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Renaissance |
It is a rebirth; The Italian and Northern Renaissance were a rebirth of Greco-Roman culture. |
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Humanism |
A movement celebrating the glory and power of human beings as an important part of the world. |
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Republics |
The government of each Italian city-state where citizens control the government. |
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"The Prince" |
A modern treatise on government. It stated how to be a good ruler. The main message was "the ends justify the means." |
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Greco |
Roman-A blend of Greek and Roman cultures. |
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Flanders |
It was the city that served as the center for the Northern Renaissance. |
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Florence |
It was a trade (textiles) and major banking city in Italy that served as the center for the Italian Renaissance. |
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Perspective |
The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer. |
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Sistine Chapel |
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of this chapel with "The Last Judgement" on the end of the cathedral. |
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Usury |
The act of charging interest on money loaned. |
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Classicism |
A return to the ideals of Greece and Roman in intellectual thought, art, and architecture. |
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Secularism |
An interest in the nonreligious world and enjoyment of worldly pleasures. |
