Renaissance Flashcards
1
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Where and when did the Renaissance begin?
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Where: Florence, Italy
When: Around the 1300s
2
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Who were the Medicis?
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- Italian banking family
- Largest bank in Europe
- Rose to power in Florence
- Political Dynasty
- Produced three popes of the Catholic Church
- Lorenzo= patron of the arts
- Branches throughout Italy
3
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How did the Renaissance art change/influence the art world?
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- Created new things like vanishing point
- Rediscovered Ancient Sculpture
- Abstract ways changed people’s perspectives
- Art was no longer just Holy and religious, had meanings beyond Religon
4
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Who was Machiavelli?
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- always praised rules
- Wrote THE PRINCE= a book that talked about how rulers gained power
- He believed in tricking his enemies and others only for the good of the state
- Wasn’t concerned how with what was actually and morally right but instead with what was effective politically
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5
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What is Reformation?
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- Large changes in the way power was distributed
- Created by Christian humanists (For example Erasmus) and non religious ideas, people who judged the Catholic Church, also by humanism…
- 95 theses of Martin Luther also caused it since he rejected several teachings of the Church
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Who is Erasmus?
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- Dutch Renaissance Humanist teacher and theologian
- wrote many books for the Catholic Church
- called for Reform
- member of the Catholic Church his whole life
- kept distance from Martin Luther
- He believed that the Roman Catholic Church needed to reform it’s corrupt and superstitious behavior
- Thought that the Catholic Church was more concerned with it’s wealth than helping men find god, etc…
7
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What is Humanism?
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- A philosophy or way of thinking about the world
- a set of ethics about how people should live and act
- people who believe this=humanists
- educated in the “humanities”
- started in Ancient Greece
- study of the value of humans related to funding one’s talent, science, art, history, literature, but not religion
8
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What was the relevance of the printing press?
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- allowed ppl to share large amounts of info. Quickly and in huge numbers
- caused things drastically changed in Society during the Renaissance time period
- still important today because without it we wouldn’t have books, magazines, or etc…
- Invented by Johannes Gutenberg between the years of 1440-1450
9
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What is the Spanish Inquisition?
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- established in 1498 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand the 11 of Argon and IsaBella the 1st of castle
- intended to maintain Catholic Inquisition which was under papal Control
- became the most substantive of three different infestations of=wider Inquisition= around 150,000 were prosecuted for various offenses during the 3 centuries of the duration of the S.I out of which 3,000 out of 5,000 were executed
- established on Nov. 1st 1478
- disbanded 15 of July, 1834
10
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Who was Martin Luther?
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- translated the Bible to Herman and many other languages
- German professor of theology
- began to question the Church for selling indulgences
- rejected several teachings of the Catholic Church
- taught that salvation and consequently eternal life are not earned by good deeds but are only received as free Gifts from God
