Chp. 28 and 29 Vocab-History
chapter 28 and 29 quiz prep., history.
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- Brunelleschi
- Renaissance architect; studied ruins in Rome and learned math in architecture; built large enough dome so it wouldn't collapse;
- patron
- a person who supports the arts or other activities by supplying money for them
- Renaissance Time Period
- began in Italy (Florence) in mid 1300's; spread to other parts of Europe in 1400's and 1500's
- Divine Comedy
- by Alighieri; poem that describes an imaginary journey through where Christians believed souls went in the afterlife;
- Renaissance art
- 3D, responded to light/shading, religious OR everyday situations, active and looks real
- Dante Alighieri
- native of Florence; first well-known writer to create literature in native language;
- The Statue of David
- sculptures made by Michelangelo and Donatello; natural looking
- Leonardo da Vinci
- artist in Renaissance; studied anatomy (how bodies move)
- Medici Family
- wealthy patrons of Renaissance Florence; spent huge sums of money on palaces, paintings, and the Palazzo Medici (which was filled with artwork)
- humanities
- areas of study that focus on human life and culture, such as history, literature, and ethics
- Medieval art
- features: religious/often shows Jesus or saints, flat/2D, bright colors (red with gold background), larger than surroundings, always clothed; example: Madonna and Child
- Florence
- Italy's leading cultural center during Renaissance; located on the Arno River; a city-state;
- Classical art
- period: 500 B.C.E. to 500 C.E.; Greco-Roman; features:balance and harmony, little background or perspective, calm/no emotion/stoic, in motion/active
- Niccolo Machiavelli
- Florentine statesman and historian; wrote book: "The Prince" which is about politics and government
- Lorenzo the Magnificent
- member of Medici Family; patron of art and scholarship; ruled from 1469 to/and 1492 when he died
- Petrarch
- Italian poet, founder of humanism
- Arno River
- the city-state Florence was located on it; because of location became woolen-cloth trading hub for Europe
- Girolamo Cardano
- mathematician; interested in gambling, worked probability; solved complex equations in algebra
- republic
- a form of government in which people elect representatives to rule in their name
- Donatello
- a Florentine; one of the first sculptors to use new, lifelike sculpting style;
- city-state
- an independent state consisting of a city (Florence) and its surrounding territory