The Medici: Godfathers Of The Renaissance History Worksheets
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Godfathers of the Renaissance
The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
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Programs 1 – 4: COMPARISON CHART
Medieval Europe
Renaissance Italy
Art &
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All art is portrait of patron,
religious icon, or religious
Architecture
celebration.
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No linear perspective
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Little/no use of oil paints
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No free-standing sculpture;
friezes only; no nudes
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Limited building techniques
Science
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Experimentation wrong
Natural world unimportant;
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afterlife should be our main
concern on earth
Medicine based on idea of
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balancing the 4 humors
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Believed that the world was
flat and that the sun revolved
around the earth
Religion/
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Believe in Great Chain of
Being: everyone has a God-
Government
given place in creation; one
broken link destroys chain.
If you’re a serf, accept it as
what God intended for you.
If the king is a cruel mad-
man, accept it as God’s will.
The Bible is not translated
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into English, French, etc.
because priest must interpret
Bible for the people and
mediate for them with God.
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The Catholic Church defines
what Christians must believe
and what rulers should do.
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Pope has power over kings.
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All reading should be of
Christian religious works.
Other
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