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Humanities: The Renaissance Flashcards

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The Medici family was heavily involved in…

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banking

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The Medici was the most powerful family in ________ affairs from 1418 to 1494.

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Florentine

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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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___________, a story from the Hebrew bible, was the assigned topic for a 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 from the dome of Florence Cathedral?

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Filippo Brunelleschi

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When composing the ____________ a motet reflecting “ideal proportions”, Guillame Dufay had the _________ in Jerusalem in mind.

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Nuper Roosarum Flores, Temple of Solomon

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Brunellschi’s investigation of optics in Arab science also contributed to his understanding, particularly Alhazen’s Perspectiva, which integrated the classical works of…

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Euclid, Ptolemy, and Galen

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In Masaccio’s The Tribute Money, the Apostle Peter appears three times:

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Christ telling Peter to catch a fish
catching the fish
paying the tax collector

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The Medici family supported the rebuilding of the old monastery of _________ for the Dominican Order, the sections were a ______, ________, _________, _________, and _______

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San Marco, library, cloister, chapel room, bell tower, altar piece

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__________ is credited for having coined the term platonic love

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Marsilio Ficino

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________, 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 collaborating with Lorenzo writing songs for popular festivals.

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Heinrich Issac

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Who is the author of Oration on the Dignity of an, which is considered one of the greatest manifestos of humanism?

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Pico Della Mirandola

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Who financed his lifestyle as a mercenary soldier who was a valuable and highly paid ally to whoever could afford both him and his army?

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Federigo de Montefeltro

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________ by Baldassare Castiglione recounts conversations and debates among humanists in the Motefeltro court.

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The Book of the Courtier

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Leonardo de Venci’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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Who is credited with bring back the papacy to Rome for good, it became something of a papal duty to restore the city to its former greatness?

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Pope Martin V

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After Bering elected Pope, Julius II commissioned architect _____ to renovate the Vatican Palace and to serve as chief architect to replace Saint Peter’s Basilica with a new church.

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Donato Bramante

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Even though located in Rome, _______- in Montorio is associated with the nation of Spain**.

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San Pietro

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Tempietto was designed by…

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Bramante

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The Tempietto was built on the site of ________

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St. Peter’s martyrdom

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The characteristics that contributed to the making of the tempietto are…

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

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to finance the construction of the new St Peter’s Basilica, Pope Julius II sold _________

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indulgences

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Martin Luther launched the _________________ in Germany in protest against the sale of indulgences

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Protestant reformation

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In the city of Florence, ___________________ organize troops of children to collect the city’s “vanities” which were burned in giant bonfires

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Girolamo Savonarola

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The city of Florence commissioned Michelangelo to credited freestanding statue of _____ using a huge cracked block of marble

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David

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Throughout the ceiling of the __________, Michelangelo includes the della Rovene heraldic symbols of oak and acorn to symbolize the patronage of pope Julius II

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Sistine Chapel

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Pope Julius II hired _________ to paint his private rooms in the vatican palace

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Raphael

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____________ are the central figures in Raphael’s school of Athens

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Aristotle and Plato

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Pope _________ is credited with establishing the Sistine Chapel choir

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Sixtus IV

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30
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________________ composed the Pange lingua Mass

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Jasquin de Prez

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The author of the Prince was __________

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Niccolo Machiavelli

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In the book, the prince, Machiavelli, writes that the prince’s chief preoccupation and primary duty was to __________war

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wage

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Machiavellus argues that the prince once engaged in warm has these alternatives for controlluing a state once he conquered it:

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

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__________ is the symbol of the Venetian republic

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Lion

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the _________ forced the local populations of the Po River delta to flee to the swampy lagoon islands that would later become the city of venice.

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Lombards

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______ considered itself blessed by St. Mark, whose relics reside in the cathedral of St. Marks

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Venice

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The _____________ family is associated with Venice’s Ca’d’Oro.

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Cantarini

38
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According to ______, Giorgione did not make preliminary drawings for his paintings

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Vasari

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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___________________ was the first professional woman composer to see her own compositions in print.

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Madalena Casulana

42
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_____ housed the “Ensemble of Ladies.” which attracted many of the most prominent madrigal composers of the day.

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Ferrard

43
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_________ set to music in the madrigals of new music the sonnets of petrarch.

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Adrian Willder

44
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The tocatta is also known as _____, designed to feature both the range of the organ and the dexterity of the organist.

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“virtuoso prelude”

45
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_________ was a careful student of Vitrurius, sharing an interest with Leonardo.

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Palladio

46
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What would humanist in Lorenzo’s court would have recognized Venus?

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In Botticelli’s Primavera as an allegorical figure representing the highest moral qualities.

47
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What years were the Medici family the most powerful family in Florentine affairs?

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1418-1494

48
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Florence was considered the most prominent ___________ in the 15th century.

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Italian city-state

49
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Florence was considered the most prominent Italian city-state in what century?

