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Chapter 29 - Florence - Reading Notes
29.1- Introduction
1.
Where was Florence located?
2.
List the locations described in the graphic
organizer and explain what activity happened
there.
Graphic organizer from p. 323 in your textbook
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29.2 - The City of Florence
1.
Name and describe 3 famous Florentines.
2.
What made Florence so special?
3.
How does Florence relate to humanism?
Bridge over the Arno River
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29.3 - Advances in Architecture and Engineering
1.
Briefly describe two ways that classical ideas influenced
Renaissance architecture.
2. Describe one idea Renaissance architects developed on their
own.
Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore
3.
How did Brunelleschi build a dome that wouldn’t collapse?
29.4 - Advances in Painting
1.
What made Florence a thriving center of art?
2.
Briefly describe two Renaissance advances in painting styles.
Botticelli’s Adoration of the Magi
3.
Briefly describe two Renaissance advances in painting techniques.
4.
Which two disciplines helped artists make other advances in paintings?
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29.5 - Advances in Sculpture
1.
Briefly describe two ways in which Renaissance sculpture
was different from medieval sculpture.
2.
What was so amazing about Donatello’s David?
3.
What was so amazing about Michelangelo’s David?
Donatello’s David
Michelangelo’s David
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29.6 - Advances in Literature
1.
Briefly describe two ways in which Renaissance literature differed
from medieval literature.
2.
How is Dante’s The Divine Comedy an example of humanist art?
Dante’s The Divine Comedy
29.7 - Advances in Science and Mathematics
1.
Who was one of the most creative Renaissance thinkers?
2.
How did the study of science change during the Renaissance?
3.
List four science or mathematics topics Leonardo explored in his
notebooks.
Sketches from Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook
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29.8 - Florentine Politics
1.
How did the Medici family rule Florence for so long?
2.
What was Machiavelli’s book The Prince about?
Machiavelli
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28.9 - Florentine Commerce and Trade
1.
What industries helped Florence become the center of the Renaissance?
2.
What were two differences between Florence’s Old Market and New
Market?
Florins (coins) from Florence