The courtier - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Balance of Power in Italian City-States - ANSWER-If one Italian city gained too much power, the other city-states would combine forces and make sure that power between all major city states was equal "Father of Humanism" - ANSWER-Francesco Petrarch How did Northern Humanists differ from their Italian predecessors? - ANSWER-In their focus in the textual reexamination of the Bible and the writings of the early church fathers. Thomas More's Utopia? - ANSWER-Presented a revolutionary soc...

baroqueAlessandro Striggio - correct answer 1536/1537 - February 29, 1592 was an Italian composer, instrumentalist and diplomat of the Renaissance. He composed numerous madrigals as well as dramatic music, and by combining the two, became the inventor of madrigal comedy. Emilio de' Cavalieri - correct answer 1550-March 11, 1602 was an Italian composer, producer, organist, diplomat, choreographer and dancer at the end of the Renaissance era. His work was critical in defining the beginning o...

AP Euro Exam Review with Questions and Answers Cosimo de Medici ( ) - supported education and the arts, made many business connections in Europe Lorenzo Medici ( ) - gave power to the lower classes of Italy, but he let his family business decline. Savonorola ( ) - bonfire of Vanities and Ruled Florence STRICTLY, later exectued by the Pope Petrarch ( ) - coined the term renaissance, , (1304-1374) Father of the Renaissance. He believed the first two centuries of the Roman Empire to repre...

1. Classical Period "Birth Period" BRTH PRD Balance, Reason, Truth, Humanism Polytheism Republic Democracy 1. Classical Period The Odyssey Homer's epic that tells the story of the Greek hero Odysseus on his way home from the Trojan War 1. Classical Period Golden Mean Aristotle's term for describing ethical behavior as a midpoint between extremes 1. Classical Period Socratic Method Analytical method of reasoning developed by Greek philosopher Socrates that asks...

baroque.Alessandro Striggio - correct answer 1536/1537 - February 29, 1592 was an Italian composer, instrumentalist and diplomat of the Renaissance. He composed numerous madrigals as well as dramatic music, and by combining the two, became the inventor of madrigal comedy. Emilio de' Cavalieri - correct answer 1550-March 11, 1602 was an Italian composer, producer, organist, diplomat, choreographer and dancer at the end of the Renaissance era. His work was critical in defining the beginning ...

Petrarch - ANSWER-Florentine poet and scholar who became obsessed w/ the classical past; believed the recovery of classical texts would bring about a new golden age of intellectual achievement. Mirandola - ANSWER-in his essay, On the Dignity of Man, he stressed that man possesses great dignity because he was made as Adam in the image of god Leonardo Bruni - ANSWER-wrote fall of "Rome." Divided history into 3 eras: Ancient, Medieval & Modern Machiavelli - ANSWER-an Italian humanist; hi...

Dr Justus TMU World History 2 Exam 1 Questions and Answers Definition of "The Renaissance" -Answer-Rebirth of learning Characteristics of "The Renaissance" -Answer-1. Revival of urban life 2. Commercial enterprise based on private capital 3. Banking 4. Systematic investigation of the physical world 6. Classical scholarship 7. Increased use of the vernacular in literature Why did the Renaissance start in Italy? -Answer-1. Italians preserved the belief that they were descendants of t...

What is the relationship between the humanities and technology? a) Technology has led to an increase in globalization by making the world smaller and connecting people together through social networks via the internet. b) Technology has increased our ability to preserve, document and share works of art, literature, and music in a way that is unprecedented. What theme is found in multiple historical periods? Individualism How do we identify themes in a literary or artistic work? ...

baroque Alessandro Striggio - correct answer 1536/1537 - February 29, 1592 was an Italian composer, instrumentalist and diplomat of the Renaissance. He composed numerous madrigals as well as dramatic music, and by combining the two, became the inventor of madrigal comedy. Emilio de' Cavalieri - correct answer 1550-March 11, 1602 was an Italian composer, producer, organist, diplomat, choreographer and dancer at the end of the Renaissance era. His work was critical in defining the beginning...

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...