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| 31240597 | humanism | a cultural and intellectual movement during the Renaissance, following the rediscovery of the art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. A philosophy or attitude concerned with the interests, achievements, and capabilities of human beings | 0 | |
| 31240598 | sfumato | Painting technique in which contours are enveloped in a suggestive, smoke-like haze | 1 | |
| 31240599 | vernacular | the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) | 2 | |
| 31240600 | chiaroscuro | The treatment of light and shade in a work of art, especially to give an illusion of depth. | 3 | |
| 31240601 | Christian humanism | a movement that developed in northern Europe during the renaissance combining classical learning with the goal of reforming the catholic church | 4 | |
| 31240602 | High Renaissance | centered in Rome and the Popes provided tremendous patronage to the arts. It featured classical balance, harmony, and restraint | 5 | |
| 31240603 | patron | a supporter of the arts | 6 | |
| 31240604 | classical | relating to ancient Greece and Rome | 7 | |
| 31240605 | signori | despots, controlled much of Italy by 1300 | 8 | |
| 31240606 | oligarchy | government by a privileged few | 9 | |
| 31240607 | commenda system | Contract between merchant and merchant adventurer who agreed to take goods to distant location s and return with the proceeds for 1/3 of the profit | 10 | |
| 31240608 | condotierri | military brokers who furnished mercenary forces to the Italian city states in the Renaissance | 11 | |
| 31240609 | secular | "Worldly." Not considered to be sacred or a part of religion. | 12 | |
| 31240610 | civic humanism | Individual is responsible for applying his knowledge for public service | 13 | |
| 31240611 | virtu | The striving for personal excellence | 14 | |
| 31240612 | quattrocento | The 1400s, when Florence was the center of the Renaissance. | 15 | |
| 31240613 | cinquecento | The 1500s, when Rome was the center of the Renaissance | 16 | |
| 31240614 | perspective | artistic technique that shows three dimensions on a flat surface | 17 | |
| 31240615 | contrapposto | counterbalancing; placing the weight of the body to one side | 18 | |
| 31240616 | Treaty of Tordesillas | a 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain, declaring that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to Portugal | 19 | |
| 31240617 | War of the Roses | This war was between two English families, Lancaster and York, who fought for control of England | 20 | |
| 31240619 | Treaty of Lodi | peace agreement between Milan and Venice in 1454, established a balance of power in Northern Italy | 21 | |
| 31240621 | Low Countries | the lowland region of western Europe on the North Sea: Belgium and Luxembourg and the Netherlands | 22 | |
| 31240622 | dowry | money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage | 23 | |
| 31240625 | Great Schism | a division in the medieval Roman Catholic Church, during which rival popes were established in Avignon and in Rome | 24 | |
| 31240626 | polyphonic | having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together | 25 | |
| 885506014 | skepticism | Doubt that true knowledge could be obtained. Belief that a person should be cautious, critical, and tolerant of other points of view. | 26 | |
| 885506015 | Latin Vulgate | the officially authorized version of the Bible by the Catholic church. | 27 | |
| 885506016 | Decameron | Boccacio's most famous work, a collection of 100 stories that satrized social behavior in 14th century Italy. | 28 | |
| 885506017 | mannerism | An artistic reaction against the Renaissance ideals of balance, symmetry, and realistic use of color. Works were done with unnatural colors and elongated or exaggerated features. | 29 |
