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renaissance
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is Francesco Petrarch considered? | the father of humanism |
| what did Giovanni Boccaccio write? | the Decameron |
| what was the Decameron about? | a group of people outside of Florence hiding from the black plague. and it told stories about there experiences |
| who wrote the divine comedy? | Dante Alighieri |
| what is the divine comedy about? | Dante visiting heaven, purgatory, and hell, and the people he meets during his journey |
| why was the divine comedy written in Latin? | people who were more important people would speak in Latin, but he decided to write it in Italian since that's what everyone knew because he wanted everyone to be able to read his book. |
| where did the renaissance start? | italy |
| who wrote the prince? | Machiavelli |
| how did the renaissance travel north? | Through students who studied in Italy and went back to their countries to transmit the ideas. |
| what is Donatello know for? | his sculpture of king David |
| what did Raphael paint? | school of athens |
| what is the school of Athens look like? | Shows Socrates in discussion with his students. |
| what did Michelangelo do? | he was a sculptor and and painter |
| what is Michelangelo known for? | his work on the Sistine chapel |
| who painted the last supper, and what is it? | Leonardo daVinci , its a painting that shows Jesus last meal with the apostles before the curcifiaxion. |
| what was the price about? | Advised rulers to maintain the safety of their states by whatever means they thought necessary. Lying,cheating, stealing, and killing would be acceptable. |
| what did the northern renaissance writers write about? | the church, society, love, and human relationships. |
| who wrote the book in praise of folly? | Erasmus |
| who wrote the book utopia? | Thomas more |
| what does hypocrisy mean? | the church is foolish |
| what does humanism mean? | were people are seen as the center of the world. everything is explained using a humanist approach. |
| how do we achieve and ideal society? | laws enforced by citizens themselves |
| why had Shakespeare remained so popular? | he dealt with feeling that have not changed |
| what was the book praise the folly about? | -He criticized the church for its hypocrisy. |
| prespective | the illusion of depth |
| who was giotto? | the first great renaissance painter |
| what was renaissance art like? | They tried to make it as realistic and life-like as possible. |
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