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Renaissnce
Artists and Writers
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History
9th Grade
02/14/2010
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Da Vinci
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Mona Lisa, The Last Supper
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Michelangelo
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David, La Pieta
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Raphael
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School of Athens, The Transfiguration
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Donatello
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David
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Masaccio
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The Trinity
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Castiglione
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The Courtier
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Petrarch
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the Father of Humanism
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Dante
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The Divine Comedy
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Machiavelli
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The Prince
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[image]
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The Last Supper by da Vinci
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[image]
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Mona Lisa by da Vinci
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[image]
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David by Michelangelo
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[image]
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School of Athens by Raphael
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[image]
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La Pieta by Michelangelo
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[image]
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The Trinity by Masaccio
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[image]
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The Transfiguration by Raphael
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Botticelli
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He wrote "Primavera".
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Gutenberg
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He invented the printing press.
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Erasmus
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He had pure and simple Christian life writings.

 

He also wrote "In Praise of Folly".
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Thomas More
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He wrote "Utopia".
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The term "renaissance" means...
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rebirth.
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Fresco
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paiting on wet plaster
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Contraposto
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weight on one foot (David)
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chiaroscuro
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dark and light colors to create shading
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scientific or linear perspective
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horizon and vanishing point (School of Athens)
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perspective
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portrayal of depth
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subject
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what the work depicts
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theme
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the message
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secular
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worldly ideas
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urban society
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Venice, Florence, Milan
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classical period
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ancient Greece and Rome
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vernecular
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language of the people
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sfumato
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hazy appearance (Mona Lisa)
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Florence, Venice, Genoa, and Milan
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Florence, Genoa, and Venice controlled most of the trade with Asia.
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