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| 6893329 | Fresco | a picture made by painting on wet plaster | |
| 6893330 | Humanism | philosophy that emphasizes the importance of humans | |
| 6893331 | Sandro Boticelli | early renaissance painter famous for La Primavera and the birth of venus | |
| 6893332 | Italy | country where the renaissance began | |
| 6893333 | Mirandola | Author of Oration on the dignity of man | |
| 6893334 | Patron | someone who supports the arts | |
| 6893335 | Niccolo Machiavelli | author of the prince "better to be feared than loved" | |
| 6893336 | contrapposto | to realistically depict weight resting on one foot and leg | |
| 6893337 | Florence | center of art in the early renaissance | |
| 6893338 | Renaissance triangle | popular arrangement in the renaissance with a tall central figure | |
| 6893339 | Baldassare castiglione | humanist author who wrote the book of the courtier | |
| 6893340 | Chiaroscuro | use of shadows to depict depth | |
| 6893341 | secular | non religious | |
| 6893342 | sprezzatura | effortless mastery; making something look easy | |
| 6893343 | Michelangelo | painter of the sistine chapel and sculptor of david | |
| 6893344 | renaissance | "rebirth" of classical learning, philosophy and attitudes | |
| 6893345 | linear perspective | creates the illusion of three dimensional space by placing objects along a horizon | |
| 6893346 | Renaissance person | a well rounded indivdual who demonstrates sprezzatura | |
| 6893347 | Donatello | early renaissance sculptor, effeminate david | |
| 6893348 | Atomspheric perspective | objects in distance are faded and lose their clarity | |
| 6893349 | Leonardo da vinci | best example of renaissance person, painter of the Mona Lisa and last supper | |
| 6893350 | Roundheads | forces lead by parliament during english civil war | |
| 6893351 | James I | first stuart king, followed Elizabeth I,believed in divine right | |
| 6893352 | House of commons | body of parliament that is elected | |
| 6893353 | King Louis XIV of France | french king who was the model of absolutism | |
| 6893354 | divine right | the belief that kings rule because of gods favor | |
| 6893355 | parliament | law-making body of england that rules with and in oppisition to the monarchy | |
| 6893356 | Charles II | king who was brought back following the death of oliver cromwell | |
| 6893357 | Sovereignty | possessing complete and independant power | |
| 6893358 | Oliver Cromwell | leader of parliament and puritan forces during the english civil war | |
| 6893359 | House of lords | body of parliament that is herditary (inherited) | |
| 6893360 | Absolutism | type of government where the monarch possesses complete power | |
| 6893361 | Habeus Corpus | idea that evidence is needed to imprison somebody | |
| 6893362 | William and Mary | monarchs invited to take the english throne during the glorious revolution, with limited powers | |
| 6893363 | Cavaliers | forces lead under the leadership of the king during the english civil war | |
| 7012872 | Versailles | extravagant palace that was a model of excess, but also used as an instrument of political control | |
| 7012873 | Baroque | art style characterized by intense emotion, shadows and extravagance | |
| 7012874 | Capital Punishment | death penalty | |
| 7012875 | Deism | the belief that god is a clockmaker and has left the world running | |
| 7012876 | Enlightened Despot | ruler who uses their power to improve the lives of their citizens | |
| 7012877 | Executive branch | part of the government that enforces laws | |
| 7012878 | Judicial branch | part of the government that interprets laws | |
| 7012879 | legislative branch | part of the government that writes laws | |
| 7012880 | general will | the wishes of the majority | |
| 7012881 | liberty | freedom to act in accordance with ones desires | |
| 7012882 | philosophe | term for a thinker during the enlightenment | |
| 7012883 | Social contract | idea that people give up some rights to be part of a society | |
| 7046973 | Francis Bacon | developed the scientific method | |
| 7046974 | Nicolaus Copernicus | astronomer who developed the heliocentric theory | |
| 7046975 | Galileo Galilei | scientist whosw use of the telescope brought him into conflict with the inquisition | |
| 7046976 | Rousseau | philosphe who believed that man is corrupted by society | |
| 7046977 | Vulgate | the latin version of the bible | |
| 7046978 | John tetzel | church official who sold indulgences | |
| 7046979 | nepotism | the act of giving church offices to freinds or relatives | |
| 7046980 | simony | the selling of church offices regardless of ability |
