the renaissance Critical Analysis – Flashcards
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a noble must have all of these characteristics except
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a standard education
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__________ was called the father of italian renaissance humanism
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petrarch
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the divine comedy includes all of these three sections except
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earth
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the flemish painter jan van eyck was one of the first to use and perfect this technique
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oil painting
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thomas more's book utopia is about
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an ideal state
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leonardo da vinci was an excellent example of renaissance italy's social ideal because he
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was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, and mathematician
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christine de pizan is best known for her
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works written in defense of women
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The frescos painted by _____ have long been regarded as the first masterpieces of early Renaissance art
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masaccio
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christian humanists believed that
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if people read the classics and especially the basic works of christianity, they would become more pious
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in 1528, baldassare castiglione wrote the book of the courtier, which
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described the characteristics of a perfect renaissance noble
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chaucer's the canterbury tales is an important work because
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chaucer's use of the english vernacular was important in making his dialect the chief ancestor of the modern english language
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the ___ movement had a profound effect on education
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humanist
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what is a fresco
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a style of painting
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what artist took 50 years to design the doors for a baptistery of a local cathedral
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lorenzo ghiberti
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what was the central city state during the renaissance
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florence
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which author wrote the divine comedy about traveling in the after life
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giovanni boccaccio
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both an artist and scientist, who was probably the best example of a renaissance man
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leonardo da vinci
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what artist made the first free standing sculpture in europe since the ancient times
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donatello
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who painted the last supper and the mona lisa
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leonardo da vinci
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which renaissance artist kept notebooks with extensive observations
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da vinci
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which is true of donatello's david compared to michelangelo's
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it portrays him after the battle with goliath
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the last supper shows the disciples' reaction
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after he tells them one of you will betray me
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who did the sistine chapel
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michaelangelo
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which is not true of the Sistine chapel
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it was painted while lying on his back
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Italy was divided into
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city states
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what is sfumato
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blurring or blending to create mystery
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why did Michelangelo portray david the way he did
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he wanted to show that the real victory was david being brave enough to fight goliath
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which artist modeled their statue of david after assistant, da vinci
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verrochio
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which artist's david was the first free standing statue in the renaissance
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donatello
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which writer was a great english playwright
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william shakespeare
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memorial where st peter was killed
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tempietto
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a painter and sculptor his works include david and the pieta
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michealangelo
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based on the study of the literary works of Greece and rome
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humanism
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his masterpiece in the Italian vernacular was the divine comedy
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dante
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wrote the influential political book the prince
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machiavelli
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petrarch's love poems
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canzoniere
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this family controlled the government of florence
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medici
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the pope's architect
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bramante
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written in the slang language of the day
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vernacular
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boccaccio's graphic description of the plague
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decameron
