Renaissance Vocabulary Flashcards
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to patronize
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-To support usually through financial means.
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Renaissance
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- a term meaning “rebirth”
- This refers to an historical period from about 1450 to 1600 in Europe when there was a huge achievement in the arts and sciences.
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Cosimo de Medici
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- a male head of the Medici family
- who became a wealthy and powerful banker and merchant and took control of Florence.
- He started the Medici tradition of patronizing artists.
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Michelangalo
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Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance
-He exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.
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stagnation
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-A sluggish inactive, not progressing
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Lorenzo the Magnificent
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- Most famous Medici
- became the ruler of Florence after his brother’s tragic death.
- In his reign he sponsored amazing
-artist such as Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli and others. - He also made Florence a artful city which helped him rule.
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Machiavelli
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- Niccolo Machiavelli was a diplomat, philosopher and writer.
- He is famous for being allegedly manipulative and deceitful.
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florin or ducat
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-Gold coins weighing about 3.5 grams.
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perspective
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-Giving the appearance of distance on a flat surface.
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Gutenberg
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- (1395 – February 3, 1468)
- was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher
- who introduced printing to Europe.
- His invention of mechanical movable type printing
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Dowry
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-Property or money brought by a bride to her husband upon marriage.
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Blasphemous
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-Showing contempt for sacred things.
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Leonardo da Vinci
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- One of the first great Renaissance minds to try to learn about the truth of the natural world.
- His areas of expertise are: painter, inventor, engineer and scientist.
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assassin
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-A murderer of a political important person.
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fresco
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-Painted with watercolor on fresh wet plaster
