CHAPTER 11 TEST (others) Flashcards

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Reasons why Italy led Renaissance.

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continued to trade instead of feudalism, controlled Mediterranean trade, wealthy because of trade.

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2
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Most famous patrons were members of what family?

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Lorenzo de Medici

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3
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Florentine writers’ study of the classics stirred a rebirth of?

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learning

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4
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Birthplace of the renaissance?

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Italy

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5
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Consequences of the movable type printing press?

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Shaped Europe and led to other great inventions.

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6
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What are frescoes?

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painting on wet plaster

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Boticelli

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Added movement to painting by use of bold lines; religious outlook later.

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8
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Which three Renaissance artists exemplify high renaissance?

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Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo.

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9
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Secular age of renaissance led to?

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humanism

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10
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Josquin

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Music composer; bridge between meieval and moden music.

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11
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Palestrina

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master of polyphonic music;

lots of melody music

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12
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Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Conpetition

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Contest to design doors of baptisty; Ghibetti won and Brunelleschi turned to architecture instead

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13
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Lute

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most popular instrument; pear shaped guitar

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14
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Renaissance music was

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secular

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15
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Distortios found in Michelangelo’s Pieta:

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made Christ’s after-crucifiction body unblemished; Mary’s gigantic and looks to young to have a son 32.

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16
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Who built the dome of the cathedral of Florence?

17
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What Italian ciry became a leading cultural city?

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Florence under Medici’s rule

18
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Humanism

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Emphasis on human worth and ability; glorifying man instead of God

19
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Meaning of renaissance

20
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“it is much safer to be feared than loved”

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Prine promoted it

Machiavelli

21
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Most versatile man of the renaissance

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Leonard Davinci

22
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Savinarola

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Dominican monk preaches and accuses corruot pope of bad things; ends up dying

23
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What ceiling depicts the story of the creation?

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Sistine Chapel

24
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Renaissance peiple praised the wonders of whose achievement?

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Humanists
study liberal arts
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The Prince promoted
"it's much safer to be feared than loved" Machaivelli
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Wrote Praise of Folly
Erasmus
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What was Praise of Folly about
pointing out the follies of Church
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Renaissance artists differed from medieval artists in that?
Renaissance: not religious, paid by patron Medieval: paid by church (patrons), and religious
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Where was the Venetian love if money depicted?
Art
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The Renaissance emphasis in secular weakened moral restraints making the need for?
reform
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Some positives of Renaissance.
- People started questioning what the church was telling them - Movable type print - Education for everyone - Importance for independence
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Negatives of Renaissance?
Humanism; corrupt pope