Vocab
The social class in Italian Renaissance cities of small business owners, artisans, craftsmen, and other urbanites who often competed with the "fat people" for power
il popolo minuto
This Italian who eventually moved to France is known as the perfect example of a Renaissance Man due to his work in art, engineering, and other areas as seen in his notebooks and famous works like the Mona Lisa.
Leonardo da Vinci
The Renaissance began in this city-state
Florence
Who created the mechanical printing press in Europe?
Johannes Gutenberg
The first movable type for printing is from where?
Korea
Art technique developed to portray three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface
perspective
This Christian humanist is best known for her work advocating for education for girls but she also wrote novels and many other things.
Christine de Pizan
This Florentine family, originally bankers but who became involved in politics at high levels throughout Europe, is also remembered for their patronage of many of the greatest Renaissance creators.
Medici Family
What concept did Thomas More create in his book? Name the concept & explain it
Utopia (also the name of the book, Utopia), which is an imagined perfect place/perfect society
The group of subject that became very popular as part of the ideal Renaissance education (like history, drama, literature, and civics among others) is known as the?
Humanities
Explain the term "humanism"
An intellectual & cultural movement (or philosophy) centered around humans and our potential and achievements; stresses humans as individuals
Who painted the Arnolfini Portrait (Arnolfini Wedding) He developed oil painting techniques and was known for his amazing level of detail (like photographs)
Jan van Eyck
Who developed the ideas that are now considered the foundation of political science, and what was one of his pieces of advice for rulers?
Niccolò Machiavelli; famous ideas 1)better to be feared than loved 2) rulers must be like the lion and fox, strong like lions and clever/tricky like a fox 3) rulers must work on their image and ok to lie and manipulate the people
What is the goal of Christian humanism AND give one example of it.
The goal is to reform society (make society/world a better place). Possible examples: advocate for better education; advocate for girls' and women's rights; criticize corruption and work to stop it; highlight inequality
The collapse of this city led to many scholars fleeing and taking valuable manuscripts to Italy.
Constantinople
Art technique using blended lines and hazy outlines to give a "smoky" more realistic look.
sfumato
This man wrote the original "self-help" book, The Courtier, with all the tips and advice on how to essentially become the best Renaissance Man
Baldassare Castiglione
Explain in detail why Italy's urbanization and geography were key factors in causing the rise of the Renaissance.
Not rural but independent, competitive city-states. Italy in center of Mediterranean, so centers of trade leads to cultural exchange. And cities have universities and other cultural centers which also lead to new ideas.
This war ending in 1453 allowed Northern cities to grow more and instead of investing in weapons and war, more money could be used for patronage.
Hundred Years' War
What is the vocabulary term for something that is meant as a reminder that we all die so that we must remember to live? These something pop up in Renaissance art
a memento mori
The ability of individuals or groups to move upward in social status or class is known as?
social mobility
This Renaissance artist was from very early in the Renaissance and explored with light and shade to help give his work perspective; he is known best for his frescoes.
Giotto
Cosimo Medici ordered the building of the first one of these buildings in Europe since the days of the Roman Empire.
public library
What was different and unique about the subject matter of Pieter Bruegel's paintings?
He often painted normal, working-class (lower class) people including scenes from regular daily life
New ideas about algebra, optics, medicine, and astronomy arrived in Italy from this place. (Two possible answers)
Moorish Spain & Middle East