Doing History: Islam and Renaissance Europe

DOING HISTORY

Islam and Renaissance Europe

  1. Making comparisons: What range of postures toward the Islamic world do these images convey? How might you account for the differences among them?
  2. Imagining reactions: How might the artists who created the first four images respond to Source 12.5?
  3. Examining the content of visual sources: While all of these images deal with the Islamic world, with what different aspects of that world are they concerned?
  4. Considering art and society: In what ways were these images shaped by the concrete political, economic, and cultural conditions of Renaissance Europe? What role did the Islamic world play in the emerging identity of European civilization?