chapter 29
Chapter 29 vocabulary
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- Dante Alighieri
- Italian poet who wrote,''The Divine Comedy'' completed in 1321
- Girolamo Cardano
- A mathmatician who studied and made break throughs in algerbra and probability.
- Niccolo Machiavelli
- A statesman, historian and writer during the Medici's rule; wrote the book The Prince; advised rulers to make certain decisions
- Donatello
- Sculpture and artist who's work expressed personality and mood.
- The Statue of David
- A famous sculpture by michalangelo by influneced by donatello
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Scientist, inventor, and artist that lived in the Rensisannce period.
- Arno River
- A very Important old bridge that is located in Italy that has the Ponte Vecchio bridge over it
- Lorenzo the Magnificent
- Member of the Medici family; patron of art and scholarship; ruled for more than 20 years.
- Divine Comedy
- a long poem written in the 1300s by Dante Alighieri who influenced many other authors
- Medici Family
- A wealthy ruling family of florence, They built palaces and had a strong military, and mainly patrons.
- Flourence
- A republic governed and elected by councils in Italy.
- Brunelleshci
- A great Architecht that desighen the Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore, and invented the hoist.