AP European History Flashcards: Italian Renaissance
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What role did the printing press play in spreading humanist ideas?
The printing press was instrumental in spreading the humanist revival of Greek and Roman texts, which amplified their challenge to the power of traditional institutions.
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What role did the printing press play in spreading humanist ideas?
The printing press was instrumental in spreading the humanist revival of Greek and Roman texts, which amplified their challenge to the power of traditional institutions.
What were the three main spheres of influence affected by the Italian Renaissance?
The Italian Renaissance had significant political, intellectual, and cultural effects.
What was the primary motivation for rulers and popes to commission art and architecture during the Italian Renaissance?
Rulers and popes commissioned paintings and architectural works to enhance their prestige.
What were the two key values promoted by Italian Renaissance humanists?
Italian Renaissance humanists promoted and furthered the values of secularism and individualism.
Civic Humanism
A cultural revival supported by admiration for Greek and Roman political institutions, which produced secular models for individual and political behavior.
How did the revival of classical texts contribute to the development of the Renaissance?
The study of classical texts promoted new philological approaches and fostered values like secularism and individualism, which were central to the development of the Renaissance in Italy.
Italian Renaissance Humanism
A movement, exemplified by figures like Petrarch, that promoted a revival in classical literature and created new philological approaches to texts, furthering secularism and individualism.
What artistic styles characterized the works commissioned by patrons in the Italian Renaissance?
Patrons commissioned works based on classical styles and the principles of geometric perspective.
What impact did the humanist revival have on established institutions like universities and the Church?
The humanist revival of Greek and Roman texts, spread by the printing press, challenged the institutional power of universities and the Catholic Church.
Name two writers who created secular models for behavior based on civic humanist culture.
Niccolò Machiavelli and Baldassare Castiglione produced secular models for individual and political behavior influenced by civic humanism.
How did education change as a result of humanism?
Education shifted away from traditional church-dominated curriculum and toward the study of classical texts and scientific inquiry.