Italian States
This city, controlled by the Medici family, was the heart of banking and culture during the Renaissance.
What is Florence?
He invented the printing press.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
This is a famous painting of a woman who lived in Florence.
What is the Mona Lisa?
This term means “rebirth.”
What is Renaissance?
This family-controlled Florence through wealth and influence.
Who are the Medici family?
This Italian state was ruled by the pope.
What are the Papal States?
This Renaissance man painted the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This is painting on wet plaster.
What is fresco?
Focus on human achievement and potential.
What is humanism?
This artist painted the School of Athens.
Who is Raphael?
This powerful trading city controlled Mediterranean Sea routes.
What is Venice?
He sculpted David and painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Who is Michelangelo?
This artistic technique uses light and dark to show depth.
What is chiaroscuro?
Writing in everyday language instead of Latin.
What is vernacular?
These were middle-class citizens like merchants and artisans.
Who are burghers?
This northern duchy was ruled by the Sforza family and known for military strength.
What is Milan?
This thinker wrote The Prince about power and leadership.
Who is Niccolò Machiavelli?
This famous Renaissance sculpture is a marble statue of a biblical hero by Michelangelo.
What is David?
This term refers to the art technique of creating 3D depth on a flat surface.
What is perspective?
This book described the ideal Renaissance noble.
What is The Book of the Courtier?
This southern kingdom was frequently fought over by Spain and France.
What is Naples?
Known as the “Father of Humanism,” he helped spark Renaissance thinking.
Who is Francesco Petrarch?
This engineering masterpiece by Brunelleschi crowns Florence’s cathedral.
What is the Dome of Florence Cathedral?
This idea emphasizes independence and personal success over group identity.
What is individualism?
This inventor revolutionized the spread of ideas by creating a machine that made books cheaper and widely available.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?