Humanities

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Culture

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The sum of human endeavors

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Sum

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Civilization

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The way humans live in complex political, economic, and social structure

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The way

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Renaissance

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French for rebirth, the artistic, cultural, and intellectual movement marked by a revival of classical and humanistic values. Began in italy

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Rebirth

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Studies humanitatis

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Latin term given by the renaissance scholars to new intellectual persuits

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Scholars

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Humanism

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An attitude that is concerned with humanity, its achievement, and its potential

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Study of humanities

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Early renaissance style

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Style inspired by classics rather than gothic modes that arose among florentine architects, sculptors, and painters in the late 14th century and early 15th century

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A style inspired by classical not gothic

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Vanishing point

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In linear perspective, the point on the horizon at which the receding parallel lines appear to converge and then vanish

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Long rode on a flat surface

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Pilaster

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In architecture a vertical, rectangular decorative device projecting from a wall that gives the appearance of a column with a base and a capital

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Applied collumn

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Relief

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In sculpture figures or forms that are carved so they project from the flat surface of a stone or metal background

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Chiaroscuro

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In painting the use of dark and light contrast to create the effect of modeling of a figure or object

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Sfumato

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The blending of one tone into another to blur the outline of a form and give the canvas a smokelike appearance

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Smoke

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Mass

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Religious ritual celebration

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Motet

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Multivoiced song with words of a sacred or secular text, usually sung without accompanying instruments

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A cappella

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Music sung without instrumental accompaniment

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Imitation

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In music a technique in which a musical idea, or motif, is presented by one voice or instrument and is then followed by a restatement by another voice or instrument

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High renaissance

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Period of time between 1495-1520, often associated with the patronage of the popes in rome

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Mannerism

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A cultural movement between 1520-1600 that grew out of a rebellion against the renaissance artistic norm of symmetry

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Civic humanism

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An Italian renaissance ideal, characterized by dedicated and educated citizens who served as administrators and civil servers in their cities. Inspired by classic revival

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Madrigal

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A polyphonic song performed without accompaniment and based on secular text often love lyric especially popular in the 16th century

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Machiavellianism

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The view of politics should be separated from morals and dedicated to the achievement of desired ends through any means necessary

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Tondo

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A circular artwork containing a painting or a sculpture, originating in Ancient Greece and Rome and revived during the renaissance

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Pieta

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The virgin/madonna holding dead christ

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Scenographic

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In renaissance architecture, a building style envisioned as composed of separate units, in painting of stage scenery the art of perspective representations

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Balustrade

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In architecture a rail and the row of posts that support it, as long the edge of a staircase or around a dome

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Consort

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A set of musical instruments in the same family, ranging from bass to soprano, also a group of musicians who entertain by singing or playing instruments

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Reformation

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The 16th century religious movement that looked back of early Christianity called for moral and structural changes in the church, and led ultimately to the founding of various Protestant churches

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Reformation

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The 16th century religious movement that looked back of early Christianity called for moral and structural changes in the church, and led ultimately to the founding of various Protestant churches

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Counter reformation

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Late 16th century movement in the Catholic Church aimed at reestablishing its basic beliefs, reforming its organizational structure, and reasserting itself as the authoritative voice of christianity

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Northern renaissance

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16th culture cultural movement in Northern Europe that was launched by the northward sprea of Italian renaissance art, culture, and ideals

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Northern renaissance

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16th culture cultural movement in Northern Europe that was launched by the northward sprea of Italian renaissance art, culture, and ideals

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Revenge tragedy

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A type of play in 16th century England, probably rooted in roman tragedies and concerned with the need for a family to seek revenge for the murder of a relative

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Triptych

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In painting a set of 3 hinged or folding panels depicting a religious story, mainly used as an alterpiece

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Triptych

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In painting a set of 3 hinged or folding panels depicting a religious story, mainly used as an alterpiece

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Lutheranism

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The doctrine, LITURGY, and institutional structure of the church founded in the 16th century by Martin Luther, who stressed the authority of the Bible

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Calvinism

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The theological beliefs and rituals set forth in and derived from John Calvin's writings, placing emphasis on the power of god and the weakness of human beings

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Calvinism

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The theological beliefs and rituals set forth in and derived from John Calvin's writings, placing emphasis on the power of god and the weakness of human beings

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Puritanism

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Religious group devoted to job Calvin's teaching; stressed strict rules of personal and public behavior

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Anglicanism

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The doctrines and practices of the church in england

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Jesuits

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Members of the society of Jesus, best organized and most effective monastic order founded during the counter reformation

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Late mannerism

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The last stage of the mannerist movement, characterized by exaggeration and distortion, especially in painting

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Late mannerism

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The last stage of the mannerist movement, characterized by exaggeration and distortion, especially in painting

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Picaresque nicel

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Spanish for rogue; a type of literature originating in 16th century Spain, comic misadventures of a roguish hero

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Word painting

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The illustration of an idea, a meaning, or a feeling associated with a word.