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* see https://daily.jstor.org/french-king-who-believed-made-glass/?msclkid=df8e5c08d05d11eca90b33196c299116 about how Medieval belief in humors led to a belief that some people were made of glass, including King Charles VI of France (1380-1422)
* see https://daily.jstor.org/french-king-who-believed-made-glass/?msclkid=df8e5c08d05d11eca90b33196c299116 about how Medieval belief in humors led to a belief that some people were made of glass, including King Charles VI of France (1380-1422)


== Medieval to Modern Europe ==
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!Renaissance
!Protestant Reformation
!Enlightenment/ Modern Europe
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|Religious focus / themes
Church
Public art > churches or secular institutions … castles
Rise in trade
> townships
> public projects (canals, etc)
> specialization
Latin / Greek languages
Art via allegory
|Influence of ancient arts/ literature> Roman/ Greek
> maintains religious themes but using humanist aspect/ outlook
>> i.e. realism in art
>> local languages in literature
(remains Catholic)
|Detachment of church and art
> but art will be focused on Protestant outlook / churches
> individual salvation/ individual God << v. Catholic Church which requires a priest to connect to God
|secular / decline of Church
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