Chapter 29 Vocabulary
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- Girolamo Cardano
- A mathmetician that solved many algebra problems
- Medici Family
- The Medici family was a powerful and influential Florentine family from the 13th to 17th century
- Dante Aleghieri
- 1265-1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- Florence
- a city in central Italy, on the Arno River: capital of the former grand duchy of Tuscany
- Arno River
- a river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea
- Donatello
- Italian sculptor renowned as a pioneer of the Renaissance style with his natural, lifelike figures, such as the bronze statue David.
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Italian painter, engineer, musician, and scientist.
- Lorenzo the Magnificent
- 1449-92, poet and patron of the arts and literature: ruler of Florence 1478-92
- Divine Comedy
- a narrative epic poem (14th century) by Dante which depicted where Christians go afterlife
- Brunelleschi
- Italian architect celebrated for his work during the Florentine Renaissance. His greatest achievement is the octagonal ribbed dome of the Florence cathedral.
- The Statue of David
- A a statue that made by Michelangelo that sits in front of the Palazzo Vecchio
- Niccola Machiavelli
- e study of political science was started by Niccola