People to Know
He painted scenes from the bible that showed emotion.
Raphael
All the coastline surrounding Italy made _____________________ easy and profitable.
overseas trade
Humanists did not rely on religious texts to look at the world, but instead they looked at the writings of _____________.
antiquity/classics/texts from ancient Greece and Rome
Renaissance art did show religious scenes, but unlike medieval religious art, it also emphasized the ______________ of the subject painted as well and the skill of the _________________.
beauty, painter
This man was the first to use movable type in Europe.
Johannes Gutenberg
He painted the everyday lives of peasants and religious scenes.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The wool and banking industries along with trade made the city of Florence, Italy _______________.
wealthy
Petrarch's ideas were not focused on ___________ unlike the thinkers of the earlier time period (middle ages).
spiritual salvation
Art during the middle ages was not very _____________, unlike the art of the Renaissance.
realistic
Before the creation of the printing press, books were copied ________________.
by hand
He designed the the Duomo, the dome atop the Florence Cathedral.
Filippo Brunelleschi
Italians in Venice made lots of money trading ______________ with people in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
spices
The ____________________ was rediscovered during the Renaissance and it focused on using observations and experiments to test ideas.
scientific method
Unlike medieval art, Renaissance paintings revealed _____________________.
deep emotions
The printing press made it easy to _______________.
copy written materials quickly.
He painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and created the statue of David.
Michelangelo
Because Italy became so wealthy through trade, the leaders were able to pay ____________ who helped bring about the Renaissance.
artists
This man was a humanist and his ideas challenged the Catholic Church. He was known as the father of modern science.
Galileo
who painted the painting
The printing press created an explosion of new ______________.
books
He was a polymath who painted The Last Supper and The Mona Lisa.
Leonardo da Vinci
Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
The Book of the Courtier was written by a humanist named Baldassare and it was very different from the religious writings of the _____________.
Middle Ages
Medieval art and Renaissance art differed in three major ways. Name them.
1. Renaissance art recognized the artist who created it, but medieval art did not.
2. Renaissance art showed deep feelings and emotions, while medieval art did not.
3. Renaissance art was more realistic, while medieval art was not.
The printing press helped Renaissance _____________ spread quickly throughout ______________.
ideas, Europe