chapter 9 Flashcards

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Renaissance

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European history because many of the changes experienced between the 14th and 16th centuries were inspired by a revival of the classical art and intellect of Ancient Greece and Rome.

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Milan

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is a common Slavic male name and, less commonly, an Roman and Indian n

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Venice

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is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is situated across a group of 117 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by bridges.

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Florence

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Florence is an English given name for girls.

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Rome

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The name Rome is a Biblical baby name. In Biblical the meaning of the name Rome is: Strength, power’.

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Meolici family

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In any musical composition, there is a dominant line that creates a tone pattern known as the piece’s melody

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Humanism

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an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.

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Machiavelli,

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the employment of cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct”.

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Perspective

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the art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular point.

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Gutenburg

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German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press

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Erasmus

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is a European Union

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William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet, and the “Bard of Avon”.

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Sir Thomas moore

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Sir Thomas More, venerated by Roman Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist.

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Flemish

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the Dutch language as spoken in Flanders, one of the two official languages of Belgium.

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Michelangelo

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was the man who created such great works of art as the statue of David and the mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

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john van eyck

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Jan van Eyck was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges and one of the most significant Northern Renaissance artists of the 15th century. Little is known of his early life.

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Albert durer

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Albrecht Dürer was a painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still in his twenties, due to his high-quality woodcut prints

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Fresco

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a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.

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Indulgences

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the action or fact of indulging

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Predestination

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the divine foreordaining of all that will happen, especially with regard to the salvation of some and not others. It has been particularly associated with the teachings of St. Augustine of Hippo and of Calvin.

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Reformation

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the action or process of reforming an institution or practice

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Martin luther

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Martin Luther was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. Luther came to reject several teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Henry the 4th

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Henry of Bolingbroke /ˈbɒlɪŋbrʊk/, born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, was King Henry IV of England and Lord of Ireland from 1399 to 1413, and asserted the claim of his grandfather, Edward III, to the Kingdom of France

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John calvin

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John Calvin was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism

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Huguenots

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French Protestants