The City of Florence
Who were artists and painters that lived in Florence? _____,____,____
Michaelego, Leonardo de Vinci, and Donatello
What was Renaissance architecture based on?
Greek and Roman architecture
How were the sculptures during the renaissance inspired by ancient Roman statues?
Sculptors started to carve figures that look like Roman people.
Before the renaissance occurred, what were the ideas in the natural world based on?
Ancient Greek and Roman texts
How did the Medici maintain their power?
With their wealth, they built palaces and maintained a strong army. They were also great sponsors of artists, musicians, writers, etc.
Florence’s location on what river makes it an important center for trade and commerce?
Arno River
What was the benefit of oil paint?
It helped artists use texture and paint over other works.
How was writing in the renaissance different from medieval times?
During renaissance, writing was secular, or non-religious
During medieval, writing was religious.
Who was the first Renaissance thinker to make aerial view maps?
Leonardo da Vinci
Who was one of the most powerful members of the Medici Family and what were some of his accomplishments?
Lorenzo the Magnificent was a leading patron of art and scholarship and ruled Florence for over 20 years.
_____ supported intense cultural activity
Banking
What ideals were public spaces influenced by?
humanist ideals
What was Dante’s The Divine Comedy about?
The Divine Comedy was about Dante’s imaginary journey through afterlife.
Name the Italian mathematician who solved complex equations and worked in probability
Girolamo Cardano
How did Machiavelli use his experiences to help during the Medici exile?
He wrote a book called The Prince which was about what he thought about how politics and government really worked
Renaissance Florence was dominated by which wealthy family, that gained their wealth through what?
The Medici family gained their wealth through banking.
What did renaissance artists do after the influence of humanism?
They started to make more lifelike paintings that have expressions, making them more realistic.
Who was Michelangelo and what was he known for? What did he prefer the most from his arts?
Michelangelo was a known artist for his paintings and sculptures. He preferred sculptures.
According to Galileo Galileo’s study, when one heavy and one light object are dropped from the same height they_____
reach the ground at the same time.
The ___ ____ or ___ ____ was built in the mid-1500s as a center for the city-s cloth and banking industries.
Mercato Nuevo, or New Market
How did Florentines inspire more creative activity?
People learned from each other, the competed to produce greater works of art, were influenced from ideas from other parts of the world (travelers) and people came to study art and literature.
What is Florence’s cathedral called
Santa Maria del fiore
What did Giorgio Vasari say about Donatello’s David?
Giorgio Vasari wrote Donatello's David is very natural and ‘‘so natural…it is almost impossible…to believe it was not molded on the living form.’’
What were some subjects that Leonardo Da Vinci studied? Name any three.
geometry, engineering, anatomy, sound, motion & architecture
The Mercato Nuevo became one of the largest ___ ___ places in Europe.
Financial market