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This center of Renaissance activity is known for being the home of the Medici family.
What is Florence?
The Medici family had lots of money to spend on the arts because of their success in this line of work.
What is Banking?
This Spanish Renaissance writer became famous after death for writing a hilarious book that is considered to be the world's first novel.
Who is Miguel de Cervantes?
The most famous painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, this work of art depicts the biblical Adam and God with arms outstretched reaching for one another.
What is The Creation of Adam?
This Italian City-State was known for its dominance of the Mediterranean with naval and trade Supremacy. It is famously built on water.
What is Venice?
A common patron of many Renaissance artist was this religious organization.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
Possibly the greatest Renaissance artist, this man completed masterpieces such as the Sistine Chapel and the sculpture David
Who is Michelangelo?
This work by Leonard da Vinci depicts the last time Jesus gathered with his closest friends before his death.
What is The Last Supper?
This is the largest cathedral in Florence and it is named after the incredible dome it boasts as its roof.
What is the Duomo?
This member of the Medici family later went on to become Pope Leo X
Who is Giovanni di Medici?
This Renaissance man typifies how artists from this time period do it all from engineering flying and war machines to painting masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This is the name for a style of painting where paint is applied directly to wet plaster to "lock it in"
What is a Fresco?
This church, named after Jesus's favorite apostle and the "first pope", is considered the largest church in the world and located within the Vatican.
What is St. Peter's Basilica?
This king of France decided to hire Leonard da Vinci after being impressed with Italian art during the time his country invaded Italy.
Who is King Francis I?
This Renaissance thinker changed how people thought about the people in power with his political science book The Prince
Who is Nicolo Machiavelli?
One of Michelangelo's first sculptures, this work depicts the Virgin Mary morning the death of her son, Jesus, by holding him in her arms.
What is La Pieta?
What are the Papal States?
Renaissance patrons could express their vanity by commissioning an artist to paint this style of painting for them.
What is a portrait?
This man invented the printing press, allowing the written word to be spread across the world in ways previously impossible.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
This masterpiece by Renaissance artist Raphael shows a mastery of perspective drawing techniques and depicts Plato and Aristotle having a discussion in a busy school building
What is The School of Athens?