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The Holy Trinity

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Masaccio

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Primavera

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Botticelli

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Madonna of The Rocks

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da Vinci

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David

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Michelangelo

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The School of Athens

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Raphael

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The Last Supper

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da Vinci

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Pieta

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Michelangelo

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Creation of Adam

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Michelangelo

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Birth of Venus

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Botticelli

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Mona Lisa

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da Vinci

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The Last Judgement

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Michelangelo

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Perspective

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Have distance or look real - linear perspective

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Vanishing Point

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Point on the horizon line where the straight lines in the drawing come together

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Contrapposto

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Human figure in which lines of the arms and shoulders blends in with, whilst balancing the hips & legs

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Sfumato

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Smoky, soft, blurred colors

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Chiaroscuro

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Light-dark

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Cosimo de’Medici

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Collector of ancient manuscripts, humanism, created academy in Florence for the study of Plato

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Lorenzo de’Medici

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Continued support of the artists, poet, friend of Michelangelo, scientific skepticism and methods

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Filippo Brunelleschi

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First architect of renaissance - Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore

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Martin Luther

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Most influential and controversial figure in the history of Christianity

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Petrarch

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Italian scholar and poet - Humanist philosophy

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Nicolas Copernicus

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Mathematician, astronomer, Earth and other planets revolve around the sun - the changing seasons

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John Calvin

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reformer, minister, author - “Calvinism” - sovereignty of God and authority of the bible, does not support God

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Pope Julius II

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Head of catholic church and ruler of Papal states - most important and powerful pope

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Marsilio Ficino

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Humanist philosopher - importance to humans rather than supernatural matters

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Machiavelli

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Believes in politics. If a prince or ruler wants to stay in power, then they must use knowledge based on necessity.

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William Shakespeare

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Playwright author, family died out - no descendants

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Neoplatonism

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Marsilio Ficino, change in energy (either good/bad)

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Lots of notebooks, interested in everything, only finished 15 paintings in life

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Fergezia Peruggia

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steals Mona Lisa, Italians thought he was a hero

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Michelangelo

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Mother died young, sad, unsatisfied, anti-social, lonely

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Humanism

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Based not on religion but what it is to be human

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