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| Giovanni Pico della Mirandola |
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| (1463- 1494) Humanist. Italian who lived in Florence and expressed in his writtings the belief that there were no limits to what man ould accopmlish |
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| Francesco Petrarca (known as Patrarch) |
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| (1304-1374) father of Humanisim, led to the rise of Civic Humanists, those who were civic-minded and looked to the governments of the ancient world for inspiration. Also wrote italian sonnets |
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| (1369-1444)Humanist who wrote a biography of Cicero, encouraged peopel to be political as well as cultural. wrote The History of the Florentine Peoples. Chancellor of florence |
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| (1478-1529)Humanist. wrote The Courtier, which set forth the critera on how to be the ideal Rennissance man: well educated, mannered aristrocrat, and master in all things from music to sports |
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| (1390-1468) invented moveable type |
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| (1478-1535) wrote Utopia, described a fictional ideal society where all children received education in the classics, everyone was equal, all profits were shared and property was held in common. More said that private property promoted vice and corruption, but man could construct a perfect world |
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| (1466-1536) "the prince of Humanists" wrote In Praise of Folly, which satirized ignorance, superstition, and many church pratices |
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| (1483-1553) writer who protrayed the comic world of giants whose adventures satirized education, politics, and philosophy |
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| Michel Eyquen de Montaigne |
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| (1533-1592) introduced the essay as a literary form. expressed skepticism towards accepted beliefs and urged people to reject supersition and intolerance |
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| (1342-1400) wrote Canterbury Tales, one of the early classics of English Literature |
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| (1469-1527)wrote The Prince, an instruction manual for a a ruler on how to manage his country. Rulers maintain thier power by ignoring right and wrong- "the end justifies the means" |
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| (1530-1596) wrote The Six Books on the State, whic outlined the first systematic and clear conception that absolute sovereignty resided in the nation regardless of the forms of government |
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| won the War of the roses and re-established the monarch's authority over the nobles. established the Star Chamber, a court to check arstocratic power |
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| Ferdinand V of Argon and Isabella of Castile |
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| united Spain under a strong government and drove out the Moors and Jews under the Reconqusita and the Inquisition |
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| (1267-1337) Renissance Artist who helped make Florence the first great cultural center. Famos for frescoes, such as "St. Francis Preaching to the Birds". His realistic paintings replaced the 2D art of the middle ages |
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| (1378-1455) Renaissance sculptor famous for the bronze doors of the baptistery in a cathederal in Florence |
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| (1386-1466) Renissance artist who revived the classical figure of the nude body- symbolized balance and self-awarness. his statue, David (the small bronze one, not the big marble), was the first nude statue in the renaissance |
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| (1452-1519) the model "Renaissance Man": was a painter, sculptor, scientist, inventor, architect and musician. Dissected human corpses to see the inner workings of the muscles and bones. painted "The Last Supper" and "The Mona Lisa" |
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| (1475-1564) Reniassance artist who was also a type of renaissance man: painter, scupltor, engineer, and poet. did murals of biblical figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and 14 ft high sculpture of David (a propaganda tool to inspire florence citizens in thier struggle against Milan.) |
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| (1438-1520) Renaissance arist famos for his Madonnas ("sister madonna") and his fresco "The School of Athens" (shows the great thinkers, Aristotle, Plato, and etc, together discussing philosophy) Used proportion and Perspective |
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| (1580-1666) Renaissance artist who painted portraits of everyday life that captured the spirit of the dutch people. painted "the laughign Cavalier" |
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| (1606-1669) Renaissance artist who was thought to be one of the greatest Dutch painters of the age. Famous for his realism and use of light and shade. Painted religous subjects and scenes from everyday life. Did "Night Watch" and "Aristotle Comtemplating the bust of Homer" |
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| (1541-1614) renaissance artist from Spain who painted religous scenes ("The Assumption of the Virgin") and landscapes ("View of Toledo") |
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| (1471-1528) Renaissance artist from Germany who is famous for his metal and wood engravings. did "Praying Hands" |
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