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three more advanced ideologies commonly attributed to the renaissance
secularism, rationality, and individualism
define the renaissance
flourishing of arts primarily visual but also to a lesser extent, literary and ideas in Europe that coincided with the rediscovery of Roman and Greek culture
where do we commonly see the classical influences visually expressed in the renaissance
visual arts within a focus on the human form somewhat idealized as Roman and especially Greek art had and shown in architecture with Greek columns and triangular pediments and Roman arches and domes
why are the scholars who worked with ancient Greek and Roman texts called humanists
because they studied the humanities (literature, philosophy, history)
what misconception has "humanists" led to and how is the misconception debunked by John Green
that the term is concerned with humans rather than the religious world, he shows examples of the religiously weighed art forms made in the renaissance
which dates are most commonly associated with the renaissance? why do we not have a specific series of dates, the beginning and ending point?
15th and 16th centuries, because it happened all over Europe beginning in Italy
why specifically, did Italy become the center of the renaissance
money, venice and genoa were very rich from trade
how and why did the venetians become so rich
they were expert sailors and did a lot of trading with the ottomans (mostly in pepper) whom were extremely rich
why were florentine textiles so valuable? what were the two ways they acquired the means to make these textiles so valuable?
because the colors stayed vibrant/ obtaining alum from their own mines (Italy) and the mines of the turks who had an abundance of alum
in what ways did the islamic world contribute to the renaissance?
the muslim world was the source of many of the writings that renaissance scholars studied, Istanbul was the number one destination for searching for ancient greek texts
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