The Renaissance Flashcards
Why was Florence an important city?
It was the center of many of the natural trade routes
Why is there no urban agriculture in Florence?
It was so densely populated
Describe Giotto Di Bondone
1266-1337
Painter
Considered to be the initiator of a new form of art
Individuals in his paintings had distinguishable features and actions
Describe Donato di Niccolo (a.k.a. Donatello)
1386-1466
Sculptor
Active during the plague
Believed that having the human form displayed is a form of realism and authentic images
There was usually a biblical theme in his works
Describe Fillipo Brunelleschi
1377-1446
Architect
Created the Florentine identity with the creation of the Florence Cathedral Dome
What was the method of writing?
Manuscript (hand-written)
How did printing exist?
The printing PRESS did not exist
Everything was re-written by hand (printing)
What are some flaws of printing?
Misprints can happen
Some texts will not be properly copied
What is idiosyncratic?
Peculiar or individual, only one person can do it (or only one copy can exist)
What is the Lingua Franca in Renaissance terms?
All things worth reading were in Latin, and therefore undecipherable to most people
Describe Dante Alighieri
1265-1321
Introduces a new kind of literary genre
Believes that other things, aside from business, entertain people
What 3 texts made up the Divine Comedy?
Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso
What is Blasphemy?
A serious crime in the Catholic Church
Involves disrespecting God
What did the Medici family do?
Invested heavily into Florence
Gave the citizens civic pride
What is De Vulgari Eloquencia?
It is a dictionary/grammar book
1304-1307
Describe Giovanni Boccacio
1313-1375
Wrote the Decameron (1350-1353)
Believed that people should do all the things they’re not supposed to because we’re all going to hell anyway
Describe Francesco Petrarca
1304-1374
Wrote Poems to Laura (1327)
Describe Geoffrey Chaucer
1340-1400
Wrote the Canterbury Tales
Appeared in print in 1475
The book is incomplete
Describe Jean de Froissart
1333-1405
Wrote Chronicles (1369)
The story of the 100 Years War
Critique of the fighters
Describe Christine de Pisan
1365-1430
Book of the City of Ladies (1405)
Ladies make better rulers than men
The people who hold the city together are ladies of wisdom
