Stufflet Euro U1P1 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Renaissance | an intellectual and cultural “re-birth” from 1350-1600 |
Georgio Vasari | The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects; Saw his era as directly related to ancient Greece and Rome, NOT to “Dark Ages” |
Petrarch | Renaissance intellectual that created term "Dark Ages" |
Medici | ruling family of Florence |
Renaissance individualism | Stressed personality, uniqueness, genius, full development of one’s talents, quest for glory |
Renaissance humanism | studied classics to understand human nature and uniqueness of humans |
Renaissance secularism | dominant ideals shifted toward “here and now” (often acquisition of material things) |
Mannerism | Artistic style of distorted figures, confusing themes |
On the Dignity of Man | Pico della Mirandola; man is special because God made him in His image |
The Courtier | Castiglione; Ideal man is multi-lingual, educated in humanities, skilled in arts (a “Renaissance man”) |
Donation of Constantine | Lorenzo Valla; used textual criticism to show Roman emperor did NOT turn western Roman empire over to pope in 4th century |
The Prince | Machiavelli; How a ruler should gain, maintain, and increase POWER |
The Last Supper | Leonardo da Vinci |
Movable type | each letter was carved and re-arranged; perfected by Johann Gutenberg, Johann Fust, Peter Schoeffer |
In Praise of Folly | Erasmus of Rotterdam; Criticized Church, said it had moved away from its original ideas |
Utopia | Thomas More; Described perfect world where everyone was educated in classics and property did not exist; said key to reform was to reform things (property) that made people bad |
civic humanism | idea that intellectuals should participate in government and promote participation of others |
New Monarchies | term for strong, centralized monarchies that developed after 1450 |
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