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Ch. 7 -- Renaissance Flashcards

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The Medici Family was heavily involved in the _____ _____that resulted in their becoming the most powerful family in Florentine affairs from 1418 until 1494.

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banking industry

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______ was considered to be the most preeminent Italian city-state in the fifteenth century

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Florence

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what story from the Hebrew Bible was assigned topic for the competition to create a new set of doors for the north entrance to the Baptistery at Florence’s Duomo?

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The Sacrifice of Isaac

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who produced the winning design for the dome of Florence Cathedral?

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Filippo Brunelleschi

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when composing the Nuper rosarium Flores, a motet reflecting “ideal proportions,” Guillaume Dufay had what in mind?

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the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem

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Brunelleschi’s investigation of optics in Arab Science also contributed to his understanding, particularly Alhazen’s Perspectiva, which integrated the classical works of which three people?

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Euclid, Ptolemy, and Galen

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In Masaccio’s “The Tribute Money.” the Apostle Peter appears how many times?

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three

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In Masaccio’s “The Tribute Money.” the Apostle Peter appears in what illustrated scenes?

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Christ tells Peter to catch a fish
Peter catching a fish in the Sea of Galilee
Peter paying the tax collector

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The Medici family supported the rebuilding of the old monastery of San Marco for the Dominican Order, the sections added were what 5 things?

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library, cloister, chapter room, bell tower, and alter piece

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10
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Marsilio Ficino is credited for having coined the term “_____ _____”

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Platonic love

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Heinnch Isaac, humanist composer of Lorenzo Medici, taught music to Lorenzo’s sons, served as organist and choirmaster at Florence Cathedral and before he knew it, found himself doing what?

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collaborating with Lorenzo writing songs for popular festivals

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Pico della Mirandola is the author of ____ ____ ____ ____ ___ ___ which is considered one of the greatest manifestos of humanism?

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Oration on the Dignity of Man

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Federigo de Montefeltro financed his lifestyle as a _____ ______ who was a valuable and highly paid ally to whoever could afford both him and his army

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mercenary soldier

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The _______ ___ ______ by Baldassare Castiglione recounts conversations and debates among humanists in the Manifesto court

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Book of Courtier

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Leonardo da Vinci’s _____ ____ _____ is located on the north wall of the refectory of the Dominican monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie

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The Last Supper

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What is Pope Martin V credited with doing, which became something of a papal duty to restore the city to its former greatness?

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bringing the papacy back to Rome

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After becoming pope, Julius II commissioned architect _____ ______ to renovate the Vatican Palace and to serve as chief architect to replace St. Peter’s Basilica with a new church.

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Donato Barmante

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18
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Even though it is located in Rome, what is associated with the nation of Spain?

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San Pietro in Montorio

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19
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The Tempietto was designed by who?

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Bramante

20
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Where was the Tempietto built?

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on the site of St. Peter’s martyrdom

21
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The characteristics that contributed to the making of the Tiempetto are:

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it’s classical reference
it’s incorporation of original classical Roman columns
the mathematical orderliness of its parts

22
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to finance the construction of the new St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Julius II did what?

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sold indulgences

23
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Martin Luther launched what in Germany in protest against the sale of indulgences?

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Protestant Reformation

24
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In the city of Florence, Girolamo Savonarola organized ____ ____ _____ to collect the cities “vanities” which were burned in giant bonfires.

A

troops of children

25
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the city of Florence commissioned Michelangelo to create what using a huge, cracked block of marble?

A

a freestanding statue of David

26
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throughout the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo includes the Della Rovene heraldic symbols of ____ and _____ to symbolize the patronage of Pope Julius II

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oak and acorn

27
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Pope Julius II hired who to paint his private rooms in the Vatican Palace?

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Raphael

28
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Who are the central figures in Raphael’s School of Athens?

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Aristotle and Plato

29
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Pope Sixtus IV is credited with what?

A

establishing the Sistine Chapel choir

30
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who composed the Pange lingua mass?

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Josquin des Prez

31
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The author of “The Prince” was who?

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Niccolo Machiavelli

32
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In what book does Machiavelli write that the prince’s chief preoccupation and primary duty was to wage wars?

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The Prince

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Machiavelli argues that The Prince, once engaged in war, has three alternatives for controlling a state once he has conquered it, what are these three things?

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he can devastate it
live in it
allow it to keep its own laws

34
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what is the symbol of the Venetian republic?

A

lion

35
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who forced the local population on the Po River detla to flee to the swampy lagoon islands that would later become the city of Venice

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the Lombard’s

36
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Venice considered itself blessed by St. Mark, whose relics reside in what?

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the cathedral of St. Mark’s

37
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what family is associated with Venice’s Ca’D’Oro?

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Contarini

38
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According to Vasari, who did not make preliminary drawings for his paintings

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Giorgione

39
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The painting, _____ ______, includes a fully clothed nobleman playing a lute while a nude woman plays a flute

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Pastoral Concert

40
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The painting, _____ _____ _____, includes a dog sleeping on white sheets

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Venus of Urbino

41
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who was the first professional woman composer to see her own compositions in print?

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Madalena Casulana

42
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Ferrar housed the “_____ ___ _____” which attracted many of the most prominent madrigal composers of the day

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Ensemble of Ladies

43
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Adrian Willaert served as a choirmaster where?

A

St. Mark’s in Venice

44
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who set to music in the madrigals of New Music the Sonnets of Petrarch?

A

Adrian Wellaert

45
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what is also known as “virtuoso prelude” designed to feature both the range of the organ and the dexterity of the organist?

A

toccata

46
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who was a careful student of Vitruvius, sharing an interest with Leonardo?

A

Palladio

47
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what served as the model for central dome of Palladio’s La Rotunda?

A

the Pantheon in Rome

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