Harcum Final Exam Review

8/2/2019 Harcum Final Exam Review

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Book 3


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Plague spread from Asia into Europe

Wiped out at least 1/3 of Europes population

Panic prompted different responses

Flagellants

Indulgence

Breakdown of serfdom Peasant revolts


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Realism effort tomake art appear morerealistic and increasedevotion

More detailedreligious scenes (i.e.Well of Moses)

Detailed prayer books

Music New techniques such

as isorhythm


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Conflict between Franceand England regardingEnglish claim on lands inFrance

Not a constant war

Development of newweapons Longbows gunpowder

Breakdown of feudalism

Knights were notnecessary Growth of new armies

Stronger monarchs


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Avignon Papacy

Great Schism

Uneducated clergy

Church abuses

Simony

Indulgences

New critics John Wycliffe (Eng.)

Jan Hus (Czech.)


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Humanism revival of Greek and Romanculture

Petrarch Florentine credited as the father of

humanism Focused on retrieving as many Latin books as

possible

Huge fan of the Classical period Sonnet writer


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Alberti On the Family emphasized thenature and responsibilities of the family

Be busy

Ficino translated Greek manuscripts (Plato)into Latin

Academy to study Plato

Pico translated many ancient texts andeventually fled for heresy


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Only a small group of educated and wealthywomen

Education in liberal arts

Lucretia Marinella Nobility and Excellence of Women and the Defects and

Vices of Men

Uses classical examples to show the flaws of men

Women able to use the same humanistic ideas tochallenge their status


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The Prince handbook for potential rulers

Political theorist

Very impressed with the Borgias

Laid out his ideas on how to rule

Realistic assessment of human nature

Better to be feared than loved


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Renaissance artists relied extensively onwealthy patrons

i.e. Medicis

Cath. church Sponsored various great works

Paintings

Statues

Buildings

Literature

Civic humanism


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Revival of the classical nude

Incorporated classical themes (i.e.Greek/Roman gods)

Did offer their own take rather than just copy them

More secular images

Architecture

Use of domes Symmetry

Brunelleschi Florence Cathedral


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Leonardo Mona Lisa

Last Supper

Raphael Alba Madonna

Architecture Bramante St.

Peters Cathedral

Palladio emphasis onsymmetry


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Religion

Economic factors

Growth of Islamic empires

Better science

Renaissance

Stronger monarchies


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discovering the other

Columbian exchange

Disease

Slavery

Efforts to convert

abuses


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No unity in this region

+800 languages

Animism

Scarification (Benin)

Griots (oral tradition)

Poetry

Music and arts


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Disagree with the church abuses

Weakened papacy after the Schism

Martin Luther

Split with the Cath. Church spread throughoutEurope

Led to a period of religious wars


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New technology ofthe 15th century

Movable type

Quickly reproducemanuscripts

Allowed for the quickdissemination of ideas

Luthers 95 Theses


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Jan van Eyck (Flemish) oil painting

Bosch (Flemish) Death and the Miserreligious emphasis

Shakespeare Famous playwright and poet

Huge impact on W. literature

Incorporated classical themes

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