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Assignment:
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
1. Give a description of merchant princes. What was the most famous family among the merchant princes? How did they express their ideal of civic humanism?
2. Describe the Renaissance ideal of the "universal man."
3. Who was Isabelle d'Este? How did she represent the ideal Renaissance woman?
4. Who was Lorenzo Ghiberti? What competition did he win?
5. What was the significant achievement of Filippo Brunelleschi? What positive effects did this have on the lives of people in Florence in his day?
6. Who was Savonarola? Describe "the bonfire of the vanities". What was the ultimate result?
7. Who was Machiavelli, and what did he advocate in his book, The Prince? What do you think about his ideas?
8. Who was Josquin des Prez, and what was his contribution to the Renaissance in Italy?
9. What are sfumato and chiaroscuro? What artist are they most associated with? Give two examples of paintings from the lecture that show them both in each painting.