Early Modern Period: Uniform and powerful Church (the Catholic Church) -> rise of heretics (those who believed something other than what the Church believed)‚ and religious fragmentation Feudal society -> states Feudalism= a defficult concept Feodum -> fief Lords have sovereignty over an area Kings still fight to achieve control over land and countries Social upheaval The Early Modern World (500-1300) 1) Crisis of the Western Church also known as the Great Schism 2) Hundred
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late years of the High Renaissance. Mannerism helps show qualities in art when they are unnaturally elegant. Benvenuto Cellini was the second child of his parents born in Florence. As the son of a musician he was pushed to be a musician. When he was older his father let him become a goldsmith. He was later than banished from Florence for a
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out of all the artists to have ever lived‚ Michelangelo Buonarrati is one of the most prominent ever‚ and possibly the best. Although Michelangelo was born March 6 1475 in Caprice‚ Tuscany‚ his dad and himself always considered him a "son of Florence". He was born of Ludovicio Buonarroti‚ his father‚ and Francesca Neri‚ his mother. However‚ Michelangelo never mentioned or credited his mother‚ for she was too sick and frail to nurse him and died when he was only six. As a result he was placed
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Modern? Identify : Petrarch‚ Leonardo da Vinci‚ Michangelo‚ Rafael‚ Sofonsiba‚ Castiglione‚ Machiavelli Petrarch: Leonardo da Vinci: A citizen of Florence‚ he did much of his work in Milan and Rome. He is best known for the Mona Lisa‚ a portrait of a strangely smiling young woman in Florence. Michangelo: Began his career as a sculptor in Florence. There he did a famous marble statue of David ‚ after the heroic biblical king. Rafael: Were an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance
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I have seen this status in real life when I went to Italy last summer. I went to Italy to represent America in softball as a starter on the America’s team. I saw this statue in the city of Florence. The statue of David by Michelangelo in Florence is bigger than life size unlike the other two statues. Florence uses the statue of David as a symbol of defense because of what it represents. The statue of David was positioned to where David’s eyes were toward Rome‚ because the statue of David’s eyes
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varied from having the utmost control when commissioning art to providing a means of government to personal religious reasons. Patrons of art included the Church‚ government‚ aristocracy‚ guilds and wealthy merchants‚ such as the Medici. In 1445‚ Florence‚ the Palazzo Medici began its construct through the commissioning of Architect Michelezzo by Cosimo de Medici to design not only his personal home for himself and his family‚ but also a place where company headquarters were established and business
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When Cosimo was brought back to Florence after his exile‚ the structure of government changed. Cosimo exiled the Albizzi family and their supporters. Additionally‚ Cosimo went on to burn the names of nametags that were in the bags. Cosimo replaces the burnt names with his supporters. This was a significant act by Cosimo because he now ensures that no one will oppose him in government. The accoppiatori is composed of only ten names from Cosimo’s supporters. This changed the process of previously choosing
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Linda Yang History 222-02 Midterm To Become A Prestige Prince In 1494‚ Florence‚ Italy was overtaken by France. There the Prince‚ leader of Florence at the time was the third generation Medici. Given to him was a series of chapters of The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli written in 1513. Niccolo Machiavelli was known for his vast knowledge in politics and literature. Thus after being exiled from Florence by the French‚ he wrote from experience and vast knowledge to the current prince so he would
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Born on July 21st‚ 1414 near Savona‚ Francesco della Rovere was born of a poor family‚ later attending the University of Pavia to study philosophy and theology. Soon after‚ he acquired a reputation as a preacher and eventually filled the offices of procurator of Rome‚ provincial of Liguria‚ and in 1464‚ was chosen as general of his order. Three years later‚ Rovere was chosen as cardinal-priest of St. Pietro in Vincoli by Pope Paul II. In 1471‚ Rovere became Pope Sixtus and was fourth of the name
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literary or visual references so knowledgeable viewers had to work hard to decipher the meaning. Benevuto Cellini’s bronze statue of Perseus with the head of Medusa stands on a square base in the Loggia dei Lanzi of the Piazza della Signoria in Florence. The subject of his work is derived from the mythological story of Perseus beheading Medusa. The relations of male and female‚ victorious versus vanquished and oppression versus repression are the fundamental themes of this statue‚ which at the time
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