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Art history
Record of past mediums or works of art throughout history.
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Galileo Galilei
History; Renaissance
Galileo Galilei was an Italian physicist, mathematician, engineer, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the scientific revolution. His achievements include ...
Adrian Willaert
History; Renaissance
Adrian Willaert was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance and founder of the Venetian School. He was one of the most representative members of the generation of northern ...
Niccolo Machiavelli
History; Renaissance
Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was an Italian historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. He was a founder of ...
Francis Bacon
History; Renaissance
Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist, and author. Bacon has been called the creator of empiricism. His works established and ...
Samuel de Champlain
History; Renaissance
Samuel de Champlain was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City ...
sprezzatura
Art history; Renaissance
A Renaissance ideal of appearing to create art effortlessly and gracefully to demonstrate one's immense skill.
disegno vs. colorito
Art history; Renaissance
The Renaissance theoretical debate between drawing vs. color, generally divided between the Florentine and Venetian art traditions.
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