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15.1 Italian Renaissance

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Renaissance
"Rebirth", renewed interest and developments in art, literature, science and learning.
humanism
Emphasized individual accomplishments and believed potential of human mind was almost limitless.
secular
Worldly focus, rather than spiritual focus
Baldassare Castiglione
Italian diplomat/humanist who wrote "The Courtier", which described how the perfect Renaissance man/woman should behave.
Niccolo Machiavelli
Italian who wrote influential book "The Prince", which encouraged harsh treatment of citizens and contained the new idea that the state was an entity in itself, separate from its ruler.
Lorenzo de Medici
A well-educated poet, who was part of wealthy powerful family of Florence that gave tons of money to artists, intellectuals, and musicians
Leonardo da Vinci
A talented painter, writer, inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, musician and philosopher. "The Last Supper" and "Mona Lisa"
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Sculptor ("Pieta" and "David") and painter (Sistine Chapel ceiling)
Raphael
Painter ("The School of Athens") and architect
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