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BJU World History ch 10
BJU
62
History
10th Grade
09/13/2008

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Gutenberg
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moveable type
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Castiglione
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book of manners
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Machiavelli
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wrote The Prince (about politics of the time period), said "it's much safer to be feared than loved." Meaning those who rule should use force when necessary.
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Erasmus
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new edition of Greek New Testament
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Sir Thomas More
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advisor to Henry VIII, described ideal state
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Cervantes
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Satire (make fun of) on Chivalry (grand treatment of women by the men)
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Shakespeare
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great playwright
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Giotto
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Father of Renaissance painting, early Italian
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Masaccio (sloppy)
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created 3-D by shading, early Italian
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Boticelli
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added movement by use of bold lines, early Italian
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Leonardo da Vinci
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notebook, technical & scientific designs, High Renaissance
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Raphael
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sweet-faced Madonnas, High Renaissance
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Michaelangelo
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Sistene Chapel, Last Judgement, High Renaissance
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Titian
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Venetian Painter who used portraits & rich colors
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Tintoretto
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little dyer from Venice, Venetian Painter
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Durer
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European Artist who did engravings & wood carvings
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Holbein
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European Artist who painted Henry VIII, Sir Thomas More, & Erasmu
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Van Eyck
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1st to use oils, European Artist
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Brueghel
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scenes from everyday life, European Artists
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Ghiberti
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panels on doors, Sculptors/Architects
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Brunelleschi
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baptistry doors, Sculptors/Architects
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Donatello
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1st freestanding sculpture, Sculptors/Architects
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Michalangelo
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Pieta with distortians, Sculptors/Architects
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Depres
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leading figure in music
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Palestrina
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most famous composer of church music -Prince of Music
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What is the name of the period during the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries in European history in which learning and the arts revived and flowered?
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The Renaissance (French word for Rebirth)Emphasized human individualism - not the group which had been the focus during Medieval times.
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Define humanism
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The renewed focus on man's capacities - an overemphasis on human worth/ability, leads man to glorify himself instead of God. This was the focus of the Renaissance.
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What new course of study became popular in Europe during the Renaissance? What disciplines were included in this course of study?
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Humanities, history, science, classical literature, philosophy, and grammar
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What was the goal of the Renaissance education?
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Develop well-rounded individuals
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What period of history did the Renaissance humanists admire?
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The classical age of ancient Greece and Rome (art, literature, and philosophy of the classical age)
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Apart from the church, what family became the most famous patron of Renaissance learning and art? Who was the most noted patron of this family?
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Medici family, Lorenzo de Medici
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Who is called the "Father of Humanism" because he led the way in reviving interest and study in classical literature?
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Petrarch
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What contribution did Johannes Gutenberg make to European history?
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introduced movable-type printing in Europe
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What work of Erasmus did later reformers and Bible translators use?
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Greek New Testament
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What Englishman is generally considered the greatest playwright of all time?
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William Shakespeare
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True or False? Most humanists were church members and acknowledged the existance of God, many were mostly interested in classical learning.
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True
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The Renaissance began in Italy. Give three reasons why Italy led the Renaissance.
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1 - The Italians thought of themselves as Romans. 2 - they had control over the Meditteranean trade routes, making them rich. 3 - They used their wealth to pay artists to design and decorate buildings.
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What Italian city became the most influential city of the Renaissance?
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Florence (birthplace of the Renaissance)
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True or False: Machiavelli's, The Prince, promote the concept of the secular state (government is freed from normal restraints and religious principles).
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True
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Who pointed out the evils and follies of the Renaissance in his writing of Praise and Folly?
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Erasmus
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What were the results of having movable type?
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Cost of books dropped, less errors, stimulated the growth of education, students could afford their own books so they didn't have to memorize the lectures.
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During the High Renaissance, what city became the cultural center of Italy?
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Rome
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List the three famous painters of the High Renaissance perion; beside each, give the tile of one of his master pieces.
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Leonardo da Vinci- Mona Lisa, Raphael- The School of Athens, Michelangelo- Sistine Chapel ceiling
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What beautiful, wealthy city, called the "Queen of the Adriatic" became the center of culture during the late Renaissance because it already controlled the important trade routes to the East? Identify two leading painters from this city during the late Renaissance.
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Venice, Titian and Tintoretto
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Identify a Northern Renaissance artist for each of the following characteristics: portrait painter, genre painter, woodcarvings and engravings, and detailed realism through oil painting.
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portrait painter - Holbein, genre painter - Brueghel, woodcarvings and engravings - Durer, detailed realism through oil painting - Van Eyck
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Who was the most famous composer of church music during the Renaissance? What type of music did he master?
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Palestrina- Polyphonic music
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The study of the classics by Florentine writers in the 14th century stirred a rebirth of what in Europe?
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a rebirth of learning
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What are frescos?
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paintings on wet plaster
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True or False: Botticelli was an architect as well as a painter of classical mythology.
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False, he wasn't an architect
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The secular age of the Renaissance prepared the way for what?
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Reformation
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Brunelleschi and Ghiberti competed to build the dome of the cathedral of Florence. Who won?
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Brunelleschi
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Name some of the distortions found in Michelangelo's Pieta.
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Christ doesn't have any disfigurement, Mary is too young to be a mother, and Mary is larger than life.
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True or False: Renaissance music was more secular than sacred?
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True
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What was the most popular instrument of the Renaissance?
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Lute
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Who was the most versatile man of the Renaissance?
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Leonardo
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Who was the dominican friar who tried to bring reform to the church in Florence?
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Savonarola
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What ceiling depicts in fresco the story of Creation, man's fall, the flood, and Redemption?
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Sistine Chapel
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True or False: Both medieval artists and Renaissance artists wanted recognition for their work?
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False, only Renaissance artists wanted recognition for their work.
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True or False: the Venetian love of money, rich clothing, and decoration is shown in their artists' emphasis on merchants, city officials, and beautiful women.
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True
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True or False: the Renaissance's emphasis on the secular helped weaken moral restraints, making the need for reform more readily apparent.
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True
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List the posidtive consequences of the Renaissance that made possible the Reformation.
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1 - it provoked a spirit of inquiry (questioned the church, not just accepted it) 2 - revived interest in ancient literature and language 3 - moveable type printing was developed 4 - education was more widely available 5 - stressed the importance of the individual. This restroed the proper emphasis on the obligation each man has to God
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List the posidtive consequences of the Renaissance that made possible the Reformation.
Definition
1 - it provoked a spirit of inquiry (questioned the church, not just accepted it) 2 - revived interest in ancient literature and language 3 - moveable type printing was developed 4 - education was more widely available 5 - stressed the importance of the individual. This restroed the proper emphasis on the obligation each man has to God
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