Renaissance Artists
Mona Lisa
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
European country where trade first began to revive
What is Italy?
Main philosophy of the Renaissance focused on people
What was humanism?
Ancient seafaring people of Crete
Who were the Minoans?
Number of hills on which Rome was built
What are seven?
David
Who is Michelangelo?
Demand developed in Europe for luxury goods from this region
What is the East?
Country where the Renaissance began?
What was Italy?
Geographic features that separated Greek city-states
What are mountains?
Rome's river
What is the Tiber River?
The Last Supper
Sea that connected western Europe with the Near East
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Early knowledge studied by Renaissance scholars
What were classical (Greek and Roman) writings?
Epic poem about the Trojan War written by Homer
What is The Iliad?
Legendary twins who fought to become Rome's first king
Who are Romulus and Remus?
The School of Athens
Epidemic that swept through Europe in the 1300s
What was the Black Death (Bubonic Plague)?
Notable characteristic of Renaissance art
What is realism?
Economic activity made necessary by Greek geography
What was trade?
Extended period of peace that Augustus brought to Rome
What is the Pax Romana?
The Creation of Adam
Who is Michelangelo?
Associations of merchants and artisans that set the price and quality of the goods sold
What are guilds?
Author of The Prince, a book advising rulers on how to keep power by whatever means necessary
Who was Macchiavelli?
Peninsula on which Greece is located
What is the Balkan Peninsula?
Professional public fighters who often fought in the Colosseum
Who were the gladiators?