Vocabulary
Define mercenary
A soldier who fights primarily for pay
Was The Book of the City of Ladies published in the 1300's, 1400's, or 1500's?
Early 1400's
Milan, Venice, and Florence were located where?
Italy
What did Renaissance artists seek to imitate?
They sought to imitate nature
To join a mafia family what was a major requirement?
To be full blooded Italian or of Sicilian descent
Define vernacular
The language of everyday speech in a particular region
In what year did the Italian Wars end?
1559
During the 1400's in Italy what family ran the government from behind the scenes
The Medici family
Who was the center of an Italian family in the 1400's and 1500's, the father or mother?
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were named after what artists?
Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael Sanzio, Michaelangelo Buonaroti, and Donatello (Donato di Betto Bardi)
Define burgher
A member of the middle class who lived in a city or town
The final stage of the Italian Renaissance painting from 1490-1520 was called what?
The High Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci is most known for what painting?
Mona Lisa
What was the war between the French and Spanish called?
The Italian Wars
What is Donatello most known for?
Sculptures
Define perspective
Artistic techniques used to give the effect of three-dimensional depth to two-dimensional surfaces
What book was published in 1528 and made by Italian diplomat Baldassare Castiglione?
The Book of the Courtier
Who wrote the Divine Comedy?
Dante Alighieri
Who was considered the father of Italian Renaissance humanism?
Francesco Petrarch
What does "arrivederci" mean?
Goodbye
Define humanism
An intellectual movement of the Renaissance based on the study of the humanities, which included grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, and history
In 1434 who took control of Florence from behind the scenes?
Cosimo de' Medici
Christine de Pizan wrote what book?
The Book of City of Ladies
What two people helped make vernacular literature popular?
Dante Alighieri and Christine de Pizan
What does "di molto" mean?