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AP Euro Renaissance

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Italian Renaissance   show
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show (included Republic of Genoa) Center of the Renaissance during the 14th and 15th centuries  
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Medici family   show
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Cosimo de’ Medici   show
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show significant patron of the arts (son of Cosimo)  
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show became the unofficial leader of Florence between 1494 and 1498  
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Machiavelli, The Prince   show
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show (son of Pope Alexander VI)had ambitions of uniting Italy under his control  
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show armies of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (who was also king of Spain) symbolized the end of the Renaissance in Italy  
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show king of Spain during the time of the Italian Renaissance  
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show Revival of antiquity (Greece and Rome) in philosophy,literature and art,Sought to reconcile pagan writings with Christian thought,Strong belief in individualism and the great potential of human beings  
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show the “father of humanism”, Considered the first modern writer  
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show his most famous work, Consisted of 100 earthy tales that comprise a social commentary of 14th century Italy  
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Leonardo Bruni   show
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Latin Vulgate   show
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show Perhaps the most famous Renaissance work on the nature of humankind,Humans were created by God and therefore given tremendous potential for greatness, and even union with God if they desired it  
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Baldassare Castiglione, Book of the Courtier   show
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Johann Gutenberg, printing press   show
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moveable type   show
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quattrocento, 1400   show
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show Rome became the center of Renaissance art in the 1500s  
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Pope Alexander VI   show
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perspective   show
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chiaroscuro   show
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stylized faces   show
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sfumato   show
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show considered perhaps the first Renaissance painter; use of chiaroscuro  
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show atop Santa Maria del Fiore is his masterpiece; it was the largest dome in Europe at the time of its construction  
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show sculptor,His two sets of bronze doors (1424 and 1452) are a masterpiece of sculpture,Michelangelo called his 2nd set of bronze doors the “gates of paradise”  
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Donatello, David   show
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show The painting is a good example of humanism as the subject is Venus, the Roman goddess of love  
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“High Renaissance”   show
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show The quintessential “Renaissance Man”,Painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, writer, scientist,Considered one of the great masterpieces in all of art history  
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Raphael, School of Athens   show
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show Painting: ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Commissioned by Pope Julius II,David;Humanistic marble sculpture—glorifies the human body;Pieta;Mary holds the limp body of Christ,  
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show Greatest painter of the Venetian school,Use of vivid color and movement, in contrast to more subtle colors and static figures of the Florentine style  
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Mannerism   show
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El Greco   show
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Northern Renaissance   show
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Christian humanism   show
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show Most famous and celebrated of all northern humanists,Best-seller (only the Bible sold more by 1550),Written in Latin; thus is was not intended for mass consumption  
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show Prime example of a civic humanist; he rose to the highest government position of any humanist,More’s humanistic masterpiece Mixes civic humanism with religious ideals to describe a perfect (utopian) society located on an imaginary island  
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show His secular writings portrayed his confidence in human nature and reflected Renaissance tastes,Folk epics and comic masterpieces that satirized French society  
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show Developed the essay form,The essay became a vehicle for testing new ideas,Doubt that true knowledge could be obtained Believed that the skeptic must be cautious, critical and suspend judgment.  
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show Elizabethan era,Greatest of the English Renaissance authorship works reflected the Renaissance ideas of classical Greek and Roman culture, individualism and humanism  
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show Among the greatest pieces of Spanish literature Critical of excessive religious idealism and chivalric romance  
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show the Low Countries produced especially important artists,Heavily influenced by the Italian Renaissance  
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show Most famous and innovative Flemish painter of the 15th century,Perfected oil painting Naturalistic wood panel paintings used much religious symbolism.  
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Peter Brueghel, the Elder   show
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Albrecht Dürer   show
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Hans Holbein the Younger   show
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Christine de Pisan   show
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Isabella d’Este   show
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Artemesia Gentileschi   show
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