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AP World History - The Renaissance Flashcards

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12418508228the rebirth of classical learning and human potentialthe Renaissance0
12418508229•the Black Death •peasant revolts / Magna Carta •the Hundred Years War •the Crusades •status determined by skill, not birth right5 main factors leading to the decline of feudalism1
12418508230tries to balance religion with power of the human mindhumanism2
12418508231the belief that each person has potentialindividualism3
12418508232•art in the Middle Ages: flat, lacking perspective •art in the Renaissance: has dimension, detail, perspectivedifference between art in the Middle Ages and art in the Renaissance4
12418508233Ghirlandaio, Michelangelo, Ghiberti, Leonardo da VinciItalian artists during the Renaissance5
12418508234Florence, Italyhome of the Renaissance6
12418508235a person who commissions artpatron7
12418508236patrons of the arts and rulers of Florence, ItalyMedici family8
12418508237•fall of the Byzantine Empire •end of the Hundred Years War •invention of the printing press in Europe14539
12418508238•interest in classical culture •curiosity about the world •belief in human potentialartists during the Renaissance displayed:10
12418508239Flandersfirst city of the Northern Renaissance to sponsor artists11
12418508240Francis I paid Italian artists and architects to rebuild and decorate this castle; became a showcase for Renaissance artFontainebleau Castle12
12418683107northern humanism is more religious than southern humanism; it is sometimes called "Christian humanism"humanism in the Northern Renaissance vs. humanism in the Southern Renaissance13
12418683108Albrect Durer, Hans HolbenGerman artists during the Renaissance14
12418683109Jan van Eyck, Peter BruegelFlemish artists during the Renaissance15
12418683110Desiderius Erasmus, Thomas Morefamous humanists during the Renaissance16
12418683111wrote in Renaissance England; considered the greatest playwright of all timeWilliam Shakespeare17
12418683112inventor of the printing pressJohn Gutenberg18
12418683113•books were cheap enough for common people •spike in literacy •people could interpret the Bible for themselves (and criticize priests)effects of the printing press19
12418683114famous humanist; wrote "Praise of Folly"Desiderius Erasmus20
12418683115famous humanist; wrote "Utopia"Thomas More21
12418683116painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, and engineer; painted "Mona Lisa" and "Last Supper"Leonardo da Vinci22

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