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three more advanced ideologies commonly attributed to the renaissance |
secularism, rationality, and individualism |
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define the renaissance |
flourishing of arts primarily visual but also to a lesser extent, literary and ideas in Europe that coincided with the rediscovery of Roman and Greek culture |
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where do we commonly see the classical influences visually expressed in the renaissance |
visual arts within a focus on the human form somewhat idealized as Roman and especially Greek art had and shown in architecture with Greek columns and triangular pediments and Roman arches and domes |
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why are the scholars who worked with ancient Greek and Roman texts called humanists |
because they studied the humanities (literature, philosophy, history) |
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what misconception has "humanists" led to and how is the misconception debunked by John Green |
that the term is concerned with humans rather than the religious world, he shows examples of the religiously weighed art forms made in the renaissance |
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which dates are most commonly associated with the renaissance? why do we not have a specific series of dates, the beginning and ending point? |
15th and 16th centuries, because it happened all over Europe beginning in Italy |
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why specifically, did Italy become the center of the renaissance |
money, venice and genoa were very rich from trade |
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how and why did the venetians become so rich |
they were expert sailors and did a lot of trading with the ottomans (mostly in pepper) whom were extremely rich |
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why were florentine textiles so valuable? what were the two ways they acquired the means to make these textiles so valuable? |
because the colors stayed vibrant/ obtaining alum from their own mines (Italy) and the mines of the turks who had an abundance of alum |
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in what ways did the islamic world contribute to the renaissance? |
the muslim world was the source of many of the writings that renaissance scholars studied, Istanbul was the number one destination for searching for ancient greek texts |
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why is Copernicus so cool? What did he do? |
he was a lawyer and a doctor who spoke four languages, he created the model and idea that the earth was not the center of the universe and made the heliocentric solar system model |
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why does John Green say the renaissance didn't really happen |
because it affected such a small percentage of the European population (only nobles, wealthy and painters hired by the wealthy) and also because most of Europe had no idea it was happening |
