Art and Architecture
Beginning of the Artistic Renaissance
Baptistry Doors
Second Head of the Medici Bank, effective ruler of Florence
Cosimo de' Medici
Father of Italian Poetry
Dante
One of Mr. Kennon's favorite poets
Siegfried Sassoon
Manifesto of the Renaissance
Oration on the Dignity of Man
Used the Basilica San Lorenzo, and Santa Maria Delgi Angelo as experiments funded by the Medici and Florence
Brunelleschi
Considered one of the two archetypical l'omo universale
Michelangelo
Father of Italian Prose
Boccaccio
Scout's real name
Jean Louise "Scout" Finch
Written by Bruni
History of the Florentine People
Paint on wet plaster
Fresco
Travelled widely to decorate churches and private homes with frescoes, example of Renaissance rivalries fueling art
Giotto
Florentine Neo-platonist who wrote the Platonic Theology
Marsilio Ficino
Discovered Jupiter's moons
Galileo Galilei
Written by Bede
Ecclesiastical History of the English Peoples
Saint Maria of Flowers, center of Florentine religious life and cite of Brunelleschi's Dome
Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore
Teacher of Giotto
Cimabue
Written word arranged in sentences and paragraphs, ie typical books
Prose
Thistle
The practice of sponsoring a book, work of art, or building
David
Technique to make 2D images appear to be 3D
Single point or linear perspective
Leonardo Bruni
Four
Written by Boccaccio
Decameron
On Famous Women