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Giovanni Boccaccio
Famous writer of time of Black Plague; friend of Francesco
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Italian Renaissance (1350-1600)
-where began?
City-states of Italy
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Humanism
-focus on secular, or worldly themes rather than religious ideas
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Individualism
- an emphasis on the dignity and worth of the individual person
- human improvement; people should develop their talents through many activities- politics, sports, the arts
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Francesto Petrarch
wrote sonnets (abt. love for Laura- died in plague)
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Benevenuto Cellini
- goldsmith and sculptor
- one of first modern autobiographys
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Baldassare Castiglione
gave advice on Renaissance ideal of good behavior in The Book of the Courtier
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Niccoló Machiavelli
- diplomat
- wrote The Prince - analyxed the politics of Renaissance Italy
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Social Groups of the Time
- upper class- wealthy merchants/bankers
- middle class- shopkeepers and artisons
- bottom- pheasants
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Places with leading Roles in Renaissance
Florence, Rome, & Venice
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Florence
Birthplace of Italian Renaissance
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Rome
Leading Renaissance City
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Venice
- Port city of the Adriatic Sea
- Known for artistic achievements
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Renaissance Arts
- still religious subjects, but more secular/worldly overtones, made as realistic as possible
- worked on perspective- anatomy, emocions
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Filippo Brunelleschi
- dome designed & completed in 1436 for the Cathedral of Florence
- - great engineering feat of the time
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Donatello, Michaelangelo, Ghiberti
- Well known Renaissance Sculpturs
- From Florence
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Michaelangelo Buonarroti
- Learned Craft in Florence
- Later sculpted works for the pope in Rome
- Hired by Pope Julius II to paint Vatican's Sistine Chapel Ceiling
- Works- statue of David, la pietá
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Lorenzo Ghiberti
10 biblical scenes on bronze doors
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Painting style
more realistic style
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Giotto
- paintings
- captured human emotions
- frescoes of life of Francis of Assisi
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Masaccio
- painting
- lighting, perspective, depth
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Leonardo da Vinci
- great Renaissance artist
- Works- Mona Lisa, The Last Supper
- - astronomy, mathematics, other mechanical inventions
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Raphael
- painter
- vatican, pope's apartment
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Lavina Fontana
- female artist
- portrait painter
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Sofonisba
- female artist
- became painter at King Philip II court
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