The city of Florence/Advances in architecture and engineering
What river was Florence located near?
The Arno river.
What did perspective create in art?
Perspective creates the appearance of depth on a flat surface.
What style and language did writers use in the Renaissance times?
dealing with religious or non religious topics, a more individual, personal and thoughtful style, they wrote in their own languages instead of sticking to Latin
The Renaissance was a time of improvement in _________ and ___________.
science, mathematics
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A wealthy building called the _____ had a ____ on the 1st floor and a ____ on the 2nd.
Palazzi, shops, a home.
How was math used to influence artists?
Artists used geometry to split the canvas to make scenes look more realistic.
How did Dante’s work model for other poets and writers?
writers started writing a new intensity of feeling. they used common language, vernacular, to reach their words to more people
How was there advancements in science and mathematics?
Scientists started experimenting and looking at results instead of relying on old textbooks,methods, and theories .
The richest and ruling family of Florence, they also controlled Florence for nearly 3 centuries
Who Were the Medici
What trade item was commonly traded in Florence?
Woolen cloth
How were artists influenced by the spread of humanism?
Artists wanted to paint realistic figures with expressive faces.
Who was Dante Alighieri?
a great Italian renaissance author situated in Florence.
Galileo Galilei made the first ________ to look into ________.
telescope space
What were the names of the two market centers in Florence?
What is Mercato Vecchio & Mercato Nuovo
Artists were influenced by ideas from _____.
Travelers
Why is Donatello’s statue of David so impressive compared to other sculptures?
David is a freestanding sculpture, which can be viewed from all sides. The statue is also extremely realistic.
Who is the woman who leads Dante to Paradiso, the eternal place of life?
Beatrice lead Dante to heaven
Which Renaissinc thinker pioneered into advanced mathematics such as probability and algebra?
Girolamo Cardano
How many banks were in Florence?
What is 80
Who is the person that helped construct the dome on the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral?
Filippo Brunelleschi
How were sculptures influenced by humanism?
Sculptors began carving freestanding sculptures, which could be viewed from all sides. It symbolized the humanist ideals of nature, realism, and importance of the individual person.
With the spirit of Vigil, what did Dante witness?
he watched the torments of souls condemned to the Inferno, the place of punishment after death for one’s sins.
Which Renaissance thinker made the first orthophoto map? An orthophoto map is a map from an aerial view.
Leonardo da Vinci
A famous Florentine that wrote a book about politics after the exile of the Medici Family, that helped rulers control their empires/territory
What was “The Prince” by Niccolò Machiavelli