Beginning/End
In the what city did the Renaissance begin?
Florence, Italy
What was a large influence on pre-renaissance architecture?
Who commissioned paintings and greatly helped/push the Renaissance forward?
Patrons
Name 2 great writers of the time?
Shakespeare and Chaucer
What is the difference between Heliocentrism and Geocentrism.
Heliocentrism: sun centered
Geocentrism: earth centered
What was the name of The Holy Land?
Jerusalem
How long did it take Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel?
4 years
What was the famous painting by Da Vinci of an unknown subject?
Mona Lisa
Who was the inventor of the Printing Press.
Who confirmed the theory of a sun centered universe?
Galileo
What is one invention that allowed for the rapid spread of the Renaissance?
the printing press
What artist was very crucial in the design of St. Peter's Basilica?
Michelangelo
What biblical figure has been sculpted 3 times by three different artists
David
What new understanding of people and their relationship with culture was introduced in the Renaissance?
Humanism
Which astronomy proposed the idea of elliptical orbits?
Johannes Kepler
Which philosopher stated, "I think therefore I am"
Rene Descarte
What is a common design of the roof of a large church?
A dome
What are the 5 main feature of paintings in the renaissance.
1. natural world
2. light/shadow
3. realistic
4. elegance
5. texture and patterns
Who was directly concerned with the rebirth of classical culture by hunting down the manuscripts of lost classics?
Petrarch
Mathematics was key in developing what procedure of observation?
The scientific method
This catastrophe resulted in the creation of labor saving inventions that helped propel Europe into the Renaissance.
The black plague/death
Who rediscovered the use of perspective?
Filippo Brunelleschi
Who was a great sculptural artist of the Renaissance?
Michelangelo
Name 3 reasons the printing press was so key for the spread of knowledge.
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Why was Galileo put on house arrest? What was he tried for?
Heresy, ...