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5040655814The RenaissanceThe period of artistic, cultural, and intellectual revival from 1300-1600; known as the beginning of modern history because it breaks from Medieval views.0
5040655815Jacob BurckhardtA 19th century historian who claimed the Renaissance period stood in distinct contrast to the Middle Ages.1
5040655816The Medici FamilyMost famous dynasty of merchants and bankers who used their wealth to govern city-states and patronize the arts.2
5040655817Cosimo de MediciAllied with other powerful families of Florence and became the unofficial ruler of the republic.3
5040655818Lorenzo de MediciMajor patron of the arts.4
5040655819Duchy of MilanMajor enemy of Florence throughout much of the Renaissance.5
5040655820Peace of Lodi1454. Resulted in a balance of power and peace between Milan, Florence, and Naples that lasted until French invasions of the 1490s.6
5040655821The Papal StatesControlled by the Renaissance Popes: Alexander VI (Borgia Pope), Julius II (Warrior Pope), and Leo X (Medici Pope).7
5040655822CondottieriLeaders of private armies hired by cities for military purposes.8
5040655823Girolamo SavonarolaEstablished theocracy in Florence after removal of Medici familiy.9
5040655824Niccolo MachiavelliThe Prince - Revolutionized politics by describing the methods to obtain and maintain power. Emphasized practical politics.10
5040655825HumanismStress education, intellect, and individualism; emphasis on the unique and creative personality. Man wrote on human behavior, not religion.11
5040655826PetrarchFather of Humanism; Love Letters to Laura - First large group of writings unrelated to the Pope.12
5040655827Leonardo BruniWrote history of Florence; first to use the term "humanism."13
5040655828Lorenzo VallaOn the False Donation of Constantine - Exposed false land claims of the Catholic Church.14
5040655829Marsilio FicinoFounder of the Platonic Academy.15
5040655830Pico della MirandolaOration on the Dignity of Man - Emphasized humans are capable of achieving great things and are made in God's image.16
5040655831Baldassare CastiglioneThe Book of The Courtier - Emphasized ideas of the Renaissance Man: well read in classics, a gentleman, warrior, poet, musician, etc.17
5040655832Johann GutenbergPrinting Press - Facilitated the spread of humanistic literature to the rest of Europe.18
5040655833Giorgio VasariContemporary Renaissance art historian who detailed the lives of many Renaissance artists.19
5040655834Pope Alexander VICommissioned a fortune in Renaissance art. Artists such as Michelangelo, Raphael, and Bramante received numerous commissions.20
5040655835New Artistic TechniquesPerspective, proportion, chiaroscuro (light/ shadow), individualism, sfumato (blur/ sharpening of lines), Greek/ Roman influence.21
5040655836GiottoConsidered the first real Renaissance artist.22
5040655837Sandro BotticelliBirth of Venus.23
5040655838MichelangeloBrunelleschi's Dome, the Last Judgement.24
5040655839RaphaelSchool of Athens.25
5040655840Leonardo da VinciThe Last Supper, Mona Lisa.26
5040655841TitianVenus of Urbino.27
5040655842GhibertiThe Gates of Paradise.28
5040655843DonatelloDavid.29
5040655844Filippo BrunelleschiIL Duomo.30
5040655845SecularismEmphasis on the here and now rather than the afterlife.31
5040655846IndividualismA sense of human power replaced religious awe, people now valued involvement instead of piety.32
5040655847Laura CretaWell known humanist and feminist. Epistolae Familiars (Familiar Letters) - Criticism of 15th century gender bias.33
5040655848Christian HumanismEmphasis on early Church writings for answers to improve society, education, power of human intellect.34
5040655849ErasmusIn Praise of Folly - Criticized immorality and hypocrisy of Church leaders and the clergy.35
5040655850Thomas MoreUtopia - Idea of an ideal society with harmony and order, but it lacked individual rights.36
5040655851Jacques Lefevre d'EtablesLeading French humanist; produced five volumes of Psalms that challenged a single, authoritative Bible.37
5040655852SkepticismDoubt that true knowledge could be obtained. Believed the skeptic must be cautious, critical, and suspend judgement.38
5040655853CervantesDon Quixote - Mocking the middle ages; critical of excessive religious idealism and chivalric romance.39
5040655854BrueghelHunters in the Snow.40
5040655855Jan Van EyckArnold Fini and His Bride.41
5040655856Albrecht DurerThe Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.42
5040655857BoschBosch's Garden of Earthly Delights.43
5040655858Women in the RenaissanceIncreased education, functioned as "ornaments" to their husbands and make themselves pleasing to the man, sexual-double standard imposed.44
5040655859Christine de PisanThe City of Ladies - chronological accomplishments of great women in history.45
5040655860Isabella d'EsteSet an example for women to break away from their traditional roles, ruled after the death of her husband.46
5040655861Nuclear FamilyA married couple and their unmarried children living together, no extended family.47
5040655862DowriesThe property a woman brings to her husband at marriage; major deciding factor in upper-class unions.48
5040655863WitchesMainly poor, older, single woman with no strong male influence in their lives, played largely in part by rampant misogyny.49

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