The Italian States
Who is the Medici family?
these people constituted the vast majority of the total European population
the key intellectual movement of the Renaissance
What is humanism?
painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water-based paints
What is a fresco?
the cultural center of Italy during the Renaissance
What is Florence?
these people dominated society during the renaissance
What are the nobility?
the language of everyday speech in a particular region
What is the vernacular?
artistic techniques used to give the effect of three-dimensional depth to two-dimensional surfaces
What is perspective?
the political body of the Catholic Church
What are the Papal States?
the center of the Italian family
Who is the father/husband?
language studied by Petrarch, the father of Italian Renaissance humanism
What is Latin?
the model "Renaissance man"
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
the only state ruled by a hereditary monarch
What is the Kingdom of Naples?
members of the middle class who lived in a city or town
Who were the burghers?
wrote the Divine Comedy
Who is Dante?
well known for his frescoes in the Vatican palace and his numerous madonnas (paintings of Mary)
Who is Raphael?
name for the elected leader in Venice
What is a doge?
this group of people was at the top of urban society
Who were the patricians?
German printer who pioneered the use of movable type
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
style of church in northern Europe during the middle ages
What is gothic?