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HIST Chapter 13
The Renaissance
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History
10th Grade
09/15/2008

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renaissance means
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re-birth
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birthplace of Renaissance
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Italy becuase of history and geography
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Leonardo da Vinci
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artist, Mona Lisa, one of reatest geniouses of all time
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Michaelangelo
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Pieta- statue of Mary, Sistine Chapel ceiling
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Raphael
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religious art, madonnas
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Castiglione
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believed members of the court should be well mannered aristocrats
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Machiavelli
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wrote the Prince, believed that power was the most important thing and you should do whatever it takes to achieve personal goal even if it means violating acceptable conduct
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reason for spread of the renaissance
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invention of the printing press- more availble books, cheaper, increased literacy
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humanists
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stress education and classical learning
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Thomas More
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wrote Utopia (place of peace and harmony)
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Shakespeare
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expressed universal  themes and Renaissance ideas in poems and plays

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