Renaissance Basics
This word means “rebirth” and names the time period when learning and art were revived.
Renaissance
This belief focused on human potential, achievements, and education.
Humanism
Renaissance artists used this technique to show depth and distance in paintings.
This “Renaissance man” painted the Mona Lisa.
Leonardo da Vinci
This invention made books cheaper and faster to produce.
printing press
This European country is where the Renaissance began.
Italy
Humanists believed students should study subjects like literature and history, called these.
Humanities
This kind of art showed people more realistically, with emotion and detail.
Renaissance art
This artist also sculpted David.
Michelangelo
This man invented the printing press.
Johannes Gutenberg
Wealthy trade cities like Florence helped the Renaissance grow because they had this.
Money
This word means “not related to religion.”
Secular
This material was often used by Michelangelo to create sculptures.
Marble
A “Renaissance man” is someone who is skilled in many of these.
different subjects or fields
The printing press helped ideas spread to more of these.
the people
This time period came after the Middle Ages.
the Renaissance
During the Renaissance, education became less focused only on religion and more on this.
Human achievement and learning
This building’s ceiling was painted by Michelangelo.
Sistine Chapel
This scientist supported new ideas about space and astronomy
Galileo
Because of printed books, more people learned this skill.
reading
This term describes a city that ruled itself, like Florence or Venice
City-State
Humanists believed people should question ideas instead of just accepting this.
Tradition/Authority
Renaissance artists often studied the human body to improve this skill.
Drawing/painting realistically
Galileo used tools and observations instead of relying on this.
tradition/ old beliefs
Curiosity during the Renaissance led to new discoveries in this area.
Science