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Book describing good christian morals as believed during the Reformation.

Allegory of Spring is a painting that makes very clear the role of patrons during the Renaissance, especially in art. The oranges that line the top of the painting are there to represent the patrons, the imfamous Medici family. In this great work of…

Josquin Des Pres was a prolific musician of his time and this piece, entitled Allegrez Moy, was a six-part round composed sometime in the 15th century. The piece starts to have a polyrhythmic 3 against 4 feel at the end.

Map of the Americans, 17th century

Giorgio Vasari considered Giotto to be the first true Renaissance artist. He dealt mainly with religious subjects, much like most of his contemporaries. Giotto’s frescoes are considered his masterpieces, although he had a prolific amount of other…

Titian developed oil painting in Venice and served a major role mentoring other artistic greats such as El Greco, Veronese, and Tintoretto. He is thought of as one of the greatest Venetian painters of the Renaissance, and his use of color…

Michael Praetorious was a versitile composer who worked to write songs based on Protestant hymns, which reflects an effort on his part to improve relationships between Protestants and Catholics. Ballet was written sometime in the 16th century and is…

Heinrich Isaac was a contemporary of Josquin des Pres (some of his songs are elsewhere on this website) and composed this religious piece, Benedictus in the 16th century. The listener may notice some 3-part rounds occurring at points in the song.

Elway Bevin was a noted musician in his time, but not very well known today. This piece, Browning, is a round (much like the song Row, Row, Row Your Boat) in three parts. Music in Bevin's day had no measures or bars, and was quite difficult to play.