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