The Fleraneur: An Evolutionary Development Of The Renaissance Man

What makes someone suffer? Does being tormented make you suffer? Is being made fun of by peers suffering? The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is set in an old Puritan society where many people are persecuted for not following religion in any way whether it is a small sin or a large sin. Hester Prynne is the greatest sufferer in the novel because she was publicly humiliated in front of the whole town and has been an outcast for most of her life in that town.

“All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.” Everyone deserves privacy and the right to control what information is subjected to the public. Since everyone is showing their true colors, whether they know it or not, the amount of information out there in the world should be enough to know the character of an individual. In today’s culture, there is a want to expose someone, and the person being exposed may have said those thoughts in confidence, thinking it was a safe environment. People of faith should not show themselves freely to the world because it takes away their right to privacy which can affect their everyday life. In the Scarlet Letter, Hester underwent serious public shame because everyone knew about her private life without her consent. Her punishment was to wear a scarlet colored “A”, for adultery, on her chest and stand on a scaffold in front of the whole community for public shame. They even tried to take her child away. In the book, it describes her punishments by saying, “Lastly, in the lieu of these shifting scenes, came back the rude market-place of the Puritan settlement, with all the townspeople assembled and levelling their stern regards at Hester Prynne, - yes, at herself, - who stood on the scaffold of the pillory, an infant on her arm, and the letter A in scarlet, fantastically embroidered with gold-thread, upon her

In the film there was a group named the double d’s. They are called double d’s meaning, dumbest dog shit. The people from that group are chosen to be in that group because those students are the ones that do not comprehend the army duty.

The message from The Renaissance Man was that rules were meant to be broken and to rebel against the group. In the beginning scenes of the film Bill Rag rebels against the norm by trying to have a business meeting over the phone about his advertisement, this ends in unemployment however he finds a more fulfilling job in the army teaching the “double d’s”. Rebelling against the norm proved to be both rewarding and have consequences. Later in the film after finally having found his way, Bill instructs the students of his class to stop acting so up tight and to call him by his first name, the students are reluctant to do so but listen nonetheless. By listening to Bill’s instructions the students are rebelling the army’s strict norms as well as

An example of a “Renaissance man” is Leonardo da Vinci, he was an artist, inventor, and scholar. In this time period, there are still many of these well-rounded individuals who live multi-tasking lives. The criteria for a current “Renaissance man” would be they have excelled at more than one thing in their lifetime. They would also have to be good at things that are not in the same category, for example if you can direct, star, and do the lighting for a play, then you should not be considered a “Renaissance man”. An accurate example is that they would have to do public speaking, be an astronaut, and have a job as a biophysicist. Someone like this does exist and his name is Story Musgrave. “Franklin Story Musgrave is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut. He is a public speaker and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California. In 1996 he became only the second astronaut to achieve the record of six spaceflights.” . Musgrave was born August 19, 1935 on a dairy farm in Stockbridge, MA. At such a young age he was helping his family with repairs from small leaks to fixing the motor on a tractor.

As Europe emerged from the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance, multiple values changed and expanded along with it. Along those, were the values of individualism and generalism. Individualism, or dictionary defined as: the view that stresses the importance and view of each person, practically exploded during the Renaissance. With the increase of time each person had to themselves, people explored and expressed themselves in different fields of interest. Analogous to that, generalism, the practice of studying many things rather than specializing in one subject, emerged and was given one of the biggest spotlights among the Renaissance values. Very soon into the Renaissance, it was a desired trait to be good at practically everything. The Renaissance was a time period after the Middle Ages where many different sections in European society saw new light. Not only was it a time period of tremendous growth, but it was also a period where permanent changes left marks that would influence Europe, and the rest of the world, forever.

The wealthy Renaissance man’s diet included wine, sweets, meat, cheese and other dairy products, pastry, and fruits. There was an abundance of meat and almonds during the banquet. It includes veal, prosciutto, and different types of birds, rabbits, goat, calves, and sausages. The fact this diet is rich in meat suggests that people living during the Renaissance loved to eat meat. But because the people eat a variety of foods, including fruits and vegetables, the negative health effects of a meat-rich diet could be mitigated. Thus, the man can be said to live a healthy life during that time. However, I do consider it unseemly for the pope and his guests to enjoy such food since it would imply that the pope and his guests are rich and have a lot

