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- The towering figure of Renaissance litature was the english poet and playwright
- Between 1590 and 1613 he wrote 37 plays
- His genius was in expressing universal themes to everday realistic settings
- his work Renassiannce ideas
- his character speak in lanquage that common people can understand and appreciate
- his love of words also vastly enriched the english language

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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Welcome to the Web's first edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare. This site has offered Shakespeare's plays and poetry to the Internet community since 1993. For other Shakespeare resources, visit the Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet Web site.

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- The english humanist
- Pressed for social reform
- In Utopia, More describes an ideal society in which men and women live in peaceand harmony.
- No one is idle, all are educated, and justice is used to end crime rather than eliminate the criminal.

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-The Artist had an endless curiosity that fed a genius for invention. He made sketches of nature and of model in his studio, and dissected corpses to learn how bones and muscles work.
-  The Mona Lisa is his most famous painting.
- Leonardo's painting grip people with their realism

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- Dutch priest and humanist
-was one of the most importants scholars of the age
- he wrote texts on a number of subjects and used his knowledge of classical languages to produce a new Greek edition of the Christian Bible
- helped spread Renaissance humanism to a wider public
- to him an individuals chief duties were to open-minded and to show good will toward others

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- was one of the first northern artists to be profoundly affected by renasissance italy
- because of his wide-ranging interests, which extended far beyond art, he is sometimes called the "Leonardo of the North"
-his important innovation was apply the painting techiques he had learned in italy to engaving
- in engraving an artist etches a design on a metal plate with acid. the artist then uses the plate to make prints
- his engravings in painting portray religious upheaval, one of the northern Renaissance's most powerful themes

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- printed the first complete edition of the christian bible using a printing press with moveable type
- readers gained access to a broad range of knowledge
- more people learned to read

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- a florentine who lived in the 1300s
-was a hummanist, poet, and scholar
- he assembled a library of Greek and Roman manuscriptsin monasteries and churches
- his efforts and those of others encouraged by his example enabled the works of others

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-served in the governement as a diplomat for fourteen years before becoming a full-time writer and scholar
-in 1513 he used his experience in politics and his studies of ancient roman history too write a book called the prince
- wrote a guide for rulers on how to gain and maintain power
- did not discuss leadership in terms of high ideals
- stressed that end justifies the means
- urged rulers to usewhatever methods were necessary to achieve their goal
- saw himself as an enemy of oppression and corruption

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- wrote the most widely  read handbook called the book of the courtier
- castigilone's ideal differed for men and women.
The ideal man
- he wrote, is athletic but not overactive
- he is good at games, but not a gambler
- he plays musical instrument
- knowns literature and history but is not arrogant
The ideal women
- she is graceful and kind
lively but reserved
- she is beautiful

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- was widely admired both for his artistic talent and his sweet and gracious nature
-he created his own style of painting that blended christian and classical styles
- He is best known for his tender portayals of the Madonna, the mother of Jesus

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- Michelangelo was a sculptor, engineer, painter, architect, and poet
- his work reflects his many life-long spiritual and artistic struggles
- greatest projects was painting a series of huge urals to decorate the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome
- His most famous design was for the dome of St.Peter's Cathedral in Rome

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a city in the Tuscany region of northern Italy that was the center of the Italian Renaissance