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Intro to Hum 6-10
quick notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Charlemagne | leader most responsible for unifying Europe in the early Middle Ages |
| Feudalism | medieval social system based on the link between military service and the ownership of land |
| Monastic Life | vows of Chastity, Obedience, and Poverty. pursuit of solitary devotion to the spirit |
| Romanesque Style | rounded arches and barrel vaults |
| Cathedral at Chartres-Rose Window | big circular window with Virgin Mary holding the Christ child in the center |
| Cathedral at Chartres-Tunic | "worn by Virgin Mary during Christ's birth" |
| Cathedral at Chartres-Flying Buttresses | supported massive ceiling weight |
| Universities | theology or law or medicine. few women were allowed advanced education |
| Dante | "Divine Comedy"- three parts |
| Chaucer | "Canterbury Tales"- pilgrims with different motivations to travel to Canterbury |
| Medici Family | patrons of charity and arts. commissioned many famous pieces of art. |
| Florence | where Ghiberti's "Gates of Paradise"; Michelangelo's Pieta and David are located |
| Brunellesci | dome of Florence Cathedral |
| Michelangelo | David. Pieta. ceiling of Sistine Chapel |
| Donatello | reinvented freestanding nude in classical style |
| Leonardo-scientist | drawings of airplanes and submarines; many other advances in learning are credited to him |
| Leonardo-painter | *perspective* "Last Supper"also famous for "Mona Lisa" |
| Raphael | "School of Athens" fresco |
| mortality of Renaissance times | 1% lived past 60 years |
| Protestant Ethic | self sacrifice and hard work |
| Reformation | 1517 Martin Luthers 95 Theses in Germany led to a breaking away from the Catholic Church's corruption |
| Counter-Reformation | Catholic Church's response to Protestant movement |
| Predestination | belief that God has predetermined who will be saved |
| King Henry VIII | Anglican Church, away from papal authority |
| satire | criticizes society through humerous exaggeration and parody |
| Erasmus | In Praise of Folly; satire of vanity and corruption in Renaissance society |
| Shakespeare | most acclaimed dramatist of English language |
| Hamlet | by Shakespeareabout a prince's vengence for his father's murder |
| mannerists | Italian artists who used exaggeration, distortion, and expressiveness in an elegant and inventive play on Renaissance conventions |
| Mannerists- most famous work | Madonna of the Long Necks |
| domination of European continent during 16th century | England, France, Spain |
| Taj Mahal | in India |
| Taj Mahal | tomb for favorite wife of Shah Jahan; Mughal empire |
| Baroque | art and music style that characterized the 17th century |
| El Greco | Spanish- Baroque master painterof religious feeling who applied Renaissance technique to his subjects"Burial of Count Orgaz" |
| "Burial of Count Orgaz" | shows biblical figures in contemporary dress and setting |
| Cervantes | Spanish Writer of Baroque eraDon Quixote |
| Don Quixote | explored tension between illustration and reality |
| Bernini-Italian architect | piazza at St. Peters Squareaka "Key to God's Kingdom" |
| Bernini-Italian sculptor | "The Ecstacy of St Teresa" |
| Palace of Versailles | for Louis XIVHall of Mirrors is most famous part |
| Bach | German composer |
| Rembrandt-method | light and shadow |
| Rembrandt-works | "Christ Healing the Sick" etching"Anatomy Lesson of Dr Tulp" oil painting |
| Descartes | "Cogito ergo sum"= "I think, therefore I am"; known for the idea of doubting everything |
| Milton | Paradise Lost |
| Paradise Lost | recounts original drama of Christianity |
| Locke | liberalism |
| Copernicus | Theory of Heliocentrism; repented |
| Newton | theory of gravity |
| theory of gravity | most important discovery of baroque age |
| theory of heliocentrism | sun is stationary, planets revolve around the sun; challenged bible and Catholic church's authority |
| Van Eyck | "Adam and Eve" ; "Marriage of Giovanni Arnolfini" |
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