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| 383065080 | Renaissance | The revival of learning and culture in Europe during the 14th - 17th centuries | 0 | |
| 383065081 | Printing Press | A mechanical device for transferring text or graphics from a woodblock or type to paper using ink; first movable type appeared in Europe in 1450 | 1 | |
| 383065082 | Lorenzo the Magnificent | (1449-1492) Italian statesman and scholar who supported many artists and humanists; made it his life's quest to compile classical texts | 2 | |
| 383065083 | Giovanni Boccaccio | (1313-1375) Wrote the Decameron which tells about ambitious merchants, portrays a sensual, and worldly society | 3 | |
| 383065084 | The Decameron | An Italian work that portrays an acquisitive, sensual, and worldly society through descriptions of merchants, friars, and husbands | 4 | |
| 383065085 | Humanism | A philosophy in which interests and values of human beings are of primary importance | 5 | |
| 383065086 | Francesco Petrarch | (1304-1374) One of the major literary figures of the Western Renaissance; an Italian author and humanist; focused on secular themes as opposed to theology | 6 | |
| 383065087 | Dante Alighieri | (1265-1321) An Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice | 7 | |
| 383065088 | The Divine Comedy | The Italian epic composed by Dante Alighieri; describes the nine layers of Inferno, as well as the journeys through Purgatorio, and Paradiso | 8 | |
| 383065089 | Inferno | The abode of Satan and the forces of evil; depicted by Dante's Divine Comedy | 9 | |
| 383065090 | Purgatorio | A place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are reparing their sins before going to heaven; depicted by Dante's Divine Comedy | 10 | |
| 383065091 | Paradiso | A place of purer delights, as depicted by Dante's Divine Comedy | 11 | |
| 383065092 | Virgil | A Roman poet and author of the Aeneid; serves as a character in Dante's Divine Comedy | 12 | |
| 383065093 | The Aeneid | Epic poem written by Virgil about the journey of Aeneas | 13 | |
| 383065094 | Beatrice | The woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy | 14 | |
| 383065095 | Renaissance Man | The modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests | 15 | |
| 383065096 | Early Renaissance | Human centered-world, ideals in sculpture and painting, unity, Florence | 16 | |
| 383065097 | Condottieri | Mercenary leaders employed by Italian city-states | 17 | |
| 383065098 | Niccolo Machiavelli | Italian Renaissance writer, author of The Prince, who described government in the way it actually worked - ruthlessly | 18 | |
| 383065099 | The Prince | Written by Machiavelli; described that power is more important and that it is, "better to be feared than loved" | 19 | |
| 383065100 | Cesare Borgia | The younger son of Pope Alexander VI; intelligent, cruel, treacherous, and ruthlessly opportunistic who consolidated central Italy | 20 | |
| 383065101 | Pope Alexander VI | A corrupt Spanish Renaissance pope whose immorality sparked debate about the integrity of the Catholic Church; father of Cesare Borgia | 21 | |
| 383065102 | Baldassare Castiglione | (1478-1529) Italian diplomat and writer; in 1528 published the most famous book of the renaissance, "The Book of the Courtier" | 22 | |
| 383065103 | The Book of the Courtier | In this work published in 1528, the author described the proper etiquette for a nobleman who aspired to public service: He was to be talented in all things and carry himself with grace and dignity | 23 | |
| 383065104 | Sprezzatura | The rehearsed spontaneity, studied carelessness, and well-practiced naturalness that underlies convincing discourse | 24 | |
| 383065105 | Francesco Sforza | A ruler who conquered the city of Milan and became its new duke after the last Visconti ruler of Milan died | 25 | |
| 383065106 | Doge | Formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa | 26 | |
| 383065107 | de Medici Family | Dynasty of Florentine bankers and politicians known for their patronage of the arts | 27 | |
| 383065108 | Cosimo the Elder | (1389-1464) Member of the de Medici family; served as a financier and statesman; friend of the papal court | 28 | |
| 383065109 | Pazzi | A Tuscan rival family to the de Medici's who plotted, along with Pope Sixtus IV, against the de Medici family | 29 | |
| 383065110 | Pope Sixtus IV | Pope who built the Vatican Library, but was also very corrupt; plotted with the Pazzi family against the de Medici family of Florence; used nepotism and placed six members of his family to religious positions | 30 | |
| 383065111 | Pope Leo X (Giovanni de Medici) | Pope, belonging to the de Medici family, that used the sale of indulgences to rebuild a basilica; the pope who challenged Martin Luther | 31 | |
