Eye and Nephron picture

The Eye









nephron unit in the kidney. pinkish reddish stuff is the medulla of the kidney.

Breathe in, Breathe out

Don't know if we need this but its a very good diagram of the brain and some of the glands. O_O

Embryonic Development

I think this is more useful for AP Bio than decathlon, but here is a site somewhat similar to the visible man and women projects at the National Library of Medicine. Actually, only the titles are similar.

http://www.visembryo.com/baby/

Popes

I already made an in-depth chart of the popes but here are some one sentence summaries

Martin V- Great Schism
Eugenius IV- forced entry into Rome
Nicholas V- first humanist pope; nice projects
Calixtus III- opened up for Pope Alexander VI
Pius II- politician: Council of Basil
Sixtus IV- Sistine Chapel; nepotism and political intrigue; died at the word "peace"
Alexander VI- bought votes; parties and mistresses; Cesare and Lucrezia
Julius II- warrior pope; defeated Borgias; art
Leo X- Medici; Rome as city of pleasure; Martin Luther: Protestant Reformation
Adrian VI- lame
Clement VII- lame duck; Sack of Rome; Henry VIII
Paul III- Council of Trent: Counter Reformation

Humanists

Here are some generalizations to the people in this year's Super Quiz. Simplifying like this isn't fool proof but it'll pull you through some of the tests.

Petrarch- first Italian Humanist
Coluccio Salutati- first civic humanist (Florence)
Cicero- orator; example of what a humanist should be
Lorenzo Valla- critical eye; Donation of Constantine; debate over God
Poggio Bracciolini- Council of Constance
Giovanni Aurispia- manuscript recovery
Guarino Veronese or da Verona- humanist teacher; curriculum
Vittorino da Feltre- humanist teacher; curriculum
Leonardo Bruni- civic humanist; Roman freedom vs. Roman literature
Flavio Biondo- Italian maps
Niccolo Machiavelli- The Prince, it's ok to be cruel; Republics rock; mercenary troops suck
Francesco Guicciardini- historian
Castiglione- The Courtier; ideal man and woman

Succinct Review of Fri. Dec. 23

Cranial and Facial Bones

Religious Situation in 1560

Almost 40 years after Martin Luther was excommunicated

Medici Coat of Arms

Map of Italy 1494

William Gilbert Articles

http://www.ku.edu/carrie/texts/carrie_books/gilbert/

All of the Renaissance articles by William Gilbert found in our Super Quiz resource are also found online. I advise getting a program that reads text to you so you can utilize hearing as well as sight when you study. You don't get where I am without using all that is available.

Instrumental Music of the High Renaissance

Ricercar "to search"
imitative; music seeks theme; contrapuntal imitation
Andrea Gabrieli-Ricercar del duodecimo


Toccata "to touch" "touch piece"
either free-form or imitative; rapid successions of notes and elaborate fingering
Claudio Merulo


Fantasia "fantasy"
free-form; musica reservata; explore depths of imagination
Jan PieterszoonSweelinck- Fantasia chromatica