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| What dynasty replaced the Sejuks in 1299? |
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| How did the Medici family become powerful in Italy? |
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| Who were the condottieri? |
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| They were professional mercenary soldiers who were loyal to the man who paid the most. |
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| What nation was at the center of the Rennaissance? |
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| Who Painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper? When were they painted? |
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| Leonardo Da Vinci. The Last Supper was painted in 1495-97; the Mona Lisa was painted in 1503-06. |
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| When did the Hundred Years' War begin? What were the causes? How did it end? How long was it? |
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| 1338. Edward III, king of England, asserted he had a claim to the throne because his mother was Philip the Fair's daughter. Economic issues also propelled the war. It ended with England's war of the Roses. The war was really 116 years long. |
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| What are the dates for the Rennaissance? What were some contributing factors? |
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| 1300 thru 1650. Contact with the Islamic cultures, rediscovery of the Greek and Roman writings, Growth of cities, increase of trade, and change in social structure. |
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| What are some key dates in peasant uprisings? |
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| 1320 and 1358 in France;1381 in England. |
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| Who wrote The Prince? What was one of his main ideas? |
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| Niccolo Machivalli (1469-1527) He thought that "the end justified the means". |
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| What did Giotto di Bondone do? |
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| He developed the technique of foreshortening and perfected the use of fresco. |
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| How long did it take Michelangelo to finish the Sistene Chapel? How large was the project? |
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| Four years. 10,000 square feet. |
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| Who is considered the founder of Rennaissance humanism? What were some of his achievements? |
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| Francesco Petrarca (aka Petrarch 1304-1374)in 1341, he was the first poet laureate of modern times. |
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| Who was one of the first to theorize that the sun was the center of the universe? When did this happen? |
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| Nicholaus Copernicus, in 1543 |
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| What slowed or ended the Renaissance? |
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| The discovery and colonization of the New World, political instability in Italy, and the Protestant Reformation. |
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| Who invented movable type? |
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| What culture was the first to make paper out of wood pulp and rags? |
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| the Chinese in about 100 AD |
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| Where was Johann Gutenburg born? |
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| What crafts did Gutenburg learn as an apprentice? |
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| he was taught by a goldsmith, he also learned gem cutting. |
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| What was the masterpeice of Gutenburgs invention? |
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| A Psalter (the book of Psalms) |
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| In what year was the linotype invented? |
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| what were some of da Vinci's professional endevors? |
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Apprenticed to Andrea del Verrochio, in 1482, wrote his own letter of reccomendation to Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, and served him as a militarty enginner and architect. in 1502 worked for Cesare Borgia, Duke of Romania as architect and engineer. Court painter for Louis XII of France. 1514-15 @ Vatican for pope Leo X.
Francis I in 1516. |
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| What are da Vinci's two best-known paintings? |
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| the Last Supper and the Mona Lisa (aka La Gioconda) |
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| How was da Vinci the archtypical renaissance man? |
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| he had interest in many fields |
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| What two artistic techniques did da Vinci master? |
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| What does sfumato and chiaroscuro mean? |
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Sfumato involves blending tones fora soft hazy effect.
Chiaroscuro depicts forms with a stark contrast between light and shadow. |
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| What scientific topics did da Vinci study? |
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| Anatomy, tides, fossil shells, varoius, inventions, study of water. |
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| Who is considered the father of the lyre and pipe? |
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| What judge sang a song of praise to God? |
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| How many of the Psalms did David write? |
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| What stringed instument is associated with the Bible? |
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| What kind of music did the early church use? |
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| chants, without musical accompaniment. |
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| What word does the English word music come from? |
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| what kind of singing did Pope Gregory begin? |
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| when was the four-lined music staff invented? |
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| Around 1025 Guido D'Arezzo developed the four lined staff. the five line scale was invented in the 1200's. |
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| What is the first record of a song sung in a round? |
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| the English, Sumer Is Icumin (summer is a'coming), from the early 1300's |
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| When was the piano invented? Who invented it? |
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| In 1709, Bartolomeo Cristofori invented the pianoforte. |
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| Why did Elizabeth I outlaw harps? |
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| Because of their connection to political power for the Irish, who would consult harpists before battle. |
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| What are the five most recent musical periods? |
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| Rennaissance (c.1420-1600), Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (1750-1820), Romantic (1820-1900), and Twentieth Century (1900-2000) |
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| Bach, Vivaldi, and Handel are associated with what musical period? |
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| the Baroque Period (1600-1750) |
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| With what musical period are Haydn, Mozart, Shubert, and Beethoven associated with? |
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| The Classical Period (c.1730-1820) |
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| Josquin des Prez was known as what? With what musical period is he associated? |
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| He was known as the Prince of Music, and he is known for the Renaissance Musical Period. |
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| Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Wagner, List, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, and Brahms associated with what musical period? |
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| The Romantic Musical Period (1815-1900) |
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| Who is credited with inventing the clarinet? When was it invented? |
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| Johann Christopher Denner from Nuremburg, Germany. It was invented sometime between 1690 and 1700. |
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| Who wrote the Grand Book of Music? |
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| Muslim philosopher al-Farabi (c. 873-950) |
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| Sousa, Strauss, Stravinsky, Gershwin, Copeland, and Bernstien are known for what period of music? |
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| The Twentieth Century Musical Period. |
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| What is the difference between an opera and an oratorio? |
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An opera is a dramatic play, accompanied by an orchestra; almost all of the words are sung.
An oratorio is a telling of a Biblical or religious story, there are no costumes, set or dramatic action. It includes solos, a chourus, and an orchestra. |
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| When was the first printed sheet of music completed? |
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| In 1473, after the invention of Gutenburg's press. |
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| Who was Desiderius Erasmus? What book is he known for? |
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| Erasmus (1466?-1536) was a Christian humanist who studied Greek to know the New Testament better. He wanted to purge the church of sins, but he opposed Luther, in the name of church unity. He wrote The Praise of Folly. |
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