Florence
The title acquired by Lorenzo de Medici.
What was "The Magnificent" (Lorenzo the Magnificent)?
The founding figure of Italian Renaissance philosophy.
Who was Petrarch (Francesco Petrarcha)?
The primary source of inspiration for Renaissance artists and architects.
What was Greco-Roman ruins and art?
This city became the center of the "High Renaissance".
What is Rome?
The definition of Renaissance Humanism.
What is a 14th and 15th century movement that saw a drastic increase in the discovery of and the study of the classical world and culture?
The primary rivals of the Medici family in the 15th century.
Who were the Albizzi and Pazzi families?
The designer of the dome of Santa Maria Del Fiore.
Who was Filippo Brunelleschi?
Linear Perspective is a painting technique that accomplishes this.
What is a sense of depth and distance?
The definition of 'Nepotism".
What is the practice of elevating family members into positions of power?
Lorenzo would send these people to the courts of rulers whose favor he wanted.
What (or who) are artists?
The figure who oversaw the rise of Medici dominance in 1457.
Who was Cosimo de Medici?
This philosophy emphasized the study of classical texts and ideas, and began in the 14th century.
What is humanism?
The sculptor of the Bronze David.
Who was Donatello?
The region of Italy that Florence is located in.
What is Tuscany?
A short summary of Machiavelli's general argument.
What is "the ends justify the means"?
Florence is famous for these two industries.
What are Textiles and Banking?
Manuel Chrysolaras offered this sort of education in Florence in 1397.
What was Greek language and literature?
The painter of the "Birth of Venus".
Who was Sandro Botticelli?
This Florentine monk established an extreme Catholic theocracy after the eviction of the Medici.
Who was Savonarola?
Constantinople fell this year.
What is 1453?
This famous MARBLE statue was sculpted by Michelangelo and originally displayed in the main square of Florence.
What is the statue of David?
His patronage supported the Florentine Platonic Academy.
Who was Cosimo de Medici?
The nickname of Michelangelo.
What is "Il Divino" (The Divine One)?
Renaissance artists and architects looked to these for inspiration and as models of perfection.
What are Greco-Roman ruins?
This major event rocked Renaissance Italy in 1494.
What was the French invaded as part of the Italian Wars?