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16 Cards in this Set
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Francesco Petrarch
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Wrote in Latin and Italian. Italian.
Wrote sonnets. Reintroduced the works of Cicero, Homer and Virgil to the Western civilizations. |
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Italian.
The "Ideal Renaissance Man". Botanist, anatomist, optician, musician, architect, and engineer. Invented the first cannons, flying machines, and submarines. |
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Michelangelo
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Italian.
Sculptor, engineer, painter. Painted the SISTINE CHAPEL. |
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Raphael
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Italian.
Painter, poet, musician. Blended Christian and classical styles. Painted THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS. |
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Baldassare Castiglione
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Italian.
Wrote THE BOOK OF COURTIER (taught manners and virtues). |
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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Italian.
Diplomat, studied history. Wrote THE PRINCE (a guide on how to gain power). "The ends justifies the means." |
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Albrecht Durer
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German.
The "German Leonardo". Painter, engraver. Painted PRAYING HANDS. |
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Jan and Hubert VanEyck
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Belgium (Flemmish).
Invented oil paints. Painted villages. |
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Pieter Bruegel
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Belgium (Flemmish).
Painted peasant life with vibrant colors. Took ideas and put them to themes of freedom. Very influential. |
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Peter Paul Rubens
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Belgium (Flemmish).
Blended Flemmish realistic tradition and classical themes. Painted enourmous paintings of pagan figures. |
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Desiderius Erasmus
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Holland (Dutch).
Priest and humanist. Produced the Greek version of the New Testament. Called for vernacual Bible translations. Wrote THE PRAISE OF FOLLY (showed the abuses of the Church) |
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Thomas More
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Holland (Dutch).
UTOPIA, pressed for social reform. |
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Francois Rebelais
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French.
Humanist, monk, physician, scholar, author. Wrote GARGANTUA AND PANTAGRUEL, romances, and made fun of education, politicls, and government conformity. |
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William Shakespeare
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English.
Greatest poet and playwrite ever! Wrote 37 plays, including: TWELFTH NIGHT, RICHARD II, ROMEO AND JULIET, MACBETH. Made 1700 new words like bedroom, lonely, generous, gloomy, heartsick, hurry, and sneak. |
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Miguel de Cervantes
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Spanish.
Wrote DON QUIXOTE (made fun of feudal society). |
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Johann Gutenberg
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German.
Invented the printing press and made the first printed Bible. |
