Ch. 11 Important People
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Zixi on October 21, 2010
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ap european history vocabulary
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The definitions are from "Civilization of the West" and "AP Achiever". Some of the terms are from Ch. 10.
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Italian | English |
|---|---|
 Giotto | Painter & architect; One of earliest artists contributing to the Ren.; Led the way into REALISM |
| Leonardo Bruni | Greatest Greek scholar of the day; Translated ancient Greek into Latin; Served and wrote a history of Florence; Admiration of Cicero |
| Lorenzo Valla | Excelled in PHILOLOGY; Demonstrated "Donation of Constantine" was a forgery |
| Lorenzo de'Medici | "The Magnificent"; ruled Florence during Golden Age; Greatest achievement -- DIPLOMACY; Advocate of CIVIC HUMANISM; Patronage of lit. and arts; Death led to decline of Ren. in Florence |
| Niccolò Machiavelli | Wrote "THE PRINCE"; secular political science |
| Petrarch | Father of HUMANISM; Believed he was living at the start of a new era |
| Baldassar Castiglione | Wrote "THE COURTIER"; Counsels "Ren. Man" to read the classics and conduct in public Advocated limited education for women |
| Donatello | Sculptor; famous in bronze statue; Trademark: long-flowing robes -- NATURALISM; David; Judith Slaying Holofernes |
| Masaccio | Painter; Expulsion of Adam and Eve; Holy Trinity |
| Brunelleschi | Arichitect; Among the first to use PERSPECTIVE geometry; Massive dome (Il Duomo) on Cathedral of Florence |
| Leonardo da Vinci | "Universal Man"; Introduced notion of systematic observation; Mona Lisa; Last Supper |
| Michelangelo Buonarroti | Excelled in all artistic media; David, Pietà; Painting in Sistine Chapel; St. Peter's Dome |
| Raphael | Youngest of all masters; rival of Michelangelo; School of Athens |
| Christine de Pisan | Published the first modern statements of feminism; Turned to writing to support her family; First and most profitable woman to earn a living through writing in her days |
| Isabella d'Este | "First Lady of the World"; Patronage of lots of artists; Wrote hundreds of letters to demand artwork |
| Laura Cereta | Humanist writers and feminist; Advocated equality of opportunity; Claimed to seek fame and immortality through writing |
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