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- Renaissance definition. Era of _____. Ended when _____
- Time of new ideas. Means 'new birth'. Transition from medieval to modern times. Ended when Spanish Imperial soldiers torched Rome.
- City States
- -gateway between east and west. -trade cities -bankers for europe -Medici= most important family
- social class in city states
- -grandi=nobles/merchants that traditionally rule -popolo grosso= challenge grandis -middle buhrheis= guild masters, shop owners. side with grandis -popolo minuto=low class.
- Ciompo Revolt
- 1378-uprising of poor 3 conflicts= old rich vs. new rich; social anarchy gone; banking houses close [poor vulnerable]
- Depotism
- -kept law and order -executive, military, judicial authority -condottieri= mercernary troops hired by despots -target for assassinations
- Diplomacy
- -born out of social conflicts and war -power over enemies w/out war
- Humanish\m
- -study of latin and greek classics. human nature
- North Renaissance spread by...
- -Students -Writings -Technology [printing press] -wanting of literacy [more common languages
- Ren. Art features.
- -religious -humans -realism -perspective -symmetry -chiaroscuro= shading
- Michelangelo
- -paintings and sculptures -developed mannerism [symmetry]
- Da Vinci
- -'Renaissance Man' -painter -engineer -studied corpses for anatomy
- Raphael
- -contemporary painter -kind -Madonnas
- Donatello
- -architect, painter, sculptor [Bronze David]
- Decline of Renaissance
- -Foreign invasions -Pope Alexander and Julius wanted more territory and power
- Secularism
- -prepare for eternal life after death -live full life
- Individualism
- -ok to brag -develope talents
- Castiglione
- -Book of Courtier [manners guide] -wrote how men and women should act in public -widely read
- Pico Della Mirandola
- -Oration on the Dignity of Man -praised humans -saw them as wonderful creatures
- Machiavelli
- -wrote the Prince -instructions of being a good prince -how to gain respect and seize power
- Francisco Petrarch
- -'Father of Renaissance' -wrote poetry -letters to ancient dead, poem called 'Africa', biographies, love sonnets
- Lorenzo Valla
- -researched the 'Donation of Constantine' -proved it to be false -[constantine gave papal states to pope [faulty]
- Renaissance
- -French word for "rebirth" or "revival -chosen by Jacob Burkhart -transition to modern times in early 1400's
- Why Italy?
- -geography crossroads for all civiizations -