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Renaissance

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Transitional period from medieval to modern times

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Humanism

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The study of Latin and Greek classics and of the Church Fathers both for their own sake and to promote a rebirth of ancient norms and values.
-Petrarch was the “father of humanism”

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Studia Humanitas

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  • A liberal arts program of embracing grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history, politics, and moral philosophy
  • Celebrated dignity of humankind and prepared people for life of virtuous action
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Virtu

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The ability to act decisively and heroically for the good of one’s country

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Civic Humanism

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Education should promote individual virtue and public service

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Petrarch

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  • The “father of humanism”
  • Left legal profession to pursue letters and poetry
  • Celebrated ancient Rome by writing letters to dead Romans
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Baldassare Castiglione

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Said the rediscovered knowledge of the past was a model and a challenge to the present

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Leonardo Bruni

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First to give the name humanity to the learning that resulted from scholarly pursuits

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Lorenzo Valla

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  • In his Elegances of the Latin Language, he reveals the explosive character of the new learning
  • Said Donation by Constantine, which gave land to the church, was a fake because it used words that were not used in Constantine’s times
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Florentine Platonic Academy

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  • Revival of Greek studies in Florence
  • After fall of Constantinople to Turks, many Greek scholars fled to Florence
  • Evolved under Cosimo de Medici, Marsilio Ficino, and Pico Della Mirandola
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Pico Della Mirandola

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  • One of the supervisors of the Florentine Acadamy
  • Influenced by Plato
  • Wrote Oration as an introduction to 900 theses intended to serve as a basis for a public debate on all of the important topics in life
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Vernacular

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The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region

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Dante Alighieri

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  • Near-contemporary of Petrarch

- Was cornerstone of Italian vernacular literature

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Giovanni Boccaccio

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  • Pioneer of humanist studies

- Assembled an encyclopedia of Greek and Roman mythology

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Johann Gutenberg

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Invented printing press with movable type

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Desiderius Erasmus

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  • Most famous humanist
  • Gained fame as an educated and religious reformer through printed works
  • Colloquia were short printed works that taught how to speak and live well
  • Adages were ancient and contemporary proverbs he collected
  • Wanted to unite classical ideas of humanity and civic virtue with Christian ideals of love and respect for God
  • Expected more from people than what all of the ages theologians believed they could be
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Sir Thomas More

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  • Best known English humanist

- Executed for not recognizing Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne Boleyn

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Themes and Techniques of Renaissance Art

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  • Use of shading to enhance naturalness (chiaroscuro)

- Adjustment of size of figures to create linear perspective

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Giotto

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  • Father of Renaissance painting

- Painted a more natural world

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Brunelleschi

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  • Italian designer

- Considered first modern engineer

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Donatello

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  • Sculptor

- Portrayed world around himself literally and naturally

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Botticelli

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  • Painter of Early Renaissance
  • Went to Florentine school under Lorenzo de Medici
  • Known for Birth of Aphrodite
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Christine de Pisan

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  • Expert in classical, French, and Italian literature

- Wrote poetry to support herself

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Leonardo da Vinci

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  • Advised princes and French King Francis I on engineering
  • Advocated for scientific experiment, self-taught botanist
  • Greatest skill was conveying inner moods through facial expressions
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Raphael

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Painted The School of Athens in the Vatican

-Depicts philosophers and scientists

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Michelangelo

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  • Created 18ft statue of David
  • Painted Sistine Chapel
  • Used mannerism to show more complex deep, personal changes
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Mannerism

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  • Used by Michelangelo

- Shows individual perceptions and feelings of artist

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Themes and Techniques of Northern Renaissance Art

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  • Advanced oil painting
  • Panel painting
  • Wood carvings
  • Detailed
  • More engravings and etches
  • Religious
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Albrecht Durer

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  • Painted most famous self-portrait of European Renaissance and Reformation by showing his face on a portrayal of Christ
  • Known for his woodcuts
  • Painted lost of rabbit images
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Pieter Breughel

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  • Known for his landscapes and peasant scenes

- Northern Renaissance

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Niccolo Machiavelli

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  • Wanted to end internal feuding so Italy could unite and drive out foreign armies
  • Hoped to see a strong ruler from Medici family
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Cosimo de Medici

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  • Controlled Florence from behind the scenes
  • Natural statesman
  • Influenced elections
  • Connections with Signoria (Council of Florence)
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Lorenzo de Medici

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  • Ruled Florence in a totalitarian fashion

- Determined ruler after assassination of his brother by Pazzi family

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Pope Julius II

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  • Suppressed Borgias and placed Romagna under papal jurisdiction
  • Raised Renaissance papacy to height of military prowess and diplomatic intrigue
  • Drove Venetians out of Romagna in 1509
  • Ferdinand of Aragon, Venice, and himself created the 2nd Holy League later joined by Maximillian I and the Swiss
  • -Had France in full retreat where they were defeated by the Swiss in Novara
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Pope Leo X

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  • From the Medici family

- Captured the papacy

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Concordat of Bologna

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Gave French King control over French clergy in recognition of pope’s superiority over church body

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Causes and Effects of War of Roses

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  • Causes: Forced deposition of Richard II

- Effects: Tudor family rose to power and dominated England throughout the 16th century

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Francisco Pizarro

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  • Conquered Inca people

- Killed their leader Atahualpa and hundreds of his followers

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Hernan Cortes

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  • Conquered Aztecs

- Seized Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City)

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Bartolome de las Casas

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  • One of most outspoken clerical critic of Spanish conquerors
  • Result of his criticism was ‘Black Legend’ that said all Spanish treatment of the natives was unprincipled and inhumane
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Ferdinand Magellan

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Made it all the way around South America and across the Pacific to the Philippines, his crew then made it back to Spain and was first to circumnavigate the globe

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