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Causes Of The Renaissance Flashcards

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Causes of the renaissance

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  1. Decline in the power of the church
  2. Rise in SECULARISM - relating to the word worlds
  3. Reintroduction of the CLASSICS (Greeks and Roman cultures)
  4. PRINTING PRESS
  5. New wealth (from trade with Ottoman Empire)
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Birthplace of the reinassance

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Italy

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Major city states of the Renaissance:

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  1. Florence. Venice, Milan, genoa
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Most influential/wealthy family

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The Medici family

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he Renaissance was a

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Renewed interest and development in art, literature, science and learning

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Te word Renaissance means

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Rebirth

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Humanism - the thinkers of this period were called humanists

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An intellectual movement that focused on the study of human potential and achievement

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Humanists emphasized _________ __________ The potential of the human was limitless!

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Individual accomplishment

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Father of humanism

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Francesco Petrarch

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Many humanists rejected religion. Why?

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Because of the corruption of the Catholic Church!

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Religion of te renaissance

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Deism

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Middle age art stressed mostly religious themes, and idealism

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Renaissance art stressed worldly themes and realism vs. idealism

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New art techniques

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  1. Perspective

2. Oil paints

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Supporters of the artists

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Merchants. - Nobility, merchants, etc.

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4 Italian artists

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  1. Leonardo do Vinci: Mona Lisa
  2. Michelangelo: the Sistine chapel
  3. Raphael: madonna
  4. Donatello: one of the greatest sculptures in the period
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How did the northern renaissance spread?

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Trade, war, students, PRINTING PRESS

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The printing press was developed by some dude named

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Johannesburg Gutenberg

  • Movable printing press that is
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Novels (fantasy books were finally written in in the vernacular for the first time

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Common language of the people

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Father of Christian humanism

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Desiderious Erasmus

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Sir Thomas More wrote a book called ______ that criticized the English government

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Utopia - called for a perfect community based on reason and living together in harmony! (Ideal perfection)

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Major differences between art in the north and south

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South: painted mostly Greek and Roman gods and Biblical heroes - religious themes

North: painted mostly common Everyday people and secular themes

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Results and impacts of the renaissance

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  1. Great works of art and literature created
  2. Modern day science
  3. Critical thinking
  4. Scientific revolution
  5. Enlightenment

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