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1
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The decline,of the church was caused by?

A

Great schism

Avignon papacy

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Avignon papacy

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Crooked popes that lived rich lives by selling indulgences, church offices, etc.

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Great schism

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There was a pope in Rome and in Avignon and they excommunicated each other

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4
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Social realism

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Attention to human society and social interaction

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5
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Three authors that display social realism

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Christine de pisan

Jeffery Chaucer

Boccaccio

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6
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What did Jeffrey Chaucer write that relates to social realism?

And why?

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Canterbury tales

Shows human beings with real life human flaws

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7
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What did Christine de pisan write?

How does it relate to social realism

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Book of city of ladies

It opposed men’s image of women

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8
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What did Boccaccio write?

How does it relate to social realism?

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Tale of filippa

Tribute to the varieties of human affection and desire

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9
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What are the three innovations

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Chiaroscuro

Sfumato

Linear perspective

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10
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Chiaroscuro

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Light and dark side

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11
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Sfumato

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Blurring of images for depth

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12
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Linear perspective

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Converging line to creat sense of depth

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13
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What do 3 innovations prove

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That people are looking at the world around them

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14
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Christian humanism is from

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Northern Renaissance

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15
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Classical humanism is from

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Italian Renaissance

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16
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3 catalysts that moved people into Renaissance

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Black Death

100 years war

Decline of the church

17
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Difference between medieval and Renaissance?

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Individualism expressed

18
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Who are the two feminist writers, and their main publications

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Christine de pisan - book of city of ladies

Lacricia marinella - the nobility of women and the vices and defects of men

19
Q

Botticelli was famous for?

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Sacrificing anatomical correctness for the sake of composition

20
Q

Differences between early and high Renaissance ?

  1. 3 innovations?
  2. Dominant medium?
  3. Doctrine or secular
  4. How Mary and Jesus are depicted
  5. Expression of classical humanism
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Early - 3 innovations are just beginning, fresco is dominant medium, focus a lot on doctrine of the church, Mary and Jesus are more God like, classical humanism

High - 3 innovations mastered, oil is primary medium, more secular art, Mary and Jesus are more humanized, classical humanism is expressed in more monumental ways

21
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Who are the three early Renaissance artists?

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Giotto, Masaccio, Botticelli

22
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Da Vinci proffered to learn by?

A

Direct observation

23
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What is Michelangelo known for doing to his art

A

Heroic idealism

24
Q

Heroic idealism

A

It is huge

Certain parts are unproportionately large on purpose

25
Q

Titian was famous for what style of painting

A

Imposto

26
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Imposto

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Very thick painting

27
Q

Individualism

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Self fashioning potential of the human being

28
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Three characteristics of northern Renaissance

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Christian humanism

Dominated by middle class patronage, not the church

More about private devotion, not public worship

29
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Differences of northern and Italian art

  1. Structure of paintings
  2. Religious base
  3. Scripture or doctrine
  4. Coloring
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Northern - busy and cluttered, Protestant based, focuses on scripture, tended to be more dark

Italian - more harmonious, more catholic based, doctrine of church, tend to be more bright

30
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2 characteristics of Durer

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Combination of Christian and classical humanism

He is Germany’s first internationally recognized artist

31
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Durer is on of the first examples of someone who?

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Started working class and became rich

32
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How did durer make his fortune?

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He was very involved in prints, capitalizes on this

33
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Jan van eyck was known for

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Very small detail

Represented limits of realism with oils

34
Q

Alberto wrote

What is it about?

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“On the family”

Good men will not remain idle, or they are worthless

35
Q

Pico Della mirandola wrote?

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Oration on the dignity of man

36
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Two authors that represent individualism

A

Pico Della mirandola

Alberti

37
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What did Machiavelli write?

A

The prince

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