Italian States
The Italian States population was mainly made up of
Merchants
Who was a sculptor, painter, architect, and engineer.
Michelangelo
Society had been divided into three social classes what were they.
The clergy, the nobility, and the peasants and townspeople
Some writers wrote in
vernacular
The artists wanted to make their art
imitate nature.
What environment encouraged the development of the Renaissance culture.
The Urban Environment
Who hired Benozzo Gozzoli in 1459 to paint frescoes in the chapel of the Medici Palace.
Piero de’ Medici, father of Lorenzo
During the Renaissance, nobles, or aristocrats, continued to
dominate society
vernacular is
the local spoken language
At the time artists were developing a
human-focused worldview
What was the capital of Italy until 1870
Florence
Who took control of Venice in 1434
Cosimo de’ Medic
was a source of great security during the Renaissance.
The family bond
The humanist emphasis on classical Latin led to its widespread use in
the writings of scholars, lawyers, and religious writers.
They used a type of painting called
fresco
What family used their money to help support the artist.
Medici Family
Who was a gifted painter, scientist, inventor, and polymath.
Leonardo da Vinci
Parents carefully arranged
marriages to strengthen business or family ties.
Italy spoke
different Italian dialects.
fresco is
where you paint on wet plaster with water-based paints.
The Pope ruled the Catholic Church in what city-state
Rome
Who painted The Last Supper, The Vitruvian Man, and the Mona Lisa.
Leonardo da Vinci
In upper-class families, parents often
worked out the details when their children were only two or three years old.
In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the literary works of Dante Alighieri and Christine de Pizan helped make the
vernacular literature popular
Their intention was to convince the viewers the reality of their
subjects