Ren Art
Renaissance art heavily featured the human nude as a physical analogy for what key renaissance belief?
Although he wanted different styles for men and women, Castiglione surprises readers in The Book of the Courtier by advocating that women receive what?
What is education?
This medieval political structure is characterized by a social/economic pyramid in which wealth and service flow up to the King in exchange for land.
What is Feudalism?
The belief that all humans had potential, and that maximizing their potential through things like learning and training were important
What is humanism
This city in Italy was the first city to experience the Renaissance because of its strategic trading location and local wealth.
What is Florence?
Which Renaissance poet is considered the Father of Humanism due to his championing of the reintroduction of Classic Greek and Roman literature?
Who is Petrarch?
Upon whom does Laura Cereta place blame for the lack of educational attainment by women?
Why did medieval monarchs tire of Feudalism even though the system placed them at the top of the pyramid?
What is they resented sharing any power with the nobility?
Although Europeans were still very religious in the 1400s, this term meant that religious influences in art, politics, and social interactions were minimized.
What is secularism?
This series of medieval wars in the Middle East gave Europeans a taste for Asian goods, the trade of which provided wealth to start the Renaissance
What are the Crusades?
This term indicates the use of 3D shapes, lines, and lighting to create depth and the illusion of three dimensions?
What is geometric perspective?
Although she could read, write, and talk Sh** to men, what claim did Laura Cereta make about herself when comparing herself to other women?
What is, she was actually average?
What did medieval monarchs begin to do to end feudalism and their dependence on nobles?
What is creating professional militaries?
An extension of humanism, this term meant that creators took credit for their work and began to celebrate their own achievements as a way to demonstrate how far they had taken their potential.
What is individualism?
In their rebellions, the Italian low class (called the Popolo) established short lived versions of this type of government.
What are republics?
Not just nice to look at! This art style allowed Renaissance scientists to record their discoveries with accuracy and detail!
What is Realism?
How did "New Monarchs" gain the support of some of the working people in their societies who were subsequently elevated to the brand new "middle class?"
What is their support of merchants and businesses created new wealth and economic opportunities?
What historically powerful institution began to see its power over monarchs decline due to internal disputes, exterior pressures, corruption, poor leadership, and a lack of commitment to their principals?
What is the Catholic Church?
This term meant that a person influenced by humanism had developed many aspects of their potential in many disciplines.
What is Virtu?
These types of governments, which vest all power in the wealthy, were common in Italian city-states during the Renaissance.
What are Oligarchies?
What critical invention allowed Renaissance art and literature to be distributed out of Italy to influence the Northern Renaissance?
What is the printing press?
What is something that poor classes such as peasants and the Popolo had to do that their wealthy, Noble counterparts did not have to do?
What is pay taxes?
in addition to military control, complete authority over this typical government function was a clear indicator that a monarch had become a "New Monarch."
What is tax collection?
This term means the practice of relationship building between countries that was developed in the 1400s.
What is diplomacy?
Fill in the blanks: Florentine merchants became so wealthy that they were able to explore new hobbies and money making ventures, such as investing in art (aka _____), and making financial investments and opening accounts for other wealthy people (aka _____)
What are patronage and banking