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    The document is a reading assignment and series of questions about the Italian Renaissance. It asks about how people devoted themselves to Christianity in the Middle Ages, the focus on humanities like history and classical texts. Humanism emphasized human potential and secular themes from ancient Roman and Greek works. This led to a new interest in history and rediscovery of lost classical texts. Dante's Divine Comedy had a more human focus than previous medieval works. Renaissance art developed techniques like perspective to depict three-dimensional space more realistically. Key figures included Michelangelo, with talents in sculpture, painting and architecture, and his famous Sistine Chapel ceiling. Leonardo da Vinci had talents across multiple fields. Brunelleschi made discoveries in architecture

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    Name _____________________________ Assignment #:____________

    The Italian Renaissance


    Read pages 304-307 in your textbook and answer the questions below.

    1. How had most people in Europe devoted themselves to Christianity? _______________

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    2. What are the humanities? _________________________________________________

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    3. What is humanism? ______________________________________________________

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    4. What was the result in the interest of humanism? _______________________________

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    5. Why was there a new interest in history? _____________________________________

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    6. What are the classical writings? ____________________________________________

    7. Where were the lost texts found? ___________________________________________

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    8. What were other ancient sources of inspiration? ________________________________

    9. How were Dantes writings different from other Medieval authors? ________________

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    10. What was Dantes major work? ___________________________________________

    11. What does his story describe? _____________________________________________

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    12. Who was Machiavelli? __________________________________________________

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    13. What was Machiavellis belief about government? ____________________________

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    14. How was renaissance art different from the Medieval Period? ___________________

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    15. What is perspective? ____________________________________________________

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    16. What techniques are used to show perspective? _______________________________

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    17. What is a Renaissance person? ____________________________________________

    18. What were Michelangelos talents? ________________________________________

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    19. What is probably his most famous work? ___________________________________

    20. What were Leonardos talents? ____________________________________________

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    21. Who was Brunelleschi? _________________________________________________

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    22. What was the new discovery in astronomy? _________________________________

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    23. What was needed to help spread these changes beyond Italy? ____________________

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