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15th century

50
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The Sacrifice of Isaac from the Hebrew Bible was the assigned topic for the competition to create a new set of doors for the __________.

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North Entrance to the Baptistery at Florence’s Duomo

51
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Filippo Brunelleschi produced the winning design for __________.

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the dome of the Florence cathedral

52
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When composing the Nuper Rosarum Flores, a motet reflecting “ideal proportions,” who had the Temple of Solomon in mind?

A

Guillame Dufay

53
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When Guillame Dufay composed the Nuper Rosarum Flores, a motet reflecting “__________” he had the Temple of Solomon in mind?

A

ideal proportions

54
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_________ investigation of the optics in Arabic Science also contributed to his understanding, particularly Alhazen’s “perspectiva,” which integrated the classical works of Euclid, Ptolemy, and Galen

A

Brunelleschi’s

55
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Brunelleschi’s investigation of the optics in _________ also contributed to his understanding, particularly Alhazen’s “perspectiva,” which integrated the classical works of Euclid, Ptolemy, and Galen

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Arabic Science

56
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St. Peter’s three actions of being told to fish, catching the fish, and paying the tax collector, were in what?

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Massacio’s “The Tribute Money”

57
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The Medici family supported the rebuilding of the old monastery of ___ for the ___ ___, the sections added were a library, cloister, chapter room, bell tower, and altar piece.

A

San Marco, Dominican Order

58
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Marsilio Ficino is credited for having coined the term…

A

platonic love

59
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What was Lorenzo, grandson of Cosimo de Medici nicknames that means “the Magnificent”

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“il Magnifico”

60
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Humanists in Lorenzo’s court would have recognized Venus, in whose “Primavera” as an allegorical figure representing the highest moral qualities?

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Botticelli

61
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Humanists in Lorenzo’s court would have recognized Venus, in Botticelli’s “_________” as an allegorical figure representing the highest moral qualities?

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Primavera

62
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Heinrich Isaac was the humanist composer who…

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taught music to Lorenzo Medici’s sons
served as organist and choirmaster at Florence’s cathedral
collaborated with Lorenzo to write songs for popular festivals

63
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Pico Della Mirandola is the author of

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Oration on the Dignity of Man

64
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The Oration on the Dignity of Man, by Pico Della Mirandola, is considered

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one of the greatest manifestos on humanism

65
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Montefeltro financed his lifestyle as a ___________ who was a valuable and highly paid ally to whoever could afford both him and his army?

A

mercenary soldier

66
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The Book of the Courtier was written by who?

A

Baldassare Cartiglion

67
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Leonardo de Venci’s ________ is located on the north wall of the refectory of the Dominican monastery of _____________

A

Santa Maria delle Grazie

68
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Even though located in Rome, San Pietro is associated with…

A

Spain

69
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What city did Savonarola organize children to collect vanities for the bonfire?

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Florence

70
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Florence commissioned who to create the David using a huge cracked block of marble?

A

Michelangelo

71
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What city commissioned Michelangelo to create the David?

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Florence

72
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Michelangelo included the _________ symbols of oak and acorn to symbolize the patronage of Pope Julius II on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

A

Della Rovene heraldic

73
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Where did Michelangelo include the della Rovene heraldic symbols of oak and acorn to symbolize the patronage of ___________.

A

Pope Julius II

74
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Who hired Raphael to paint his private rooms in the Vatican Palace?

A

Pope Julius II

75
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Pope Sixtus IV is credit with establishing _____________

A

The Sistine Chapel Choir

76
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Josquin des Prez composed what?

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the Pange lingua Mass

77
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According to Machiavelli, whose primary occupation was to wage war?

A

The Prince

78
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The lion is the symbol for the ___________.

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Venetian Republic

79
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The Lombards forced the local population of the Po River delta to flee to the swampy lagoon islands that would later become what city?

A

Venice

80
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The Lombards forced the local population of _______ to flee to the swampy lagoon islands that would later become Venice.

A

the Po River delta

81
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Venice considered itself blessed by whom, whose relics resided in the cathedral named after this saint?

A

St. Mark

82
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The Cantarini family is associated with _________.

A

Venice’s Ca’d’Oro

83
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According to Vasari, who didn’t make preliminary drawings for his paintings?

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Giorgione

84
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Ferrara housed the _____________, which attracted many of the most prominent madrigal composers of the day.

A

Ensemble of Ladies

85
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The painting Venus of Urbino includes what sleeping on white sheets?

A

dogs

86
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Who served as choirmaster of St. Mark’s in Venice

A

Adrian Willeart

87
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Who set to music in the madrigals of New Music the sonnets of Petrarch?

A

Adrian Willaert

88
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Also known as “virtuoso prelude,” what is designed to feature both the range of the organ and the dexterity of the organist?

A

tocatta

89
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Palladio was considered a careful student of whom, sharing an interest with Leonardo?

A

Vitruvius

90
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The Pantheon in Rome served as the model for the central dome of whose La Rontunda?

A

Palladio

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