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What are the approx dates for the renaissance

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1400-1600

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Define Renaissance

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Rebirth

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Define humanism

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Human-like

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Define aesthetics

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Study of beauty

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Define fresco

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Painting on wet concrete

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What is the Vatican?

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Independent country in rome

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Define patron

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One who pays for a work of art

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Define commissioner

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The person who gets paid

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Define sacred

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For the church

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Define secular

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Not sacred

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What 3 subjects dominated renaissance art?

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Grecoroman, humanism, judeochristian

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What two ancient civilizations strongly influenced renaissance ideas and art

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Greece and rome

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Define chiaroscuro

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Light-dark in drawing and painting

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Define Neoplatonism

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Plato’s ideas and Christian ideas

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Define sfumato

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Allowing colors to shade into another, creating softened forms

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Define perspective

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The art of giving something the right impression. Ex, size, height, width, angle

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How did humanism reflect in many works in renaissance

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Human beings are beautiful

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How did Neoplatonism affect Michelangelo’s work?

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The symbolic nude male body as innocent is apparent in his work. Ex, David.

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How are the aesthetics of the renaissance similar to those of the Greek Golden Age?

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Idealism

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Define Palladian

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Greco roman

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Cite elements of Greco roman architecture seen in the renaissance

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Dome, arch, capitals, post and lintel

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Define mass

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Sacred music

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Define madrigals

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Secular music

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Define monophony

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One sound

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Define polyphony
Many sounds
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Define acapella
Voices only in the church
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Who is pico?
Author of the Oration on the Dignity of Man
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Who is ficino?
Served the medici
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Who is Botticelli?
Artist of Birth of Venus and Primavera
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Who is leonardo
Artist of the last supper and Madonna of the rocks
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Who is Raphael?
Artist of the School of Athens
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Who is ludovico sforza?
Patron of Cecilia and her lover
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Who is Pope Julius II
Head of the roman catholic church
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Who is Palestrina?
Most important composer during the renaissance
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Who is Palladio
Architect, made Vitruvius and Villa Rotunda
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What is vitruvius
Architecture inspiration for palladio
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What is the Villa Rotunda
Copy of the Parthenon and pantheon
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Who started the Protestant reformation?
Martin Luther
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What started the Protestant reformation?
The 95 Theses
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What are the 95 theses
A list of grievances against the Catholic church
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What event is believed by many historians to bring an end to the renaissance
Sack of Rome | Troops from Spain Germany France attack Rome.
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Who signed the act of supremacy
Henry VIII
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What power did the act of supremacy give Henry VIII
He becomes the head of the Anglican Church
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Who painted the last judgement
Michelangelo
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Who wrote hamlet
Shakespeare
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Who painted the Birth of Venus
Botticelli
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Who was the patron of the birth of Venus
Medici
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Who was the painter of primavera
Botticelli
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Who was the patron of primavera
Medici
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Who painted cecilia
Leonardo
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Who was the patron of Cecilia
Sforza
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Who painted Madonna of the Rocks
Leonardo
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Who painted the last supper
Leonardo
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Who was the patron of the last supper
Sforza
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Who painted School of Athens
Raphael
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Who was the patron of School of Athens
Pope Julius II
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Where is the School of Athens
Vatican
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What technique is used in School of Athens
Fresco
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Who sculpted pieta
Michelangelo
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Who sculpted David
Michelangelo
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Where is David
Florence
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Who sculpted Moses
Michelangelo
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Where is Moses
Pope Julius II's tomb
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Who painted the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
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Who was the patron of the Sistine Chapel
Pope Julius II
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What technique is used for the Sistine Chapel
Fresco
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Where is the Sistine Chapel
Vatican
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What is the story of the sistine chapel
Book of genesis
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Who sculpted the Medici Chapel
Michelangelo
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Who was the architect of Villa Rotunda
Palladio
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What two buildings were models for the Villa Rotunda
The Parthenon and Pantheon
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What is St Peters
The most famous building in Vatican
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Who was credited as architect for the dome of St Peters
Michelangelo

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