| The complete Renaissance person. |
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| He painted the Sistine Chapel. |
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| He invented the printing press. |
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| He wrote The Courtier. |
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| The merchant family that ruled Florence and
became great patrons of the arts. |
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| He wrote In Praise of Folly which poked fun at the clergy and the Church
hierarchy. |
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| The quality that gave a Renaissance man an
appreciation for greatness and excellence. |
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| The greatest English playwright. |
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| He painted "The Last Supper" and
the "Mona Lisa." |
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| He wrote Paradise Lost in which he supported Cromwell's Puritan
Revolution and showed the destructive qualities
of pride and the redeeming possibility of
humanity. |
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| This child prodigy created concerto and opera
masterpieces at the end of the 18c. |
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| His book, Utopia, presented an idealized
future world based on many of the principles
found in Plato's Republic. |
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| His book, Gargantua, glorified man in his natural state and
presented his view that any degree of restraint,
intelligent or moral, was repugnant. |
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| The artistic technique that Da Vinci used
which emphasized the blurring of colors until
they disappeared into the background. |
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| This art movement was characterized by very
heavy, ornate decor which appealed to the
emotions of the widest possible European
audience. |
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| He was the Renaissance artist known for his
Madonnas. |
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| He originally designed one of the greatest
domes in the world--that of St. Peter's Basilica
in Rome. |
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| In his book, Don Quixote de la Mancha, he poked fun at medieval chivalry and the
values of medieval society. |
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| The chief portrait painter of 18c England. |
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| This Renaissance writer believed that sin
was unknowable and that the "road to
salvation lay in doubt, not in faith." |
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| The light, lyrical folk music of the Renaissance. |
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| London's principal architect. |
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| He wrote Pilgrim's Progress in which he proposed that individuals could
do nothing to save themselves. |
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| The most famous musician of the Baroque period. |
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| He was the transitional artistic figure between
the late Middle Ages and the early Renaissance. |
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| This art movement got its name from the French
word for "seashell". Pastel colors
dominated. |
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