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38 Cards in this Set
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define "Renaissance"
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rebirth of Greek and Roman ideals, ideas, and art forms
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when was Renaissance
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1400-1550
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what family started the Renaissance
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Medici
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who was Cosimo
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son of Piero (ruled in ill health for only 5 years). Ruler of Florence (1389-1464). Head of Medici family
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what did Cosimo contribute
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1st public library, employed artists, fostered classic works of Plato and Aristotle
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who was Lorenzo(1149-1492)
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Cosimo's grandson, took over as ruler in1469 at 20 years old, ruled for 25 years, called "Magnificent" very popular, poet, musician, built parks,palaces, collected gems
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Petrarch's ideas about life and love
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learning is key to a virtuous life. natural beauty was a manifestation of the divine. spiritual love inspired by beauty and physical love. father of humanism
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Petrarch's sonnet
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wrote to Laura in Canzonier-366 love poems
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each persons destiny to Pico Mirandola (1463-94)
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to reach god. each persons choice= make of yourself what you want. create your own destiny-free will
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what work has Pico Mirandola
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Oriation on the Dignity of Mon-Presented to Roman church when he was 23. "There was nothing to be seen more marvelous than man
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Humanism
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centered on the relationship of man to God. they saw man as Gods greatest creation (second to angles)
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Art characteristics
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ralism, nature emphasis/beauty, perspective-linear, revival of classicism, techniques= chiaroscuro, sfumato modeling, atmospheric perspective, forshortening
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describe the Ghiberti panels, their importance
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Ghiberti won the right to sculpt the Baptism doors- Brunrllrschi lost. early clear Renaissance style
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three works of Donatello
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David, Herrods Banquet, Mary Magdalene
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who was Alberti
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Architect- Santa Maria Novella. Writer- On Paintings, 10 books of Architecture
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who was Michelozzo
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architect
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Michelozzo's famous Palazzo
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Medici Palace
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Brancacci chapel
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small chapel that contains frescoas by early Renaissance painters
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Masaccio two famous works
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Tribute Money and The Holy Trinity
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how does Fra Angelico (1400-1455) use medieval renaissance styles
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Frescoess in San Marco monastery in Florence. use no realistic clothing, gentleness, shading perspective
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Devinci (1452-1519)
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Madonna of the Rocks, last supper, interested in science, universal man, Vatican Madonna, Transfiguration, school of Athens
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Bonachelle
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painter, works were destroyed, painting called spring time
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Raphael
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painted Marry as a young woman. Raphael= Madonna man, Vatican Madonna, transfiguration, school of Athens
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Michelangelo
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Pieta,14 foot David, ceiling on the sixteenth chapel, las judgment
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Mona Lisa
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Lisa di Antonio Maria Gherardinji wife of a florentine official,3/4 view, high forehead= nobility portraits became the biographies-showed individual personality, landscape background
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who designed St.Peters
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Bramante, Michelangelo's dome
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size of St. Peters
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largest church in the world
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style of St. Peters
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Greek cross shape
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why oil painting in Venice
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more durable in mumid climate, deeper more vivd color
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how did oil painting get a golden glow
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glaze paintings
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who was Castiglione
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author of The Courtier
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sprezzatura
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effortless mastery
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who was Machiavelli
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wrote The Prince
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Machiavelli's famous work
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Proposes "End justifies the means".
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Machiavelli's view of human nature
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a ruler must be ruthless when necessary to retain power and maintain order prince= human nature fickle- no to be trusted
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Mannerism
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distorted, unbalanced
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parmigianino's
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Madonna with a long neck
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El Greco's masterpiece
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Greece then Spain
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