Ap euro chapter 2 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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Albrecht durer - German/northern Ren artist who focused on proportion, perspective, and modeling Alphonse de Albuquerque - Laid foundation for Portuguese imperialism in the 16/17th century Amerigo Vespucci - Explored Brazil, first European to realize he had discovered a new continent in the American world. Antwerp (Belgium) - 16th century, became banking/commercial center for europe Asiento - Slave trade Astrolabe - New navigational tool that measured latitude Bartholomew de las Casas - ...

Act of Supremacy - - makes king of England head of English church in place of the pope Albert Durer - - painted the most famous self-portrait of the European renaissance and reformation - famous for his wood carvings Aztecs - - Moctezuma ll was the last of the Aztec kings - let Spanish into their territory because they thought Hernan Cortes was a god - they surrender to Cortes after Moctezuma ll is killed Baldassare Castiglione - - wrote Book of the Courtier, which was a practical guide f...

AP Euro Chapter 2 The Renaissance What does humanism emphasize? - Answer-Human perfection, individualism, liberal arts, and SECULAR (not religious) values How did Humanism shape Italy in the 14-15th centuries? - Answer-Many famous humanist artists and writers helped form the arts of that era in writing, painting, sculpture, and education reform. What caused Italy's political decline? - Answer-Ruler of Milan (Italy) invited French king Louis XI to invade Italy and destroy Naples (Mila...

"Father of Humanism" - Francesco Petrarch- celebrated ancient Rome and wrote about Classical and Christian values 2 families that ruled Milan - 1. Visconti 2. Sforza 3 great painters of the Renaissance - 1. Leonardo da Vinci 2. Raphael 3. Michelangelo 3 Medici Generations - 1. Giovanni Medici 2. Cosimo Medici - controlled the Signoria council 3. Lorenzo Medici the Magnificent - totalitarian 4. Lorenzo again (regain control of Florence) 4 social groups in Florence - 1. Grandi (old ri...

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 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...

________ was by far the most effective and outspoken critic of the Spanish conquerors. - Bartolomé de Las Casas A new alliance between monarchs and ________ helped break the bonds of feudal society. - Townspeople A new style of art called "mannerism," allowed the artist to include ________ in his or her work. - the strange and abnormal Along with his rigorous teachings of ancient languages, humanist Vittorino da Feltre included ________ as part of his daily educational instructions. - ...

______ was by far the most effective and outspoken critic of the Spanish conquerors - Bartolome de Las Casas A new style of art called "mannerism," allowed the artist to include ________ in his or her work. - the strange and abnormal By the time of the Spanish conquest, the Aztecs ruled almost all of ________. - Central Mexico Cosimo de' Medici brought stability to which city after his rise to power in 1434? - Florence During an assembly in Worms in 1495, Emperor Maximilian allowed the ...

AP Euro Chapter 2 Questions and Answers Rated A+. 2022/2023 updates Document Content and Description Below AP Euro Chapter 2 Questions and Answers Rated A+ Medici Family 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 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 f...