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1. Compare medieval examples of medieval literature to literature and poetry from around the world at that time. What similarities exist despite the different ways of life? What differences are there?

2. The Catholic Church was a primary driving force in culture through most of the early and high middle ages. What roles does the Church play in driving culture in the late middle ages, and in the Renaissance?

3. Discuss developments in music from the high middle ages through the Renaissance. Provide some details. What were the motivation behind these changes?

4. The toll in human life of the Black Death is well known, but how did this enormous natural disaster affect art and literature? Please address both art and literature. How do you think our modern pandemic affects expression, or will shape it going forward?

5. Renaissance artists were not only naturally talented but used scientific approaches to improve their art. Define the following technical terms and give and refer to an example of a work a employs the term (and how it does so): Foreshortening, Linear Perspective, Atmospheric Perspective, Vanishing Point, Orthogonals. Please use a different work for each term.

6. Discuss the Northern Renaissance, in detail with examples, in terms of how both subject matter and artistic styles changed from the Italian Renaissance.

7. What is Renaissance Humanism, and how was it applied to civic life? How was it applied to education? What steps were needed to make change in these areas possible?

8. Compare depictions of women in art and literature in the late medieval world and the Renaissance. In addition, discuss the role of female writers/artists in this.