Leonardo da Vinci
Since Leonardo's parents broke up what was Leonardo's last name?
Where is the small town, Vinci? Leonardo was born there. Da Vinci means from the town Vinci.
What is defined here.
_______ is a philosophy that tries to balance religious faith with an emphasis on individual dignity and an interest in nature and human society.
What is Humanism?
How did Science influence Renaissance art?
What are more supplies?
Who is the famous architect that is talked about, in this section?
Who is Filippo Brunelleschi?
Who were the Medici?
What are wealthy bankers that governed Florence?
Additional info:
The Medici were patrons. Since Florence was a republic, to rule the Medici controlled the electoral votes. Ruled for 3 centuries.
What did Leonardo da Vinci do to study the human body better?
What was dissecting people and drawing them?
(He also was the first person to discover heart attach)
Humanism helped lay the foundation for modern thinking about what?
What is politics and government?
Galileo Galilei conducted important experiments on which force?
What is gravity?
During the Renaissance wealthy families started building "palazzi".
What are "palazzi"?
What are private townhouses? (translated in English "palaces")
Niccolo Machiavelli (Renaissance statesmen and historian) wrote what important book?
What is The Prince?
(The Prince is a book that gives advice to rulers, to try and make decisions on what works best, not which decision has a better morality).
What does "sfumato" mean in Italian?
What is the definition of form in painting without abrupt outline by the blending of one tone into another?
Merriam Webster
How did humanism effect the church?
What is the separation of the church?
(The church wanted people to listen and to follow teachings without asking "why?". In contrast humanist wanted people to question everything.)
Who built the first telescope?
Who was Galileo Galilei?
Since humanists believed citizenship, what did architects start designing?
What are public plazas?
Why did the Medici kick the church out of Florence?
One of the Medici brother was killed by the church with the help of the Pazzi?
Additional info:
Later, they found the Arch Bishop that killed one of the Medici brothers and hanged him publicly. After that, the pope excommunicated Lorenzo Medici.
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
What is a scientist, artist, engineer, inventor?
What where humanities?
What is a group of subjects that focus on human life and culture?
Who is the famous person that is talked a lot, in this section?
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
The Renaissance architects studied the Greek and Roman ruins, they built the same thing and tried to make them better.
List two examples of Greek and Roman architectural features.
What are arches, columns, and domes?
Who was the most powerful member of the Medici family?
Who was Lorenzo Medici?
Additional info:
He ruled for 20 years. After his death the Medici family was exiled from Florence.
What form of art did Leonardo da Vinci dislike?
What is sculpting?
(He thought it was dirty)
Humanism changed peoples' ideas on what?
What is social standing?
Science and math changed a lot during the Renaissance people started to solve different equations in algebra, conducted experiments on gravity Galileo built the first telescope and all these things paved the way for modern science and math.
How did they start looking at things?
What is logic?
Who designed Santa Maria Dell Fiore's dome?
Who is Filippo Brunelleschi?
Additional info:
A dome that big would've collapse. He built 8 stone arches that met at the top of the dome. Then, hoops of iron, wood, and brick were wrapped around the arches to keep them in place.
They stated building it in 1296- 1436.
Brunelleschi used an egg to demonstrate his theory.
How did The Prince effect government and religion?