Renaissance Man

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="0ea085a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>The Humanities Exchange</B></I><I><B> </B></I></FONT><B>   </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Humanities Exchange"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="seminole.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Seminole">Seminole</A>   |   <A HREF="yirrkala.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Yirrkala Bark Paintings">Yirrkala Bark Paintings</A>   |   <A HREF="dragons.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dragons">Dragons</A>   |   <A HREF="marcopolo.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marco Polo">Marco Polo</A>   |   <B>Renaissance Man</B>   |   <A HREF="galileo.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Galileo">Galileo</A>   |   <A HREF="rome.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Imperial Rome">Imperial Rome</A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=180 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="0ebd2e83.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#666666" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>Renaissance Man</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#330000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>    </B></I></FONT><I><B> </B></I><I><B> <A NAME="renaissance"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><I><B>During the 1400s, a profound and tenacious cultural revolution, originating in Florence, Italy, spread throughout Europe.  Its effect was so profound that it not only transformed society, but man's perception of himself   -- and even now it continues to influence the modern consciousness of Western civilization.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>     This veritable revolution is  known in history as the Renaissance.  Many people think it referred primarily to art, but it was so much more and touched so many aspects of life.  It found expression in architecture, sculpture, literature, music, science, and even the customs of everyday life.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>     It was inspired by the rediscovery of the ancient models of the Roman and Greek civilizations and it was a persuasive, exhilirating response to the strict religious dogma and interpretation of life that had dominated the Middle Ages.  It embodied an awakening, an opening of the mind,  and a freedom to think, dream, invent and draw.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="881" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 300 WIDTH="398"><div>      </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>     </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#A6CAF0" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>From Florence and the garden of sculpture founded by Lorenzo (the Magnificent) de' Medici where Michelangelo studied, the tentacles of this new awareness  spread to France, Flanders, England, Germany, Spain and across the ocean into the New World.     Lorenzo the Magnificent died in 1492, the year that America was discovered.</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>map of the world in c. 1492</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="329b9140.jpg" border=0 width="441" height="276" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="12" CELLSPACING="10" WIDTH="884" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#330033 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 668 ><NOBR><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="31dce600.jpg" border=0 width="462" height="608" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="343"><bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>The Exhibition</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>An exhibition organized by Contemporanea Progetti, </I></div> <div> <I>Florence, Italy.</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>This large-scale educational exhibition is articulated into sections that explore and illustrate many aspects of the prodigious cultural revolution that is known as the Renaissance  -- from art to engineering, from science to faith, from politics to philosophy.</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Through the exhibition of original paintings, sculpture, drawings, objects, architectural models, instruments of engineering and science, audiovisual materials and contextual settings, the vivacity and reality of this exciting period of history comes alive, revealing the events and influences that swirled around and evolved in the Renaissance Man.</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#9999CC HEIGHT= 480 WIDTH="463"><bR> <div> <I><B>Technical Information:</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Available:  </B></I><I><B>From Autumn 2009 for 3-month periods</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Size:  </B></I><I><B>Variable - from 5000 - 8000 sq ft depending on your space needs</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Participation Fee:  </B></I><I><B>Inquire</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Included in the participation fee:</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>      </B></I><I><B> Insurance</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>      Transport Costs</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>      Courier accompaniment</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Number of Artifacts: </B></I><I><B> approximately 200, a complete artifact list will be available later in the summer</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Types of objects Included in the exhibition:  </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>    </B></I><I><B> paintings, sculpture, drawings, engineering instruments, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>     architectural models, scientific instruments</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Also included: </B></I><I><B> dioramas, reconstructions, video materials, and large graphic text panels (2 x 2 meters)</B></I></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="31a556a0.jpg" border=0 width="341" height="362" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>Money Coffer</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>r</B></I></FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 595 ><NOBR><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="328b01d0.jpg" border=0 width="432" height="541" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Portrait of Lorenzo the Magnificent</B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="343"><bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>      <IMG SRC="32536960.jpg" border=0 width="310" height="406" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Sundial</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 475 ><NOBR><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="321b5a50.jpg" border=0 width="437" height="421" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Galileo Galilei and Vincenzo Viviani        </B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Conservation Requirements</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Temperature: spring and summer,</I></div> <div> <I>22°C; fall and winter 21°C</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Relative humidity: 42%, ± 2%</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Lighting: maximum of 150 lux for all</I></div> <div> <I>objects except papers and textiles,</I></div> <div> <I>for which the maximum is 50 lux.</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 514 ><NOBR><bR> <bR> <div> <I>EXHIBITION CONCEPT  AND PROJECT</I></div> <div> <I>Contemporanea Progetti, Florence Italy </I></div> <div> <I>Patrizia Pietrogrande, Linda Carioni</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>EXHIBITION ORGANIZATION: </I></div> <div> <I>Contemporanea Progetti Via di Ricorsoli, SR Florence 50126 Italy</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>For Further Information</I></div> <div> <I> about schedulilng and fees please contact:</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Shirley Reiff Howarth, Director</I></div> <div> <I>The Humanities Exchange</I></div> <div> <I>Montreal, Canada</I></div> <div> <I>514-935-1228</I></div> <div> <I>exhibitionsonline@earthlink.net</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="31f5dfc0.jpg" border=0 width="349" height="508" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="10" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="460" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VSIDES" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#666699 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 168 WIDTH="438"><bR> <div> <I><B>The Humanities Exchange</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>A  non-profit corporation</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Belleair Bluffs, FLORIDA USA</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>and</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Montreal, CANADA</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>----</B></I></div> <div> <B>Tel 514-935-1228 ; Fax 514-935-1299</B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>