The horse once dominated human environments, permeating all of society during the Renaissance. The popularity of this animal produced a unique and influential identity for the horse during this period, and this identity constituted several parts. With this multifaceted identity, the horse received new roles in human society. I am attempting to explain these roles of the horse and their effects on the horse and human. By first explaining the context of the horse and rider of the Renaissance, I set up a discussion of the specific changes the humans caused in the horse. The transformation of the horse included changes in identity and perception along with a rider. This new identity stressed a greater unity between horse and rider, and the reservation of this identity to the elite of society idealized the horse and rider. Whenever artists and writers depicted the horse and rider, their united identity associated with the most respected class in Renaissance society. This association caused the widespread veneration of the horse and rider. Since this new identity constituted multiple parts and perceptions, explaining each new part is essential to understanding the identity of the Renaissance horse. Then uniting these identities describes the varied expression and perception of the horse more clearly than leaving the parts isolated. Finally, I discuss the most important impact of the horse’s identity during the Renaissance and its implications. In this paper, I propose that the

Italy can be looked at as the home of the renaissance and consequently the immergence of great art. Artists such as Michelangelo, Botticelli, Da Vinci, and Raphael are some of the greats and are looked at for standards. But what about the artists whose lives are mysteries, and their works that were influenced by the greats? These artists hold just as much importance in the history of art as do the artist’s whose names can be recalled off the top of an average person’s head. During the sixteenth century things began to change in the art world, and that change was the Baroque. This new style of art brought a revolution to how subject matter was painted, it brought upon “… a radical reconsideration of art and its purposes…” (249) and how artists of all ranks could learn to paint the up and coming style of Baroque.

The Italian renaissance was a period of creative explosion. The term renaissance symbolizes rebirth, which is exactly what occurred in Italy during this time. An entire culture was remade through art. There was a resounding interest in the classics created by ancient artists. The humanist movement encouraged the study of humanity’s history in order to create a deeper understanding of how to move forward as a society. There was a seemingly unquenchable thirst for knowledge and creation. Many new art forms developed in this period, including opera. The Florentine Camerata, a group of scholars, created early forms of opera. Claudio Monteverdi, a renaissance composer, developed opera into the art form that is still performed today. The work of the Florentine Camerata and Claudio Monteverdi worked in harmony to create and develop this new form of music. Monteverdi’s educational background, his rebellious drive to create, his serendipitous career, and his unequaled talent allowed him to develop opera into an art form that no other composer of the time could have produced.

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Imagine Italy from the 14th to the 17th century. This time period is known as the Renaissance. In the time of the Renaissance there were many great minds, but one in particular stood out from the rest. This man was a writer, a mathematician, an inventor, and a world renowned artist. This man was Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci, by definition, is the quintessential Renaissance man.

I have decided to do my collage based on appearance during the renaissance and modern time to show how the two time periods connect and how they differ. The image of Kim Kardashian in a waist trainer and the renaissance corset, both were/are used to shape a female's body so that it looks like an hourglass. An hourglass body was considered more appealing to men. The next images that I will like to point out are the eyebrow images. One shows an image with thin eyebrows and the other one has thicker eyebrows. During the Renaissance, thin eyebrows seem to be considered more attractive, but now thick eyebrows are considered more attractive. The next comparison that I will be making is the image of a woman's face during the Renaissance and a bottle

The renaissance was a period of rapid change in many European countries. The constant struggle between Catholicism and Protestantism alone created a country torn between both political and spiritual ideologies. As different kings and queens came into power, many were forced to change ideologies simply based on the beliefs of these monarchs. During this time, literature was used as a way to protest these ideologies. The works of Edmund Spenser, author of The Faerie Queene, Sir Thomas More, author of Utopia, the records of Anne Askew’s burning, From the First Examination of Anne Askew and John Foxe’s Acts and Monuments, provide insight into the political climate of spiritual reform in the renaissance era. These authors critiqued life during the renaissance and used their writings to protest the old ways, encouraging England to abandon its Catholic roots in favor of Protestantism.

I found chapter 9 one of the most interesting chapter, because it explains a lot about global interrelations. The culture of the Renaissance in Europe one of the most fascinating part because it influenced art, architecture and humanism all over the Europe. The Renaissance thinkers were aware of the contrast between their own and the medieval period, they field to appreciate the full dimensions of their age (pg 463). In fact, this period affected every element of European society – political, social, and religious as well as cultural (pg.463). The one thing that is very close to me its how Renaissance thinkers argued that God wanted men to engage in political and civiv life, to create and discover, and to marry and have families. This principe