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BJU History of Civ. Chapter 9-10
The Late Middle Ages: Social and Political Breakdown; Renaissance and Discovery
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History
Undergraduate 1
11/21/2010

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Renaissance
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"rebirth" of knowledge, education, art, philosophy, etc.
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Guelf faction
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propapal, wanted the pope to have greater authority than the king
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Ghibelline faction
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pro-imperial, wanted the king to have more authority than the pope
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Lorenzo the Magnificent
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Italian (Florence), Medici ruler, patron of the arts, totalitarian
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condottieri
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military broker to hire mercenary armies from
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Petrarch
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Italian, writer/historian, "father of humanism," wrote "Lives of illustrious Men"
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Dante
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Italian, poet, wrote "Divine Comedy," emphasis on writing in the vernacular
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Boccaccio
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Italian, writer, student of Petrarch, wrote "Decameron"
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Castiglione
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Italian, writer, wrote "Book of the Courtier"
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Ficino
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Italian, founder of Platonic Academy, wrote "Platonic Theology", translated Plato
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Pico della Mrandola
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Italian, Platonic Academy, wrote "Oration on the dignity of man"
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Valla
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Italian, critic, proved "Donation of Constantine" to be a fraud
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Renaissance Art
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portrayed the natural world and human emotions, emphasized mathematical symmetry and proportions
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chiaroscuro
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creating a 3D effect with contrasting darkness and lightness
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linear perspective
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using size and lines to create depth
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Giotto
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Italian, painter, "father of Renaissance painting"
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Masaccio
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Italian, painter, literal and natural world
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Donatello
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Italian, sculptor, famous for his bronze "David"
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