the renaissance
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andreadougherty on June 8, 2011
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Italian | English |
|---|---|
 renaissance | the rebirth |
| humanism | the belief that latin and greek classics held all lessons needed for one to live a moral and complete life, dante alighieri |
| perspective | artistic term that means artists could represent three different planes throughout an artwork on a flat surface |
| castiglione | secular humanist who wrote the courtier -> told how a perfect renaissance gentleman should be |
| leonardo da vinci | famous artist, writer, architect, inventor, engineer, mathematician, musician, philosopher. "mona lisa" |
| michelangelo | famous sculptor, david -> 13 foot marble statue, painting on the ceiling of the sistine chapel -> biblical and christ-like figures |
| raphael sanzio | painter and architect, fresco -> painting over wet plaster (on a wall), most famous work -> school of athens |
| botticelli | italian painter -> "birth of venus" |
| johannes gutenburg | german inventor and printor, invented movable type (printing press?), first publication -> bible |
| albrecht durer | german artist, painted in oils and carved wood, fabric, other materials |
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