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| The Italian Renaissance began in what year and ended in what year |
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| The meaning of Renaissance |
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Merchants and craftsmen formed a new group known as what?
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| During the Renaissance, Florence came under the unofficial rule of one powerful family named... |
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| What was the occupation of that family? |
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| Lorenzo de Medici was also known as... |
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| The Renaissance scholars' study of classical Greek manuscripts or texts led to what? |
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| Who financially supported artists during the Renaissance? |
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| Men who excelled in many fields of learning and accomplishments were called by what two names? |
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| Universal man or Renaissance man |
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| What is Castiglione's book, The Courtier based on? |
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| Renaissance artists created which first European sculpture? |
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| Free-standing nude statue of David |
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| Renaissance artist invented the technique of what, which showed an illusion of three dimensions on a flat surface? |
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| What did Leonardo use to record his anatomy studies, observation of nature, and his sketches for artistic projects and interventions? |
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| How did Leonardo keep his observations a secret? |
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| He wrote things in "mirror script" |
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| Who are the three most famous Italian High Renaissance artists? |
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| Raphael, Michelangelo, and Leonardo |
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| Who were the most important patrons of the major Italian artists during the high renaissance? |
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| What was Raphael's favorite subject for his paintings? |
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| What was Francisco Petrarch known as? |
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| The father of Renaissance humanism |
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| What was the name of the book that Machiavelli wrote? |
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| What will corrupt Christianity inevitably results in? |
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| What is the five phrase sentence that is the summary for Machiavellian politics? |
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| The end justifies the means |
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| Which two groups of people helped spread the Renaissance ideas out of Italy northward throughout the rest of Europe? |
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| Students who had studied in Italy and merchants who traded with Italian cities |
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| Where did many Italian artists and writers moved to in the early 1500s for a safer life? |
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| German artist, Dürer, was perhaps the most famous and first European artist to do what? |
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| Travel to Italy to study art |
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Dürer also helped to bring about what?
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| The Northern European Renaissance |
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| Besides painting, Dürer was a master at woodcuts and engravings and what other type of art, which was more affordable for the general public? |
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| What did Hans Holbein specialize in? |
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| Jan van Eyck was responsible for developing the first what? |
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| Ordinary people doing ordinary activity is called what in art? |
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| In 1516, Erasmus was responsible for publishing what? |
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| The first printed Greek New Testament |
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| What was the name of Sir Thomas More's book? |
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| What is another name for the English Renaissance? |
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| Who was the most famous writer of the Elizabethan age, who has also been regarded as greatest playwright of all time? |
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What is the name of Gutenburg's invention?
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| Movable type printing press |
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| What are three meanings of the Quatrocento? |
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1. Early Renaissance
2. 1400s
3. 15th century |
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| What are the three meanings of the Cinquecento? |
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1. High Renaissance
2. 1500s
3. 16th century |
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| What is the name of the doors that Ghiberti created? |
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| What did Brunelleschi construct during the Early Renaissance? |
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| What are the three most outstanding physical architectural features of the city of Florence which make a view of the city very recognizable? |
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1. Dome of the Cathedral
2. Bell tower of the Cathedral
3. Watch tower at the town hall |
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