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The Renaissance
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History
9th Grade
01/16/2010

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What year does the shift to the Renaissance begin?
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1350
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What does Renaissance mean?
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Rebirth
Term
What was this time a rebirth from?
Definition
The Middle Ages
Term
What were four major themes of the Renaissance?
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  1. Recovery from the Middle Ages
  2. Regression of religion in every day life
  3. Human reason (questioned and there was a new focus on the individual)
  4. Urban society (development of small cities)

 

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Three ways in which Literacy was transformed.
Definition
  1. It became understood that knowledge = power (the importance of power).
  2. Vernacular language
  3. Printing press

 

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What was the vernacular language?
Definition
Common language in a region
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What were four themes of humanism?
Definition

  1. Realism (focus on reality)
  2. Individual (ordinary existence)
  3. Religion (not as powerful)
  4. Classical Rome + Greece (nostalgic attachment) 

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Three Renaissance artists
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  1. Leonardo Da Vinci
  2. Michelangelo
  3. Raphael

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Three major themes of Ren. art
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  1. Realism
  2. Very detailed (appeared 3-D)
  3. Influenced by Greek and Roman history

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What was at the core of humanist education?
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Liberal Studies
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A type of painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water-based paints.
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Fresco
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Who wrote "The Prince"?
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Machiavelli
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Did Machiavelli believe it is better to be feared or loved?
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Feared, but not hated
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What famous analogy did Machiavelli make?
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A prince must be a fox to recognize the traps, but at the same time a lion to frighten off wolves
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What family dominated Florence, Italy in the Renaissance?
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The Medici family
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