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44 Cards in this Set
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Petrarch
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considered to be the link between the middle ages and the renaissance
believed that a well-rounded education was critical to the success of the old Roman Empire |
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Humanism
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the basic ideology of the renaissance
focussed on the individual and led to improved education |
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Competition between Brunelleschi and Ghiberti
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-Ghiberti won the competition after a tie
-Brunelleschi left Florence because of the tie and traveled to Rome to study art, architecture and making clocks |
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Masaccio
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-was able to demonstrate linear perspective in his painting the holy trinity
-brought realism into his paintings like Tribute Money |
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Donatello
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-a sculptor that sculpted St. George very similarly to ancient Roman statue
-sculpted David, the first freestanding nude figure since Roman times |
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Machiavelli
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-the price, a book he wrote to win favor from the medici family
-argued that the prince should return to the ideas of ancient rome |
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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renaissance man
illigitament son of public notary and peasant girl The last supper - painted on the refectory of a monestary in milan Mona Lisa - wife of a local official |
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Michelangelo
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son of a stone cutter
Pieta, a statue of mary holding the body of her dead son, Jesus Moses, carved for pope julius' tomb out of his own money David, in florence, designed to be placed high on the cathedral but it was so sweet they put it in the town plaza Sisteen chapel ceiling, he completed it in four years, considered the greatest art work ever completed |
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Rafael
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School of Athens, summoned by the pope to decorate the staterooms in the vatican
Was very good at mimicking his teacher Perugino Plato and Aristotle modeled on Renaissance artists |
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chiaroscuro and sfumato
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chiaroscuro - light and dark, used to hightlight elements
sfumato - means smokey, used to smooth the outlines of elements to give them a softness |
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Realism
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People are represented as the really were or could have been, rather than just symbolic representations, and depicting appropriate emotion
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Diverse subject matter
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Pagan themes are included, in addition to religious themes
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Simple and clean lines and designs
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Designs reflect a desire to return to the geometric and symmetric standards of the ancient greeks
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Perspective
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many techniques are used to give three-dimensionality to the picture especially the technique of linear perspective
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Geometric arrangement of figures
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to emphasize some figure in the painting over others of less importance, figures are placed geometrically, especially in triangular arrangements
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Martin Luther
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95 theses, Luther's disagreement with the practices of the church at that time
Diet of Worms, Luther stated that the authority of the scriptures and of logic were higher than the authority of the pope Frederick the Wise protected him in his castle translated the bible into german |
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Zwingli
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Anabapitsts, started by zwingli, separated themselves from the regular protestant body
taught literal interpretation of the bible |
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Calvin in French speaking Switzerland
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fled france for supporting Luther and found refuge in Geneva Switzerland and turned it into a Protestant city
His teachings were very strict and even controlling |
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William Tyndale
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Lived in England
Published the Bible in english in the Netherlands and smuggled the Bible into England Used a Catholic Bishop to make money off the bibles and print more bibles |
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Thomas More
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wrote a treatise against luther to the pope, put the kings name on it, and the king became known as the defender of the faith
wrote the book utopia, which describes the perfect society |
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Henry VIII
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stonch supporter of the pope and against Luther, against english translation of the bible
known as the defender of the faith could not have a son with his first wife Catherine and decided to go against the teachings of the catholic church and divorce her he eventually had a son and had six wives in all |
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Erasmus
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Used early greek manuscripts to retranslate and fix errors in the current version of the bible
wrote a discourse, In Praise of Folly, to encourage reform from within the catholic church |
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Michel de Montaigne
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invented the genre of essay
the purpose of his writings were to reveal the author's mind rather than to convince or motivate |
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Bloody Mary
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Mary Tudor, oldest child of King Henry VIII, became queen after Edward VI died
she was a Catholic and tried to crush protestant faith and reestablish Catholicism in England |
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Albrecht Durer
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supported through school by his brother, his brother's hands got all messed up from mining, Durer did a series of drawings of hands
most famous for his elaborate and detailed woodcarvings |
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Peter Bruegel
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dutch painter that showed much attention to detail
used commoners in common settings as the subjects of his paintings |
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Queen Elizabeth
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became queen after bloody mary and had no training
supported pirating, which were called privateers, to gain money for the country |
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James I
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believed in the ideas of absolutism and fashioned himself as a divine-right king.
son of mary stuart, queen of scotts |
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Mary Stuart
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Elizabeth's cousin
queen of scotts made england the first true limited monarchy with the english bill of rights |
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Phillip II of Spain
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Married Bloody Mary, marriage produced no children before Mary died
Proposed marriage to Elizabeth but she led on the proposal for over 10 years A Hapsburg |
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Hamlet
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Uncle Claudius
Gertrude, hamlets mother Polonius, Ophelia's and Laertes father Fortinbras - prince of norway |
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France—King Louis XIII
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became king when his father, Henry IV was assassinated
his principal adviser, cardinal Richelieu, was the de facto ruler |
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Cardinal Richeliu
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principal adviser to king Louis XIII
he had a very Machiavellian approach to politics which kept countries like Spain and Germany in check involved france in the 30 years war increased power of the state |
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Louis XIV
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reign became a golden age for France, and he became known as the sun king because he was the light that gave life to France
Had total control over the affairs of france and became his own prime minister "I am the state" Started Versailles to keep control of the government |
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England—Cromwell
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leader of the radical roundhead group that won the english civil war
forced parliment to end the monarchy and made England a commonwealth eventually became a dictator and was known as "Lord Protector" |
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Charles II
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when he was crowned king, the return of manarchy was called the restoration
most of the changes made during the commonwealth and pretectorate periods were revoked and the government of england largely reverted to what it had been during th reign of charles I |
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James II
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Tried to reinstate Catholicism in england
had a son and openly batrized him as a catholic and that made england mad |
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William & Mary—English Bill of Rights
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English Parlament invited william and mary to replace James II because they were protestant
because of them and the english bill of rights england became a true limited monarchy |
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Russia—Peter the Great
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tried to shift russia's culture from asian to the more modern european culture
built new russian port city modelled after european cities and called it st. petersburg |
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The Prince
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Machiavelli
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A Discussion of Free Will, Hyperaspistes
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Erasmus
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Salvation Through Faith Alone
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Luther
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To the Christian Nobility...
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Luther
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Address at the Diet of Worms;
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Luther
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