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Chapter 7 Flashcards

1
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The _____ family was heavily involved in the _____ industry thus resulting in their becoming the most powerful family in Florentine affairs from 1418 until 1494.

A

Medici
banking

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_____ was considered to be the most preeminent Italian city-state in the fifteenth century.

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Florence

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3
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The Sacrifice of Isaac, a story from the Hebrew Bible was the assigned topic for the competition to create a new set of doors for the north entrance to the _____ at _____.

A

Baptistery
Florence’s Duomo

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4
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_____ produced the winning design for the dome of Florence Cathedral

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Filippo Brunelleschi

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5
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Pope _____ is credited with establishing the Sistine Chapel Choir

A

Sixtus IV

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6
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______ composed the Pange lingua mass

A

Josquin des Prez

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7
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In the book, The Prince, Machiavelli writes that the prince’s chief preoccupation and primary duty was to _____

A

wage war

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8
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Machiavelli argues that the prince, once engaged in war, has three alternatives for controlling a state once he has conquered it:

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-he can devastate it
-live in it
-Allow it to keep his own laws

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9
Q

The lion is the symbol of the _____

A

Venetian republic

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10
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The Lombards forced the local populations of the Po River delta to _____ that would later become the city of Venice

A

flee to the swampy lagoon islands

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11
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Vince considered itself blessed by _____, whose relics resided in the cathedral of _____

A

Saint Mark

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12
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The Contarini family is associated with _____

A

Venice’s Ca’ d’Oro

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13
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According to Vasari, Giorgione ____ for his paintings

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did not make preliminary drawings

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14
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The painting, Pastoral Concert, includes…

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a fully clothed nobleman playing a lute while a nude woman plays a flute

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15
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The painting, Venus of Urbino, includes…

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a dog sleeping on white sheets

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16
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_____ was the first professional woman composer to see her own compositions in print

A

Madalena Casulana

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17
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_____ housed the “Ensemble of Ladies,” which attracted many of the most prominent _____ of the day

A

madrigal composers

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18
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_____ served as choirmaster of St. Marks in Venice

A

Adrian Willaert

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19
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Adrian Willaert set to music in the madrigals of New Music the sonnets of Petrarch

A
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20
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The toccata is also known as a “_____,” designed to feature both the _____ and the _____

A

virtuoso prelufe
range of the organ
dexterity of the organist

21
Q

_____ was a careful student of _____, sharing an interest with Leonardo

A

Palladio
Vitruvius

22
Q

_____ produced the winning design for the dome of Florence Cathedral

A

Filippo Brunelleschi

23
Q

When composing the _____, a motet reflecting “ideal proportion,” _____ had the _____ in Jerusalem in mind.

A

Nuper rosarum flores
Guillaume Dufay
Temple of Solomon

24
Q

Brunelleschi’s investigation of optics in Arab science also contributed to his understanding, particularly Alhazen’s Perspectiva, which integrated the classical works of:

A

Euclid
Plolemy
Galen

25
Q

In Masaccio’s The Tribute Money, the Apostle Peter appears three times:

A

Christ tells St.Peter to catch a fish
St. Peter catching a fish in the Sea of Galilee
St. Peter paying the tax collector

26
Q

The Medici family supported the rebuilding of the old monastery of San Marco for the Dominican Order, the sections added were _____, _____, _____, ______, and _____

A

a library, cloister, chapter room, bell tower, and alter piece

27
Q

_____ is credited for coining the term “platonic love”

A

Marsilio Ficino

28
Q

Lorenzo, grandson of _____ was known as II Magnifico - “The Magnificent”

A

Cosimo Medici

29
Q

Humanists in _____’s court would have recognized venus in _____’s Primavera as an allegorical figure representing the ______

A

Lorenzo
Botticelli
highest moral qualities

30
Q

_____, humanist composer of Lorenzo Medici, taught music to Lorenzo’s sons, served as organist and choirmast at Florence Cathedral, and before he knew it, found himself collaborating with Lorenzo writing songs for popular festivals

A

Heinrich Isaac

31
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_____ is the author of oration on the Dignity of Man, which is considered one of the greatest manifestos of humanism

A

Pico della Mirandolla

32
Q

_____ financed his lifestyle as a mercenary soldier who was a valuable and highly ally to whoever could afford both him and his army

A

Federigo de Montefeltro

33
Q

The _____ by Baldassare Castiglione recounts conversations and debates among humanists in the Montefelro court

A

Book of the Courtier

34
Q

Leonardo de Vinici’s the Last Supper is located _____

A

on the north wall of the refectory of the Domincan monastery of the Santa Maria della Grazie

35
Q

_____ is credited with bringing the papacy back to Rome for good, it became something of a papal duty to restore the city to its former greatness

A

Pope Martin V

36
Q

After being elected pope, _____ commissioned architect _____ to renovate the Vatican Palace and to serve as chief architect to replace St. Peter’s Basillica with a new church

A

Julius II
Donato Barmante

37
Q

Even though located in Rome, _____ in Montorio is associated with the nation of Spain

A

San Pietro

38
Q

The Tempietto was designed by _____

A

Bramante

39
Q

The _____ was built on the site of Saint _____ martyrdom

A

Tempietto
Peter’s

40
Q

The characteristics that contributed to the making of the Tempietto are:

A

-it’s classical reference
-it’s incorporation of original
classical Roman columns into its
architectural scheme
-the mathmatical orderliness of
its parts

41
Q

How did Pope Julius II finance the construction of the new Saint Peter’s Basilica

A

by selling indulgences

42
Q

Why did Martin Luther launch to Protestant Reformation in Germany

A

in protest against the sale of indulgences

43
Q

In the city of _____, _____ Savonarolo organized troops of children to collect the city’s “_____” which were burned at giant bonfires

A

Florence
Girolamo
vanities

44
Q

The city of Florence commissioned _____ to create a freestanding statue of David using a huge _____

A

michaelangelo
cracked block of marble

45
Q

Throughout the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo includes the _____

A

della Rovene heraldic symbols of oak

46
Q

_____ hired _____ to paint his private rooms in the Vatican palace

A

Pope Julius II
Raphael

47
Q

_____ and _____ are the central figures in Raphael’s School of Athens

A

Aristitle and Plato

48
Q

who was known as II Magnifico - “The Magnificent”

A

Lorenzo, grandson of Cosimo Medici

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