plague was killing off neighbors, friends, and families.
  • To some living at the time, the old teachings seemed out of date, the art and architecture of Gothic style no longer seemed beautiful, and the lure of alternative forms beckoned.
  • In Italy, the ancient world of Greece and Rome, still evident everywhere (though mostly in ruins) offered alluring possibilities.

What makes Dürer's portrait more complex?

  • Dürer's Oswolt Krel has an interior life far more complex than that of pious angels contemplating the Lamb, an amorous lover pursuing his nymph, a heroic martyr caring nothing for his wounds.
  • Dürer's portrait is the artist's statement about the interior worth of a human being - any and every human being. 

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