What is the Renaissance?
The english translation of "Renaissance"
What is "rebirth"
What modern-day subject stems from humanism?
What are the humanities
Humanism inspired these ways of thinking in science which helped expand the field
What is observation and analysis
How one would define what an oligarchy is
What is ruled by a small, elite group
Renaissance artists (painters) used this technique to create 3D images on flat surfaces
What is perspective
These areas of study evolved during the Renaissance (3)
What is: art, science, and technology
This was the central question/idea behind humanism
What is what does it mean to be human/human potential
Dante helped make literature more accessible by writing in this way
What is vernacular
This powerful banking family from Florence used patronage (and corruption) to increase their influence
Who are the Medicis?
Artists studied this to make their art more realistic
What is anatomy
These independently governed regions in Italy were major centres of Renaissance culture and power
What are city-states
Rather than relying on religion to explain the world, humanists promoted this kind of thinking
What is observation and critical analysis
Artwork during the Renaissance focused on this humanist aspect
What are emotions and the individual
This powerful (and immoral) family from Spain was known for their corrupt practices to maintain power (including purchasing papal positions)
Who are the Borgias
A person with a wide range of talents and knowledge is often referred to as this
A Renaissance man
This is the way wealthy people commissioned art and knowledge
What is Patronage
Humanists believed that everyone should have this and it was central to a high-functioning society
What is education
Petrarch is credited with helping launch humanism by doing this
What is discovering and reviving lost classical works
Oligarchies typically maintain control/power through these 2 things
What are wealth and social/business connections
Da Vinci believed this was connected to everything in the world, including art and mechanics - give an example also
What is nature/the natural world
Italy's geographical location benefitted from these (2) things which helped generate the Renaissance and spread its ideas
What are trade and cultural diffusion
Humanism encouraged a society based on this principle, where everyone is the best version of themselves for their own benefit and the benefit of society
What is Civic Virtue
This scholar believed that the problems of the Catholic Church did not need to be solved through revolution but through education
Who is Erasmus
The Plague and the Peasants' Revolt allowed for oligarchies to rise to power by doing impacting this thing
What is weakening the feudal system
Da Vinci believed painters could achieve true knowledge because they had this benefit
What is ability to observe closely and reproduce what they saw