2.6-2.7 terms Flashcards
A change in Europe that changed the focus from religion to the human personality, creating a more Gecro-Roman civilization
Italian Renaissance
a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state
City-States
Italian city-state was the birthplace of the Renaissance, center of Renaissance banking and trading.
Republic of Florence
Very rich ruling family of Florence
Medici Family
Wanted all of Italy to behave like early Romans
Machiavelli
Spanish and German mercenaries entered the city of Rome killing thousands of people, raped women, imprisoned the Pope, and mocked cardinals
Sack of Rome 1527
a way of thinking and learning that stresses the importance of human abilities and actions.
Humanism
A new sense of civic consciousness or sense of public duty
individualism
The feeling that human beings were frail creatures that needed gods guidance became less popular
secularism
Promote republican ideals and the need to work as individuals to keep the republic stable
Civic Humanism
Renowned Poet who studied classic works of ancient Greece, Rome and Arabia.
Petrarch
common language understood by people of the area/region
Vernacular
Wrote the 3 period view of history
Leonardo Bruni
proved that the doctrine of Constance was a forgery
Lorenzo Valla
Latin translation of the bible
Latin Vulgate
Florentine philosopher, translator, and commentator, largely responsible for the revival of Plato and Platonism in the Renaissance.
Marsilio Ficino
a book on the importance and primacy of human beings
Pico Della Mirandola, Oration on the Dignaty of Man
a lengthy philosophical dialogue on the topic of what constitutes an ideal courtier or court lady, worthy to befriend and advise a Prince or political leader.
Baldassare Castiglione, the Courtier
German inventor who created the printing press with movable type
Johann Gutenberg
Money, support, or privilege given from one individual or organization to another.
Patronage
An artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface.
Geometric Perspective
the treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting
Chiaroscuro
allowing tones and colors to shade gradually into one another
sfumato
Greco-Roman hip pop in sculptures
contrapposto
a simple rectangular shrine with protruding side walls
Greek temple architecture
the father of European painting and the first of the great Italian masters.
Giotto
large church in Florence with a big dome on top
Brunelleschi Il Duomo
Bronze doors outside of the baptistery of Florence
Lorenzo Ghiberti, gates of paradise
Bronze statue of David after he fights Goliath
Donatello, David
Fresco in a Florence church depicting adam and eve leaving the garden
Masaccio, expulsion of adam and eve