Dark Clouds & Silver Linings • The Dark Ages & Monastic Scholarship • The Renaissance and Secular Humanism • IT During the Era of the Second Platform • The Age of The Cloud • The IT Renaissance Anthony Owen D’Errico EMC² | Emerging Technology Division Regional Territory Manager – OK | AR Mobile: (405) 513-2971
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Dark Clouds & Silver Linings
• The Dark Ages & Monastic Scholarship
• The Renaissance and Secular Humanism
• IT During the Era of the Second Platform
• The Age of The Cloud
• The IT Renaissance
Anthony Owen D’ErricoEMC² | Emerging Technology DivisionRegional Territory Manager – OK | ARMobile: (405) 513-2971
Book of Hours, Valenciacirca 1460
Collection of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek
Books were beautiful works of Art (e.g. Illuminated Manuscripts)
Monastic Scholarship in the Dark Ages
These handcrafted masterpieces were created by specially trained monks
They focused mainly on religious texts
They were only available to the Clergy, the Nobility and the Wealthy
Jean Miélot copying manuscripts in a scriptoriumcirca 1450
Self Portrait
Creating these works of Art was a lifelong pursuit
Monastic Scholarship in the Dark Ages
These monks were equal parts author translator, illustrator, scribe and priest
Their work was performed in specially-designed scriptoria
Some books took multiple lifetimes to complete
“Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre”Master of the Royal Alexander, C. 1420
British Library
Monks became stewards of nearly all human knowledge in this period
Monastic Scholarship in the Dark Ages
The Clergy also created and preserved new material in Science, Medicine, Farming and the Classics
“Les élèves sont assis sur le sol avec la tonsure”Grandes Chroniques de France
Late 14th Century
The majority of scholarship took place inside the Church
Monastic Scholarship in the Dark Ages
Institutional knowledge was passed on within the Church and to those they tutored
The common man relied on oral traditions and communal knowledge to advance society
Agenda: Dark Clouds & Silver Linings
• The Dark Ages & Monastic Scholarship
• The Renaissance and Secular Humanism
• IT During the Era of the Second Platform
• The Age of The Cloud
• The IT Renaissance
By 1480 there were 110 printing presses in operation
By the end of the 15th century the printed book was in universal use throughout Europe
Illuminated Manuscripts were produced primarily for the Church and Nobility, and eventually died out completely
The Renaissance and Secular HumanismIn 1440 Johannes Gutenberg introduced his moveable type press
Functioning reproduction of original Gutenberg PressOne-third scale
C. 1877
“Gutenberg und seine Mitarbeiter bei der Arbeit”Lithograph
Gutenberg-Museum Mainz
The Renaissance and Secular HumanismBooks could now be created with comparative ease by common tradesmen
Printing presses began turning out leaflets and pamphlets, increasing the reach of the written word
Advancements in printing technology drove down costs and further increased literacy
“Shakespeare Reading” by William Page 1873-1874
Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Renaissance and Secular HumanismThe availability of the printed word had far-ranging consequences
The Classics, which until 1490 had been preserved in monasteries and hand-copied by monks, could now easily be spread among the literate classes of Europe
These ancient texts led to the growth of new artistic, literary and philosophical movements throughout the Renaissance
Shakespeare, not an aristocrat but just a merchant from a small town in England, was now able to read Greek and Roman texts, which would have a profound effect on his own writings
Renaissance humanism sought to create a citizenry that could read and write with eloquence and clarity
This was to be accomplished by researching the studia humanitatis: grammar, rhetoric, history, poetry, and philosophy
This would allow the common man to engage in civic life, creating wider societal benefits for all
The Renaissance and Secular HumanismNew authors began to attack the status quo
Page from “Das Narrenschiff” by Sebastian BrantC. 1497
Gutenberg-Museum Mainz
Agenda: Dark Clouds & Silver Linings
• The Dark Ages & Monastic Scholarship
• The Renaissance and Secular Humanism
• IT During the Era of the Second Platform
• The Age of The Cloud
• The IT Renaissance
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