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Renaissance

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Renaissance   show
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Humanism   show
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Humanities   show
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Classical Studies   show
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show Trade assumed greater importance.  
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show Middle class  
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show Having to do with worldly rather than religious matters.  
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show Financial supporters of the arts.  
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show Soldiers serving in a foreign army for pay.  
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Lorenzo de Medici   show
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Francesco Petrarch   show
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Baldassare Castiglione   show
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show Describes manners, skills, learning, and virtues that members of the court should have.  
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show Wrote guide for rulers on how to gain and maintain power.  
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The Prince   show
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Vernacular Literature   show
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Dante   show
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show Wrote Canterbury Tales - vernacular stories.  
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William Shakespeare   show
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Johann Gutenberg   show
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show Paint right on the wall while plaster is still wet (ex: Leonardo Da Vinci - The Last Supper).  
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Perspective   show
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Chiaroscuro   show
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Oil Pants   show
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show Pity  
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show 500 AD/CE-1500 AD/CE - Civilization's "mid-life crisis" - transition from ancient to modern  
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show (500-1000 AD) Known as the dark ages. Best known for feudalism and the rise of the Catholic Church  
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Feudalism   show
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Feudal Contract   show
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Chivalry   show
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Nobles vs Serfs   show
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Life Expectancy   show
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Catholic Church   show
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show (1000-1500 AD) Major events: Crusades, town life, Magna Carta, and Black Death  
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show 1096-1204 - cause was control of the Holy Land/Jerusalem, main result was increased travel and trade between east and the west  
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Town Life   show
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show 1215- Great Charter, signed by King John of England. Three essential ideas: even kings must follow the law, listening to individual rights, taxation must be fair  
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show 1348- bubonic plague, bacteria transmitted by flea bites, carried on trade ships by rats, 20-25 million killed (abt 1/3 of Europe's population)  
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Early Renaissance Art   show
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Sandro Botticelli   show
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show St. George, Gattamelata, David  
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show more classical/humanist ideas, studio system developed, bigger scale  
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show Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, various notebook sketches  
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Raphael   show
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Michelangelo   show
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Northern Renaissance   show
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Albrecht Durer   show
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show The Peasant Wedding, Hunters in the Snow, The Beggars  
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Rembrandt   show
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