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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Michelangelo (1475-1564) - “Not even the best of artists has any conception that a single marble block does not contain… - M = Marble → Mind → God | Rime (1520s-1560s) - G: Lyric poetry/sonnets (16th CENT) - love is painful but elevating / Neoplatonism, inner conflict |
| William Shakespeare (1564–1616) - “O brawling love, O loving hate…” - R&J; = Rapid + Juvenile | Romeo and Juliet (1595) - G: Tragedy (16TH CENT) - petrahrchan love meets social violence / passion vs. reason |
| Jacques Ferrand (1575–1620) - “Only virtue and beauty unite people in love” - FERRAND = Fever of Eros | A Treatise on Lovesickness (1610) - G: Medical/philosophical treatise - (17TH CENT) - love as erotic melancholy / lovesickness, medicalization of love |
| Louise Labé (1524–1566) - “I live, I die; I burn and drown…” - LABÉ = Love Allowed to Be Expressed | Complete Poetry and Prose (1555) - G: Lyric poetry (16th CENT) - love is destabilizing / female desire and Anti- Petrarchan |
| Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499) - Love transforms eros into virtue. - : FICINO = Faithful Interpretation of Plato | On the Nature of Love (1469) - G: Neoplatonic treatise - (15th CENT) - Christian neoplatonism / love disciplines desire, ascent to god |
| Plato (428–348 BCE) - Diotima’s Ladder of Love - BODY → SOUL → FORM | Symposium - (4th c. BCE) - G: Philosophical dialogue - love ascends from body to form of beauty / immortality |
| 399 BCE — Death of Socrates (greek philosopher) | Foundation of Platonic philosophy and ethics (Plato & Aristotle) - chose death for his beliefs |
| 1517 — Protestant Reformation: | theological revolt against roman catholic church |
| 1545–1563 — Council of Trent | counter-reformation to revitalize the church |
| 1572 — St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre | targeted wave of assassinations from catholic mob (starts w Catherine medici) towards french protestants (huguenots) |
| Michelangelo — Beauty & God | Beauty draws Michelangelo toward God but intensifies inner conflict. |
| Labé — Female Desire | Labé frames desire as shared, not shameful. - Use paradox and Petrarchan reversal |
| Ferrand — Lovesickness | Ferrand medicalizes love, reinforcing moral norms. |
| Ficino vs Plato | Argument: Ficino Christianizes Plato’s ladder of love. - Shift from Form of Beauty → God. |