History Midterm-Unit 3--> Renaissance

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Leonardo da Vinci was a famous painter and sculptor who was from Florence, He studied the human body in order to make more relaistic paintings and scupltures, his most famous one being the Mona Lisa

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Michelangelo

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Michelangelo was a sculptor and painter like Leonardo. Some of his famous work is the Pieta and David.

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Machiavelli

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Machiavelli was diplomat from Florence. He wrote a book called The Prince which says how to become a good ruler.

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Shakespeare

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Shakespeare was a famous poet and playwright from England. He wrote 37 plays, including Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Hamlet, and much more. His plays are still performed all over the world.

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Humanism

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Humanism is the study of classic culture and is focused on worldy subjects instead of religious issues.

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Perspective

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Perspective is a form in art that makes the paintings more realistic by making the background smaller than the foreground.

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Raphael

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Raphael was another famous painter and sculptor who created works like the School of Athens.

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Patron

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A patron was a financial supporter of the arts.

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Peter Bruegel

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Peter Bruegel was a painter from the Northern Renaissance who paintede about the daily life of peasants.