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This family used banking wealth to turn Florence into a center of Renaissance culture.
Who is The Medici Family?
This famous sculpture by Michelangelo shows a biblical hero.
What is David?
This invention helped spread new ideas quickly across Europe.
What is the Printing Press?
The word “Renaissance” means this.
What is rebirth?
The Renaissance began in this European country.
What is Italy?
Regarded as the greatest artist of the renaissnace he was a Italian sculptor, painter, architect. He sculpted David and believed artists should show perfect human form.
Who is Michelangelo?
This new painting technique created by the northern renaissance allowed artists to blend colors smoothly and add fine details.
What is Oil Painting?
He said the Earth revolved around the Sun.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
This movement focused on human potential and achievements.
What is Humanism?
The invention of this device during the Renaissance allowed astronomers like Galileo to make groundbreaking discoveries in space.
What is the telescope?
He was a true renaissance man, he was a painter, sculptor, inventor and Engineer.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This art principle focuses on the accurate relationship between the sizes of body parts and objects.
What is proportion?
This scientist improved the telescope and supported Copernicus’s ideas.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
The Renaissance began as a revival of the ideas of these ancient civilizations.
What are Ancient Greece and Rome?
Known for its famous cathedral and Renaissance art, this city was home to the works of Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael.
What is Florence?
This political thinker believed rulers should do whatever was necessary to maintain power.
Who is Niccolò Machiavelli?
This technique creates the illusion of depth on a flat surface.
What is Perspective?
Renaissance scientists believed in learning through observation and experiments.
What is the scientific method?
The Renaissance period began in this century, marking the start of cultural and intellectual rebirth.
What is the 14th century?
This event, held in Florence, was a public burning of books, art, and objects associated with sin, led by the monk Girolamo Savonarola.
What is the Bonfire of the Vanities?
This religious leader ruled Florence briefly and preached against corruption and luxury.
Who is Girolamo Savonarola?
Artists often studied this science to improve accuracy in drawing the human body.
What is Anatomy?
This theory challenged the Church by placing the Sun at the center of the universe.
What is heliocentrism?
City-states like Florence helped the Renaissance grow because they were this.
What is wealthy and independent?
This English playwright, known for his tragedies, comedies, and histories, wrote the famous play Macbeth.
Who is William Shakespeare?