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| Florence during the Renaissance |
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| Major textile & banking city; center of Renaissance; controlled by the Medicis |
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| Banking family that dominated 15th century Florence, beginning with Giovanni di Medici. Most famous is Lorenzo di Medici. |
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| Fransiscan friar who gained dictatorial power in Florence in 1494. Eventually was overthrown & Medicis came back into power, but Florence was never as great as before. |
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| Milan during the Renaissance |
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| In northern Italy, center of trade between seaports |
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Visconti Family
(1227-1447) |
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| Ruled Milan for 220 years. Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351-1402) was the best--furtered city's commercial development. |
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| Ruled Milan after the last Viscoti died |
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| Substantial economic downfall in early 16th century; became part of Spanish Empire in 1535 |
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| Venice during the Renaissance |
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| Great commercial city with one of the most effective governments in Europe |
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| Venice's Renaissance Government |
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| Oligarchy; power was reserved for direct descendants of the original councillors of the city-state (their names were inscribed in the Golden Book); oligarchy compromised the Great Council which elected a doge (duke) for a life term; doge was really just a figurehead ruler who was subject to the inner circle of the Great Council, called the Circle of 10. |
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| Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |
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| In 1442, the Spanish house of Aragon already controlled Sicily. When they acquired Naples from France, Naples + Sicily became the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. |
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Dante Alighieri
(1265-1321) |
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| First writer of Italian Renaissance; wrote Divine Comedy (hell, purgatory, heaven) |
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Francesco Petrarch
(1304-1374) |
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| Invented sonnets (14-line poems), addressed them to Laura; imiportant figure in humanist movement |
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Giovanni Boccaccio
(1313-1375) |
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| Wrote Decameron, a collection of witty tales narrated by 10 young people fleeing Florence during the Black Death |
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Niccolo Machiavelli
(1469-1527) |
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| The Prince; completely secular & amoral view of politics |
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| The Courtier; rules of gentlemanly behavior |
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| Autobiography; egotist, wrote about sexual exploits with frankness |
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Lorenzo Valla
(1405-1457) |
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| Scholar who demonstrated that the Donation of Constanstine was a forgery |
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| First artist of the Italian renaissance; departed significantly from the Byzantine style; human & realistic, chiaroscuro, depth; famous for his frescoes |
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| Master of perspective; The Holy Trinity (1425) |
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Sandro Botticcelli
(1444-1510) |
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| Vividly colored paintings drawn from classical mythology; Birth of Venus, Primavera, and The Adoration of the Magi |
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Leonardo da Vinci
(1452-1519) |
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| Painter in Milan, then Rome, then France, working for King Francis I; first artist to use oil paints in works like Mona Lisa and The Last Supper; also a scientist that mastered anatomy and provided the first accurate depiction of the human skeleton; invented (on paper) machine gun, submarine, parachute, and many more |
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Raphael Santi
(1483-1520) |
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| Renaissance painter best known for his Madonnas |
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| Painter & sculptor (considered himself mainly a sculptor); Pieta |
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Lorenzo Ghiberti
(1378-1455) |
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| Bronze baptistery doors in Florence |
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| First architect of Renaissance; most famous for the octagonal dome in the Florence cathedral |
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| Worked for Pope Julius II to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica |
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| Most famous Venetian Renaissance painter; about one painting a month; vivid colors; portraits of Kings |
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