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Chapter 30: Leading Figures of the Renaissance
History Alive: Unit 7: Chapter 30
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7th Grade
03/23/2013

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chapel
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a room, sometimes inside a larger church, set aside for prayer and worship
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proportion
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the relative sizes of things, such as the length of an arm compared to the overall size of the human body
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engraving
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a print of an image that has been engraved, or etched, in a hard surface, such as metal
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woodcut
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print of an image that has been carved in wood-inked and transferred to paper
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axis
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an imaginary line drawn through a sphere, or ball, such as Earth
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dissect
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to cut and separate the parts of a living thing for scientific study
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New World
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the name given by Europeans to the Americas, which were unknown in Europe before the voyages of Christopher Columbus
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subject
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a person under the rule of a monarch
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playwright
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an author of plays
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armada
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a large fleet of ships
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comedy
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an amusing play with a happy ending
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tragedy
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a serious play with a sad ending
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satire
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a work that uses sharp humor to attack people or society
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Michelangelo
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- Italian artist, sculptor & painter.
- Painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
- Sculpted the statue of David.
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Titian
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- Italian painter.
- Used vivid color & movement.
- Named official painter of Venice.
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Albrecht Durer
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- German Artist
- Encouraged artist to study measurement & geometry.
- Known for his engravings and woodcuts
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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  • Polish Scientist. 
  • Father of modern astronomy. 
  • Proposed the heliocentric theory that put the sun in the center of the Earth with the planets traveling around the sun.
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Andreas Vesalius
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  • Belgian Scientist.
  • Father of anatomy.
  • Wrote the book "On the Structure of the Human Body". The first modern medical textbook.
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Elizabeth I
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- Queen of England. 
- able ruler @ age 25. 
- Ruled for 45 years.
- her reign is often called England's Golden Age
- strengthened England's economy
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William Shakespeare
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- English poet & playwright. 
- 1 of the greatest writers of the English language.
- works include Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet.
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Miguel Cervantes
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- Spanish writer.
- Wroter 'Don Quixote'
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Johannes Gutenberg
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invented the printing press.
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proportion
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the relative sizes of things, such as the length of an arm compared to the overall size of the human body
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Leonardo da Vinci
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- Italian renaissance person.
- Painter, sculptor, architect, engineer & inventor.
- 1 of the greatest creative minds of all time.
- Painted Mona Lisa.
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