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5629097682When was the Renaissance?1450-16000
5629097683What does "Renaissance" mean?Rebirth1
5629097684This time in history caused a rebirth in ____ and _____.art and literature2
5629097685This time began in northern _____.Northern Italy3
5629097686Niccolo Machiavelli wrote _____."The Prince" - a book describing how to get power by absolute rule.4
5629097687Niccolo Machiavelli believed that the ____ justified the ____.The ends justified the means5
5629097688Niccolo Machiavelli believed that one should ___ ____ if possible, but ___ ____ when necessary.One should do good if possible, but do evil when necessary.6
5629097689Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome?Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel in Rome.7
5629097690Who sculpted "David"?Michelangelo8
5629097691Erasmus was a northern Renaissance _____Erasmus was a northern Renaissance writer.9
5629097692Erasmus wrote ___ _____ __ _____ in 1511.The Praise of Folly10
5629097693The Praise Of Folly did what?Criticized the church because it was corrupt.11
5629097694Erasmus's writings were a catalyst or a spark for ____ ____.Church reform12
5629097695The philosophy that celebrated the Human Individual.Humanism13
5629097696The philosophy of humanism stimulated people to study ____ and ____ literature and culture.Greek and Roman14
5629097697Rich wealthy patrons supported the ____.Humanists15
5629097698Leonardo da Vinci painted the ___ ___ and the ___ ___. (Two very famous paintings of his)Mona Lisa and the Last Supper16
5629097699Leonardo da Vinci was an ____, a ____, and an ____He was an artist, a scientist, and an inventor.17
5629097700Petrarch wrote _____.SONNETS18
5629097701Petrarch wrote with a _____ approach that celebrated the human individual.Humanistic19
5629097702Petrarch was considered "__ _____ __ _______."The Father of Humanism20
5629097703Sir Thomas More wrote the book entitled _____ in 1516.Utopia21
5629097704In "Utopia" Sir Thomas More depicts or describes the ______ world with ______ social, legal, and political systemsPERFECT PERFECT22
5629097705Sir Thomas More was a leading humanist _____.Scholar23
5629097706Geographic location of Italy _____ development of the Renaissance.Promotes24
5629097707The Renaissance began in ____.Italy25
5629097708•moved away from life in the church •focuses more on material objects and enjoying lifeSecular26
5629097709The use of credit and banking was ______.Encouraged27
5629097710Bankers were often ____.Jewish because Christians were against interest.28
5629097711Flat, InhumanIconic art29
5629097712Realism, perspective, classical (pagan) themes, geometrical arrangementsRenaissance art30
5629097713New technique of painting on drying cement or plaster.Fresco31
5629097714Leonardo dissected people to have a better understanding of the ideal ____ _____.Human structure32
5629097715(1482-1520) Painter- religious scenes and potraits of peopleRaphael33
5629097716Forced to make military and commercial concessions to the king of FrancePiero de' Medici34
5629097717Friar who decried money, power (the money wasn't important while the work that was being done was)Savonarola35
5629097718Savonarola gained power in the ____ class, but lost people's support.Lower36
5629097719Savonarola was _______ and hung.Excommunicated37
5629097720Advanced arts and educationCosine de Medici38
5629097721Piero de Medici _____ his father's artistic supportContinued39
5629097722Poet, friend of Michelangelo, rebuild university of Pisa, continued to invite scholars to Florence.Lorenzo de Medici40
5629097723Acheivememt in architecture...The dome41

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