| 383065112 | Girolamo Savonarola | Dominican friar in Florence who preached against sin and corruption; gained a large following. He expelled the de Medici family from Florence, but was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing the Pope | 32 | |
| 383065113 | Bonfire of the Vanities | Savonarola organized his followers of gather vanities from peoples houses (immoral objects like costumes, songs, cosmetics) and burn them in a huge pyre in the city's Piazza della Signoria | 33 | |
| 383065114 | Piazza della Signoria | A building in Florence in which the Aristocracy discussed matters of state | 34 | |
| 383065115 | Piero de Medici | The last de Medici ruler of Florence; driven from the city of Florence by the Florentine citizenry | 35 | |
| 383065116 | Pope Nicholas V | Pope who collected thousands of manuscripts and planned the Vatican library | 36 | |
| 383065117 | Pope Julius II | The "warrior-pope" who was most involved in war and politics; personally led armies against enemies; instituted reconstruction on St. Peter's Basilica; commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel | 37 | |
| 383065118 | Michelangelo | Artist who led the way for Renaissance masters from his David sculpture and his painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling | 38 | |
| 383065119 | Nepotism | Favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs) | 39 | |
| 383065120 | Alfonso V of Aragon | Spanish King of Naples, a generous patron of the arts, he promoted the urban middle class to counter the rule of powerful feudal barons | 40 | |
| 383065121 | Ferdinand I of Naples | Successor of his father, Alfonso V of Aragon; joins Sixtus IV to wage war on the de Medici family; ruled tyrannically and was hated by much of the Neapolitan nobility | 41 | |
| 383065122 | Linear Perspective | The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer; making a painting look like a window into space | 42 | |
| 383065123 | Foreshortening | A visual effect in which an object is shortened and turned deeper into the picture plane to create an illusion of depth | 43 | |
| 383065124 | Sfumato | Painting technique in which contours are enveloped in a suggestive, smoke-like haze by blending tones | 44 | |
| 383065125 | Chiaroscuro | The strong contrast between light and dark colors in a painting; used to give the illusion of depth | 45 | |
| 383065126 | Balance and Proportion | Paintings that emphasize the use of proper sizes, and airy, bright colors | 46 | |
| 383065127 | Fresco | Durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster; a mural | 47 | |
| 383065128 | Leonardo Da Vinci | Italian Renaissance artist that painted The Last Supper and Mona Lisa, he was also an engineer, architect, sculptor, and scientist. | 48 | |
| 383065129 | Rafael | Italian artist whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance; most known for his work, "The School of Athens" | 49 | |
| 383065130 | Buon | A form of fresco, in which the paint is applied to wet wall | 50 | |
| 383065131 | Secco | A form of fresco, in which the paint is applied to dry wall | 51 | |
| 383065132 | Intonaco | In fresco painting, the last layer of smooth lime plaster applied to the wall; the painting layer | 52 | |
| 383065133 | Sinopia | A burnt-orange pigment used in fresco painting to transfer a cartoon to the arriccio before the artist paints the plaster | 53 | |
| 383065134 | Arriccio | The layer of relatively coarse plaster that is the first layer applied to a wall in the making of a fresco | 54 | |
| 383065135 | Filippo Brunelleschi | (1377-1446) Florentine architect who was the first great architect of the Italian Renaissance | 55 | |
| 383065136 | Donatello | (1386-1466) Florentine sculptor famous for his lifelike sculptures; first sculptor since ancient times to cast a large, free standing nude statue | 56 | |
| 383065137 | Contrapposto | Human posture in which one is standing with weight on one foot to make body look twisted and giving the appearance of relaxing or emotion | 57 | |
| 383065138 | Pieta | A representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus, sculpted by Michaelangelo | 58 | |
| 383065139 | Johannes Gutenberg | (1400-1468) German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press | 59 | |
| 383065140 | Jan van Eyck | (1390-1441) Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting | 60 | |
| 383065141 | Miguel De Cervantes | (1547-1616) Spanish writer best remembered for 'Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form | 61 | |
| 383065142 | Desiderius Erasmus | Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; author of "The Praise of Folly" | 62 | |
| 383065143 | Thomas More | English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; author of "Utopia" | 63 | |
| 383065144 | William Shakespeare | (1564-1616) English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers | 64 | |
| 383065145 | The Elizabethan Age | When the renaissance spread to England while Queen Elizabeth I was ruling | 65 |
