History Flashcards
1
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Lucrezia Borgia
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Famous Renaissance woman,
Her dad was Pope Alexander VI
2
Q
Sculpture of David done by?
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Michelangelo,
Blending of Greek and Roman
3
Q
Francesco Petrarch
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Renaissance writer and a florentine humanist
Collected Roman writings
4
Q
Johannes Gutenberg
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Invented the moveable type printing press
5
Q
The Renaissance began here
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Venice and Florence
6
Q
Nicholas Copernicus
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Earth rotates around the sun
7
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Nicolo Machiavelli
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Wrote the prince in which he advised monarchs to consecrate power.
The end justifies the means
8
Q
Leonardo DaVinci
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Renaissance man
Paintings, science, engineering and architecture
9
Q
Boticelli
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Notice the use of point perspective and dimension
10
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Brunelleschi
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Created the dome.
Largest free standing dome
