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18 Cards in this Set
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Petrarch wrote...? |
"Letters to the Ancient Dead" |
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Petrarch was significant to Renaissance humanism because....? |
He was the founding father or renaissance humanism |
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Boccaccio wrote...? |
an encyclopedia of Greek and Roman literature |
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Pico de Mirandola wrote...? |
"Oration on the Dignity of Man" |
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What did Pico de Mirandola's book argue? |
That man had an obligation, given to him by God, to become all that he can be |
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Castiglone wrote...? |
"The Book of the Courtier" |
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Explain the Renaissance shift in values from a "civic ideal" to the "princely ideal." |
The "civic ideal" was based off of the idea that art is created for the sake of art. Machiavelli and Castiglione wrote books displaying the "princely ideal," where one tries to achieve for the sake of individual success. |
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Machiavelli wrote...? |
"The Prince" |
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Who was Lorenzo de Medici? |
Ruler of Florence and a patron of the arts |
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Who did Machiavelli address "The Prince" to? |
Lorenzo de Medici |
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Who was Pope Julius II? |
a very generous patron of the arts |
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Who was Giotto? |
An artist that painted paintings reflecting humanism; painted a lot of realistic, human objects |
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Explain how the statue of David exemplifies Renaissance humanism and/or ideals |
Humanism focused on how much man could acheive and how he should do so; art often reflected the depiction of the human body to make the human form appear divine |
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Who is Johannes Gutenburg? |
The inventor of the printing press |
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In the Italian Wars that helped spread the ideals of the Reanissance across Europe, which Italian city-states were pitted against one another? |
Naples and Florence against Milan and France |
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Who was the king of France during this time period? |
Charles VIII |
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The Renaissance was partially attributed to the spread of what? |
Classic Greek and Roman Literature |
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Renaissance time period |
1350-1550 |
