Renaissance Flashcards

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“Renaissance” definition

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Re+birth

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Albrecht Dürer :The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
(Its made of wood)

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Jan van Eyck: Arnolfini Wedding Portrait

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Michelangelo: Pietà
(Marble sculpture, Renaissance style , classical sculpture)

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Michelangelo: David
(Marble sculpture, Renaissance style)

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Botticelli: La Primavera
(Renaissance style)

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Botticelli: Birth of Venus
(Renaissance style)

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Leonardo da Vinci: Virgin of the rocks
(High Renaissance style, no halos)
Louvre, Paris, France

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Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa
(Renaissance style)
Louvre, Paris, France

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Leonardo da Vinci: Last Supper
(Renaissance style)

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Titian: Venus of Urbino
(Renaissance style, Foreshortening and chiaroscuro)

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Erasmus: He was the Prince of the Humanists

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Josquin des Prez

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*Active in France and Italy, his style became associated with the High Renaissance.
*made a lot of money for composing
*one of the first composers to have his works commercially released and available for purchase.
*notable work was the motet “Ave Maria,”.

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Ghiberti: “Gates of Paradise”
*10 panels depicting scenes from Old Testament in chronological order.
(bronze, in Florence)

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Pico: Oration (book)

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free will, man has no limits, we are able to choose our destiny to do the right thing. Free will is a gift from god and must be used properly

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Lorenzo “the Magnificent” Medici “

he is most known for is his contribution to the art world, giving large amounts of money to artists such as Botticelli and Michelangelo..

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Shakespeare, “Sonnet 18”

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through the poem beauty will last. Poems can share messages that will last many years

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Machiavelli: The Prince (book)

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The general theme of The Prince is of accepting that the aims of princes – such as glory and survival – can justify the use of immoral means to achieve those ends.

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Donatello : David
(bronze, in Florence, Renaissance)

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Raphael : School of Athens
(High Renaissance)

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Michelangelo: The last judgement.

(Renaissance, altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City)

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Sta.Maria Del Fiore (in Florence)
Designed by Brunelleschi

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Michelangelo: Sistine Chapel Ceiling

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Baldassare Castiglione

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He was an Italian author, who is best known for writing the Book of the Courtier. The Book of the Courtier describes how to be the perfect Courtier.