Renaissance Prep Guide

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French for “rebirth”; refers to a period of cultural revival in Europe from the 1300s to the 1500s

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Renaissance

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Humans are capable of greatness and are inherently good by nature

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Humanism

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the belief in the importance of the individual as opposed to the larger community

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Individualism

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the belief that religion doesn’t need to be at the center of society and human affairs

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Secularism

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everyday spoken language

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Vernacular

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things related to trade

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Commerce

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functions like a small country

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City-state

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someone who donates money, to the arts

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Patron

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trying to present something the way it is in reality

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Realism

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a mathematical system for representing three-dimensional space on a flat surface

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Linear Perspective

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balanced elements used to form a design

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Proportion

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a person who is interested and talented in many things

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Renaissance Man

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to give credit to someone for creating something

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Attributed

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allowed the mass production of books; spreading knowledge and ideas, increasing the number of educated people

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Printing Press

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When painters make the edges of objects in the background softer, giving a smokey illusion

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Sfumato

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a painting made on fresh plaster

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Fresco

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a poem made with 14 lines containing a fixed rhyming pattern

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Sonnet

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(1304 - 1374), commonly anglicized as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar and poet in Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists.

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Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch)

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was a humanist writer during the Renaissance and wrote books about leadership

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Machiavelli

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In 1429, he became the head of the Medici family. He funded many architects, sculptors, and painters to create marvels to parallel the Greeks and Romans

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Cosimo de Medici

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Cosimo’s Grandson who was dedicated to the arts used his power to make Florence Italy’s capital of art and learning.

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Lorenzo de Medici

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Was considered a real renaissance man. He was a painter, sculptor, architect, and poet. He was best known for the way he portrayed the human body in paintings and sculptures.

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Michelangelo

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Made sculptures more realistic by carving natural postures and expressions that reveal personality. Created the first large, free-standing, anatomically correct sculpture of the human body since ancient times.

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Donatello

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was a painter who studied both Leonardo and Michelangelo. He filled the walls of Pope Julius II’s Library with several paintings.

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Raphael

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He was a sculptor, painter, designer, and scientist. He is considered a Renaissance Man.

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Leonardo da Vinci

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This German Inventor created technology that would change the way people communicated and, ultimately, the way they thought.

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Johannes Gutenberg

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A visitor who traveled to Italy for learning. He found inspiration from Italy and shared it with the citizens of his home country.

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Erasmus

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Often regarded as the greatest writer in the English Language, he had a significant impact on English.
- Produced 38 Plays, 154 Sonnets, 2 long narrative poems, and a few other verses.

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William Shakespeare

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He was considered the greatest scholastic philosopher. He was the guy who said that humanism (secular) and God (religion) can be practiced at the same time.

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Thomas Aquinas