The relationship between history, culture and art is combined with today's literary phenomena.

Architectural influence (16-18th century)

Influence on Britain/kloc-In the mid-6th century, Renaissance architecture was gradually established in Britain, and the architecture showed a transitional style, which not only inherited the Tudor tradition of Gothic architecture, but also adopted the details of Italian Renaissance architecture. Medieval England was keen on building magnificent churches, and/kloc-began to pay attention to secular architecture in the second half of the 6th century. The large luxury mansions of wealthy businessmen, dignitaries and gentlemen are mostly built in the countryside, with towers, gables, eaves, parapets, railings and chimneys. There are often many bay windows on the wall, and the window size is square. The details of Renaissance architectural style are also applied to interior decoration and furniture display. Large gardens with regular shapes are generally arranged around the mansion, including vestibules, platforms, pools, fountains, flower beds and hedges, which form a complete and harmonious environment with the mansion. Typical examples are hardwick Building (1590 ~ 1597) and Ashby Building (1572).

/kloc-At the beginning of the 7th century, in order to show the majesty of kingship, the British royal family designed and built a huge Whitehall Palace in London, but only the Grand Ballroom was built (16 19 ~ 1622). When designing this building, British architect I Jones adopted the rigorous classical architectural techniques of Italian Renaissance architect Palladio, and got rid of the influence of English medieval architecture. The architecture in this period is still dominated by residential buildings, and the classical columns and regular building facades gradually replaced the free transition style of Elizabethan period.

/kloc-The British bourgeois revolution that began in 0/640 weakened the autocratic rule of the royal family. However, during the Stuart dynasty with constitutional monarchy, classical architectural techniques still dominated Britain, with St. Paul's Cathedral in London as the representative work.

/kloc-at the beginning of the 0/8th century, luxury houses built for Britain's upstarts and some wealthy businessmen became the center of architectural activities. These new mansions are large in scale, using strict classical techniques and pursuing rigorous and proud styles. Typical examples are Branham House in Oxfordshire (1704 ~1720), Howard House in Yorkshire (1699 ~1712) and Kei Delstown House (1757). The layout of luxury houses is mostly the main building, with hall, salon, bedroom, dining room and living room. In front of the main building is a spacious courtyard. On both sides of it is a big yard, one is a stable, and the other is a kitchen and other service rooms. This layout is intended to show the style and wealth of new noble and big businessmen.

Philosophical:

Platonism in Florence College has a wide influence, not only on later Italian philosophers, but also on Italian Renaissance portraits and16th century French literature, especially in Britain. Perhaps the most important development after the Renaissance is embodied in the Platonism works of Cambridge (1late 7th century). Since then, liberal Christian Platonism has been enduring in Britain.

In literature:

Renaissance is a comprehensive ideological and cultural movement involving various fields. Humanism is the spiritual core of the Renaissance.

It had a great influence on the British secular literature at that time, which was mainly reflected in respecting human values and dignity and pursuing human personality freedom; Affirm real life and secular life, pursue happiness and secular enjoyment, explore nature and conduct scientific research.

British humanistic literature is the peak of European humanistic literature.

such as

Chaucer (Father of English Poetry): Canterbury Tales (Frame Structure)

Thomas Moore: Utopia (a fantasy novel) depicts an ideal society through a water mouth returning to England.

Spencer: The Queen of Fairy Tales (Long Poem)

Terminology explanation

University gifted scholar school:

1 Before Shakespeare. "University Talents" refers to a group of young intellectuals who were active in the British drama circle at that time. Most of them are educated and have humanistic thoughts. Their drama creation and performance activities laid the foundation for the emergence of Shakespeare.

Marlowe: He was the most important figure in English drama before Shakespeare and the real founder of English Renaissance drama. His masterpiece The Tragic History of Doctor Faust.

Linguistic aspect

Since the Renaissance, British literary and artistic creation has become increasingly prosperous. The master of English literature, represented by Shakespeare, not only played a great role in promoting English literature, but also influenced the whole world. The British colonized overseas and spread English to all parts of the world, and overseas aborigines began to contact English. More and more foreigners living outside Britain are beginning to learn English. In 1765, the British linguist JohnWallis clearly pointed out that "foreigners have a strong desire to learn English, and they hope to understand all kinds of important works written in our language". He also said, "There are many literary works in English, so it is very rare to say without boasting that any valuable knowledge carrier (book) is not in English." David hume, a British philosopher, wrote French in 1767, but when he went to North America, he immediately found the key to the future success of English: "Let French spread everywhere in the current situation. We are gaining a foothold in the United States ... this can make the use of English more stable and lasting. " . This view was also the view of some Americans at that time. 1780, in a policy proposal to Congress, then US President john adams announced: "In the next few centuries, English is destined to become a more common language than Latin in the past and French now. This truth is self-evident. Because of the increasing population of the United States, they maintain extensive contacts and exchanges with all ethnic groups, and the influence of Britain in the world will make their language widely used by people ... "The same is true. In the1850s, the English-speaking population in the world was 60 million. In the 1990' s, the native English-speaking population in the world has exceeded 450 million.

Social aspects

The Renaissance originated in Italy, and then spread throughout Europe, causing subversive changes in European countries' ideological trends, and finally contributed to the first industrial revolution in Britain.