Vocabulary
French word for rebirth
What is Renaissance?
Milan is the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance
What is false? (Florence)
This person was a excellent example of Renaissance Italy's ideal man because he was a sculptor, painter, inventor, mathematician, and architect.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
The name of the two countries that made Italy their battleground for 30 years during the Renaissance.
What are France and Spain?
The Italian Wars ended in 1527 because of this key event
What is Spanish mercenaries sacking the city of Rome?
Worldly
What is secular?
Francesco Petrarca has often been referred to as the father of humanism and did more than any other individual to foster its' development.
What is true?
This person wrote The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories about a group of pilgrims traveling to the tomb of Saint Thomas à Becket.
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
Renaissance ________ believed that education could dramatically change human beings. They wrote books on education and opened schools based on their ideas.
What are humanists?
A well-rounded, universal person capable of achievements in many areas of life is known as a...
What is Renaissance man?
Based on the study of grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, and history
What is humanism?
During the Renaissance, Venice was a major city-state ran by a small group of merchant-aristocrats.
What is true?
This Flemish painter was among the first to use oil paint, which enabled the artist to use a wide variety of colors and create fine details.
Who is Jan van Eyck?
The Renaissance was considered a rebirth of these two ancient worlds.
What are the ancient Greek and Roman worlds?
Parents in the Renaissance carefully arranged marriages, often to...
What is strengthen family or business ties?
A gift of money or property paid at the time of marriage
What is a dowry?
Dante's masterpiece, the Divine Comedy, contains three parts in this order: Purgatory, Hell, Heaven (Paradise)
What is false? (Hell, Purgatory, Heaven [Paradise])
These PEOPLE are considered the 3 artistic giants of the High Renaissance.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael?
Renaissance nobles were expected to develop two basic skills. One was they had to perform military and physical exercises and the other is...
What is gain a classical education to enrich his life with the arts?
Lorenzo de' Medici governed this city-state from behind the scenes when it was the cultural center of Italy.
What is Florence?
System in which cities are the center of political, economic, and social life
What is an urban society?
Machiavelli encouraged rulers and would-be rulers to believe that human nature was to be truthful.
What is false? (human nature was self-centered)
This sculptor spent time in Rome studying and copying the statues of the Greeks and Romans.
Who is Donatello?
The Italian Renaissance, which spread to the rest of Europe, occurred between _________ and ________.
What is 1350 and 1550?
_________ and ___________ were foremost in women's education during the Renaissance.
What are religion and morals?