Jacob Burckhardt coined the term "Renaissance" and published an influential book analyzing the civilization of Renaissance Italy. Cosimo de Medici was a powerful member of the Medici family who was an important patron of art and scholarship in Florence. Leonardo da Vinci was one of the most famous Renaissance polymaths, known for works like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
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Jacob Burckhardt coined the term "Renaissance" and published an influential book analyzing the civilization of Renaissance Italy. Cosimo de Medici was a powerful member of the Medici family who was an important patron of art and scholarship in Florence. Leonardo da Vinci was one of the most famous Renaissance polymaths, known for works like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Jacob Burckhardt coined the term "Renaissance" and published an influential book analyzing the civilization of Renaissance Italy. Cosimo de Medici was a powerful member of the Medici family who was an important patron of art and scholarship in Florence. Leonardo da Vinci was one of the most famous Renaissance polymaths, known for works like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
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Jacob Burckhardt
Came up with the term 'Renaissance' Published "Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy" Book of the Courtier - how an upperclass gentleman should be educated in music, arts, and swordsmanship Controlled Florence, was a member of a wealthy banking family who ran the city-state government
Castiglione
Cosimo de Medici
Lorenzo the Magnificent
A leading patron of art and scholarship; powerful member of the Medici family.
Petrarch
The father of humanism, he wrote that literature should not be subordinate to religion. Wrote "The Prince", a book that recommended harsh and arbitrary rule for princes 1st (Clergy, 1%) 2nd (Nobility 2%) 3rd (Everyone else 97%) A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements Period beginning in the late 15th century, it produced some of the most wellknownreligious and secular artwork of the period from such figures as Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo Created a relative 40-year period of peace in Northern Italy; represented balance of powers A commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas Wrote "New Cicero" ; humanists believe that their studies of humanism should be put to the service of the state. Translated Greek --> Latin a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose Ruler of Urbino (under his rule, Urbino became a well-known cultural and intellectual center)
Machiavelli
Three Estates
Humanism
High Renaissance
Peace of Lodi
Hanseatic League
Leonardo Bruni
Cicero Federigo de Montefeltro
Lorenzo Valla
Proved Donation of Constantine was a fake, which challenged the authority of the papacy. Included two types of writing: 1) occult sciences or magic 2) otological and philosophical beliefs and stipulations German printer: Movable type and printing press Florentine painter known for vivid colors; painted both mythological works ("The Birth of Venus" & "Primavera") & religious works ("The Adoration of the Magi") Papal secretary, collected manuscripts Italian sculptor renowned as a pioneer of the Renaissance style with his natural, lifelike figures, such as the bronze statue David. Massive dome on the Cathedral of Florence This Italian painter and inventor is best known for his painting called the "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper" Italian Renaissance painter; he painted frescos, most famous being The School of Athens Sculptures: David Paintings: Sistine Chapel ceiling, Last Judgement Painter, Rebuilt St. Peter's Basilica, Tempietta Flemish painter, who used oil paints in his "Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride." Did not reject the use of minute details, characteristics of Northern artists. "Adoration of the Magi" French King; With help of the Estates-General, he established a royal army in France and earned the right to levy the "taille" or permanent tax. (1461-1483) French king, nicknamed the"Spider King," manipulated the EstatesGeneral to gain a permanent taille, took over part of Burgandy when Charles the Bold died
Renaissance Hermeticism
Johannes Gutenberg
Sandro Botticelli
Poggio Bracciolini
Donato da Donatello
Filippo Brunelleschi
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
Michelangelo
Donato Bramante Jan van Eyck
Albrecht Durer
Charles VII
Louis XI
Henry VII
Defeated Richard III in the War of the Roses; and started the Tudor Dynasty Struggle for the English throne between the house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VII The most infamous Pope of the Renaissance; a Borgia, he used nepotism and simony to enrich himself and his family. The king and queen of Spain who funded Columbus Castille + Aragon Jews and Muslims who converted to Christianity, either willingly or unwillingly, following the Christian takeover of Spain He stated that the Bible was the sole authority and stressed a personal communion with God; his followers were known as the lollards He spoke out against corruption in the church and was burned at the stake in Prague, the capital of Bohemia, in 1415 Followers = Hussites "Warrior Pope". Sponsored Michaelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel. Used Nepotism to promote his own family in the church Pope who excommunicated Martin Luther and tried to stop the spread of lutheranism. Sold indulgences
Taxes brought higher rates of income for the government
Slaves Schools were opened for boys and men in which pupils studied roman history, philosophy etc. For high status women, private tutoring was attainable Black Death had made open jobs that could not be filled by skilled workers. Also brought by Spanish inquisitions Platonic philosophy based upon a hierarchy of substances and a theory of spiritual love
