Civic humanism - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Atmospheric Perspective correct answers creates the illusion of distance by the greater dimunition of color intensity, the shift in color toward an almost neutral blue, and the blurring of contours as the intended distance between eye and object increases Continuous Narrative correct answers narrative that presents different events in time within the same work of art Contrapposto correct answers The dispostion of the human figure in which one part is turned in opposition to another part (u...

AP Euro Chapter 2 - Renaissance and Discovery Why did Renaissance society first begin in merchant cities in Italy? - Answer-- Italy is the gateway btwn the east and west - Italians are willing to spend a lot of money on art - Italian merchants had developed skills in bookkeeping, organizing, developing new markets, securing monopolies - there were "banking families" and Italian banking and international trade interests created lots of money Effects of the Black Plague - Answer-- p...

AP Euro Chapter 2 Medici Family - Answer-Ruled Florence during the Renaissance, became wealthy from banking, spent a lot of money on art, controlled Florence for about 3 centuries Cosimo de Medici - Answer-Italian financier and statesman and friend of the pope he helped get into papal office. Supported Brunneleschi's completion of the Duomo. He also commissioned public art for the city of Florence. Machiavelli's The Prince - Answer-A short political treatise about political power ...

AP Euro Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers Rated A+ Document Content and Description Below AP Euro Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers Rated A+ Italian Renaissance The Italian Renaissance was the beginning of the Renaissance, a period of great cultural change and achievement in Europe that spanned the period from the end of the 13th century to about 1600. Jacob Burckhart A 19th century historian who claimed the Renaissance period stood in distinct contrast to the Middle Ages city-states...

Classical Period Acronym (BRTH PRD) - ANSWER-BRTH- Balance, Reason, Truth, Humanism PRD- Polytheism, Republic, Democracy Renaissance Period Acronym (RUSH RoCS - Michealangelos Rock sculpture) - ANSWER-RUSH- Reformation, University System, Scientific Expansion, Humanism RoCS- Rebirth of Classicism & Self fashioning Neoclassical & Enlightenment Period Acronym (CORDES- classical cords) - ANSWER-CORDES- Classicism, Order, Rationalism, Deism, Empiricism, Skepticism Romantic Period Acrony...

What impact did the Black Death have on the society and economy of Europe? - answer-People abandoned their friends and family, fled cities, and shut themselves off from the world. Funeral rites became perfunctory or stopped altogether, and work ceased being done. Some felt that the wrath of God was descending upon man, and so fought the plague with prayer. Some felt that they should obey the maxim, "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may die." The society experienced an upheaval to...

when was NAPOLEON DEPOSED FROM POSITION OF EMPEROR? correct answers APRIL 1814 WHERE DID NAPOLEON ENVADE DURING HIS REIGN correct answers NORTH AFRICA AND EUROPE BY WHEN DID THE FRENCH EMPIRE controlled or had loyal regimes throughout Europe up to the Russian border. correct answers 1811 WHEN DID RUSSIA ENVADE FRANCE correct answers WHEN DID FRANCE ENVADE RUSSIA correct answers SUMMER 1812 WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS TROOPS ONCE THEY ENTERED RUSSIA correct answers FROZEN Who was Piet...

Medici Banking Family - answer-Reason why Florence regained banking The family expanded from cloth to commerce to real estate to banking Known to be the greatest bank in Europe with branches all over Three Estates - answer-First estate, second estate, and third estate first estate: clergy who believed people should be guided by spiritual ends second estate: the nobility who believes that nobles provide security and justice third estate: peasants, made up 90% or mass majority Isabelle ...

AP Euro Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers Rated A+ Italian Renaissance The Italian Renaissance was the beginning of the Renaissance, a period of great cultural change and achievement in Europe that spanned the period from the end of the 13th century to about 1600. Jacob Burckhart A 19th century historian who claimed the Renaissance period stood in distinct contrast to the Middle Ages city-states Small independent states mostly in the central and northern Italian peninsula that c...

AP Euro - Chapter 2 - The Renaissance Vernacular Languages - Answer-The common speech of the masses. They were the alternative to Latin, the language of the learned. Jacob Burkhardt - Answer-Nineteenth-century historian who formulated the concept that the Renaissance was a "rebirth" or "resurgence" of classical humanism. John Van Eyck - Answer-Flemish painter who applied great attention to the details in their work particularly in their capturing of human facial expressions....