Birth of the Renaissance
In the Renaissance, the hope was to bring back the culture of these 2 civilizations.
What are Greece and Rome?
This artist painted the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?
Johan Gutenberg developed this, which allowed for Humanist ideas to spread across Europe.
What is the printing press?
Artists started using these this technique to give scenes added depth and fullness by painting straight lines diagonal.
What is perspective?
The movement that focused on human potential and achievement.
What is humanism?
A deadly disease that killed millions of people in Europe and helped bring changes that led to the Renaissance.
What is the Black Death/Bubonic Plague?
This artist sculpted the famous Statue of David.
Who is Michelangleo?
The two authors from the Northern Renaissance that criticized the values of the Middle Ages.
Who are Shakespeare and Cervantes?
This material from Asia allowed for cheap and available during the Renaissance.
What is paper?
The word Renaissance is described as a ______ of Greek and Roman ideas.
What is rebirth?
The name of the wealthy family of Florence that made their money in wool trading and banking. Eventually they built Florence into the beautiful city we see today.
Who are the Medici?
This writer created The Prince, a book that discusses political power.
Who is Niccolò Machiavelli.
Instead of focusing on Greek and Roman classics, these people focused on the history of Christianity.
Who are Christian Humanists?
Writers started to use this instead of Latin to allow more people to read and understand different books.
What is the common language?
A person skilled in many subjects, like art and science, could be described as this type of person.
What is a Renaissance man?
These FOUR Italian trade cities are considered the reason for the Renaissance to begin in Italy.
What are Genoa, Venice, Florence, and Milan?
He wrote The Divine Comedy in Italian as a way to make the book more accessible and prove that the common languages were just as important as Latin.
Who is Dante Alighieri?
The Northern Renaissance scholar who is known for spreading Christian Humanism through his books like The Praise of Folly.
Who is Desiderius Erasmus.
This style of education focused on subjects like history, philosophy, grammar, literature, and rhetoric(speeches).
What are the Humanities?
A painting technique that uses seamless, imperceptible blending of colors and tones to eliminate harsh outlines
What is sfumato?
The Venetian Marco Polo became a messenger during his travels for this Yuan/Mongol Dynasty Ruler
Who is Kublai Khan?
Michaelangelo painted famous scenes from the Bible like the Last Judgement and the Creation of Adam on the roof of this famous church in Rome.
What is the Sistine Chapel?
What are realism and daily life?
The introduction of the printing press dropped the cost of books, leading to a rise of _________.
What are literacy rates?
The practice of wealthy people supporting art during the Renaissance.
What is patronage?