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6-6.1: Summarize the contributions of the Italian Renaissance, including the importance of Florence, the influence of humanism and the accomplishments of the Italians in art, music, literature, and architecture.
6-6.2: Identify key figures of the Renaissance and the Reformation and their contributions (e.g.,Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Johannes Gutenberg, John Calvin, and Martin Luther).

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8158943809RenaissanceAn era after the Middle Ages that which focussed on education, art and critical thinking.0
8158943810city-statea city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.1
8158943811FlorenceItalian city-state, the birthplace of the Renaissance.2
8158943812Medici FamilyRich banking family in Florence, in gov't and the Church.3
8158943813Humanisma way of thinking and learning that stresses the importance of people's abilities and actions.4
8158943814perspectiveTechnique that creates the appearance of 3D on a flat surface.5
8158943815Leonardo da VinciRenaissance Man - engineer, architect, sculptor. painted The Last Supper & Mona Lisa.6
8158943816MichelangeloItalian Reniassance sculptor, painter, architect; Produced mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Pieta, David7
8158943817Johannes GutenbergInventor of the printing press, first printed Bible and movable type.8
8158943818printing pressincreased literacy in the vernacular, spread religious & scientific ideas like Protestantism & Heliocentrism9
8158943819MachiavelliItalian Renaissance writer; wrote "The Prince" advising rulers that it is better to be fears than loved by subjects.10
8158943820architectureThe art and science of building11
8158943821CopernicusRenaissance astronomer; first person to affirm Heliocentrism (Earth & other planets travel around the sun).12
8158943822GalileoRenaissance astronomer; provided evidence that the sun is the center of the solar system; conflicted with the Church, placed under house arrest.13
8158943823NewtonRenaissance astronomer and physicist, showed how gravity controls the motion of the planets around the sun as well as the motion of the Moon.14
8158943824anatomyStudy of the structure of the human body15
8158943825realismTo paint and sculpt subjects realistically. Techniques make the subjects and background look like they would in real life.16

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