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Rennaissance Period Flashcards

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1
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When was the Rennaissance Period?

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1400-1600

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they are the one who can provide significant support for arts, who then ruled Florence

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Medici family

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The Renaissance was considered an intellectual awakening

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Rebirth

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This was brought about by a renewed interest in Greek and Roman philosophies.

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Renaissance period

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This cultural movement promoted the thought of man being the center of the universe- therefore celebrating its achievements in the arts, education, science, and literature

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Humanism

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became a tool that communicated the ideals of humanism very easily

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Printing press

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also made notated music available to those who could afford it and brought about amateur musicians

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Printing

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Are most amateur musicians in Renaissance period from middle-class families?

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Yes

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Why did they buy music?

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To learn and perform music for self-entertainment

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This development inspired composers to create music in vernacular languages, and even to create music for instruments

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Printing/Printing Press

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Greatests artists, literary writers, scientists of all time developed who?

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Leonardo da Vinci
William Shakespheare
Michelangelo
Raphael
Galileo
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Why did science play a part in art in Medieval Period?

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Because artists wanted to make their art as true to life as they possibly could.

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Examples of Paintings

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Mona Lisa

The Creation

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Who created Mona Lisa?

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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Who created The Creation?

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Michaelangelo

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Why did they voyage the seas?

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To learn more about the rest of the world

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It was during this time that Ferdinand Magellan, Christopher Columbus, and other explorers took to the sea to find and discover new trade routes. So what is the other name of Renaissance Period?

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Age of Voyage

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What genres received an overhaul?

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motet and chanson

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What new genres emerged?

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Polyphonic mass cycles, Sonata

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What happened after musicians held posts outside their hometowns?

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It would result in a more mixed and international style which accommodated writing styles from French, Italian and English traditions.

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where one melodic line is sung by one voice, then re-stated by another, whether in the same or a different key

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counter-point

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a texture which entails a single voice holding the melody is accompanied by other voices that establish its harmony with very little rhythmic differentiation

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Homophony

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a mainly vocal musical composition, of highly diverse form and style, from the late medieval era to the present

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Motet

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one of the pre-eminent polyphonic forms of Renaissance music

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Motet

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French word for “song”

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Chanson

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is often used in music to mean any song with French words, but it is more often used when talking about songs in which lyrics have been set to music by French classical composers

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Chanson

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any lyric-driven French song, usually polyphonic and secular

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Chanson

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singer specializing in chansons

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Chanteur or (girl)Chanteuse

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a collection of chansons

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Chansonniers

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relationship between two or more musical lines which are harmonically interdependent yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour

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Counterpoint

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a texture in which a primary part is supported by one or more additional strands that flesh out the harmony

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Homophony

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a musical texture of several parts in which one melody predominates; the other parts may be either simple chords or a more elaborate accompaniment pattern

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Homophony

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second-largest form of Christianity with a total of 800 million to 1 billion adherents worldwide

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Protestantism

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originated with the 16th century Reformation

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Protestanism

35
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momentous posting of the 95 theses

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Reformation

36
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What did Luther call out on the Roman Catholic Church?

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practices of indulgences

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