Intellectual profane minorities and their impact on the artistic scene in Central European cities at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | In the period of the so-called late Middle Ages, the new intellectual layer, alongside the clergy, was more often members of the urban class. These were graduates of universities, but also people educated in the so-called Latin schools, where they received the basics of this language. The surviving sources show that the town notaries and their assistants, who had received this education, had a key position in the town administration. This small intellectual layer, representing a kind of professional minority, was also crucial in the commissioning of architectural, painting and sculptural works. Not only were they responsible for the financial agenda, but above all they often conceived the idea of the newly created artefact itself. At the same time, notaries, as an intellectual minority, were often the first to introduce the ideas of the Italian Renaissance and humanism into the cities, which was reflected in the style and iconography of the acquired works. In the form of case studies, several such commissions (Olomouc, Prague) will be presented in my paper. |
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