Machiavelli wrote this handbook on how to gain and keep power for future rulers.
The Prince
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Northern Renaissance writers were known as this.
Christian humanists.
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Painter, sculptor, inventor, scientist who painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper.
Leonardo Da Vinci
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Decribe the time period of the Renaissance.
Revival of interest in the expansion of knowledge through painting, literature, exploration, and science.
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Name 3 Important City-States in Italy.
Milan, Genoa, Venice, Sicily, Florence.
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Name ONE way Machiavelli believed a ruler could maintain power.
Fear is more powerful than love.
Act swiftly and decisively.
Do good, but do evil when necessary.
The ends justifies the means.
Power must be kept by any means.
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The Northern Renaissance merges these two ideas together.
Religion and humanism.
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Famous painter, architect who painted the School of Athens.
Raphael Sanzio
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WHEN and WHERE did the Renaissance begin?
1350 in the City-States of Northern Italy.
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How did the Italian City States benefit from their geographic location.
Access to water.
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What type of art inspired Renaissance painters?
Classical
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What invention promoted literacy in Northern Europe and who invented it?
Printing Press. Johann Gutenberg.
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Sculptor, painter, poet, architect who painted the Creation of Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and sculpted the statue of David.
Michelangelo
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Name the two civilizations that influenced many Renaissance artists and writers.
Ancient Greece & Ancient Rome
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What group of people advanced the arts and culture in the Italian city-states?
Patrons
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This technique allowed painters to add depth to their painting.
Perspective
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What was the Renaissance in England called and who was it named after?
Elizabethan Age. Queen Elizabeth I.
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Northern Renaissance writer who wrote The Praise of Folly
Erasmus
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What did HUMANISTS celebrate?
The beauty of the world and the individual's role in it.
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Name the most important family in Florence.
Medici Family.
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He was a humanist writer who was famous for his love sonnets and poems.
Petrarch
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Who was the greatest English playwright/poet of the Elizabethan Age?