Western Civilization I
Part 6: The Renaissance
and Reformation
Renaissance Humanism
Abélard and Heloïse in a manuscript of
the Roman de la Rose (14th century)
A meeting of doctors at the University of Paris.
Illustration from Chants royaux. 16th cent.
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. (Wikipedia)
Leonardo da Vinci (14521519), Vitruvian Man, ca
1492. Gallerie
dell'Accademia, Venice.
(Wikipedia)
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527).
Portrait by Santi di Tito, late XVI.
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. (Wikipedia)
Desiderius Erasmus (1466 -1536).
Portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger,
1523. National Gallery, London.
(Wikipedia)
A collage of Florence showing the Palazzo degli Uffizi (top left), the Palazzo Pitti, a
sunset view of the city and the Fountain of Neptune in the Piazza della Signoria.
(Wikipedia)
Pope Alexander VI (ruled 1492-1503).
Portrait by Cristofano dell'Altissimo
Uffizi Gallery, Florence. (Wikipedia)
Cesare Borgia (1475/6-1507). Portrait
possibly by Bartolomeo Veneto, ca.
1500–10. Palazzo Venezia, Rome.
(Wikipedia)