Italian Renaissance/ Medici Flashcards

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HumanIsM

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INTELLECTUAL MOVEMENT, studied classical culture of greece and rome

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LeonarDo

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Loved invention, DISECTED corpses to better understand the human anatomy

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Humanities

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Subjecs such as grammar, rhetoric, poetry and history

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Michelangelo

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Had many talents: Sculptor, engineer, painter, archetect, known for dome design

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Petrarch

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Lived in the 1300’s was an early humanist, poet and sholar

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RaPhael

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Painter; blended Christian and classical styles; famous works include The school of Athens and his portrayals of Madonna

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Florence

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An Italian city state that produced many gifted artists, scholars, scientists and archeteicts

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BaldaSsare Castiglione

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Wrote book The book of courtier describing skills, manners and qualities aristocratic men and women should display

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Patron

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Financial supporter/ generous supporter

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Niccolo Machiavelli

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Wrote * The prince*, describing how to rule in an age of ruthless power politics

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Perspective

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Allowed artists to create realistic art. Makes disant objects smaller than those close to the viewer.

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Characteristics of the renaissance/ humanism

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Dramatic change, spirit of adventure, exploring human experience

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Facts about the renaissance in italy

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Exploring human experience, dramatic changes, valuing individual achievements, begins

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What is the renaissance

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Rebirth of roman culture

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15
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Where was the heart of the Renaissance?

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Florence, Italy.
Reasons:
Close to water for trade
received ideas

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16
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Who are the godfathers of Florence?

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the Medici family wanted Florence to be the New Rome and used architects and artists to beautify florence

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When does the renaissance begin?

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When Cosimo de Medici and his friends searched Europe for CLASSICAL MANUSCRIPTS. simply reading pagan authors like Socrates and Plato was punishable by excommunication from the church

18
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LOOK OVER THE MEDICI PAPER FOR MORE THINGS ON THE MEDICI

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YOU GOT THIS, KEEP GOING!

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Who built the dome of the Florence Cathedral

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Brunelleschi

20
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Couldn’t use the same techniques for the dome because

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the recipe for making concrete was lost

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brunelleschi also devised a way to alter the

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GEARS on pulleys so the oxen could pull the 1700 pound sandstone

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brunelleschi personally laid some of the ______ on the dome because he proposed so revolutionary that the brick masons were afraid the technique

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bricks