The Renaissance sparked an interest in the Greeks and Romans.
What two groups of people did the Renaissance spark an interest in?
100
Nobles in Europe gained their wealth from land before the Renaissance.
Before the Renaissance, how did nobles in Europe gained their wealth?
100
The new way of understanding the world was called humanism.
What was the new way of understanding the world?
100
Artistic works tried to display realistic works of people.
What did the artistic works of the Renaissance try to display?
100
War, trade, travel, and the printing press spread humanist ideas.
What spread humanist ideas?
200
The birthplace of the Renaissance was Italy.
What was the birthplace of the Renaissance?
200
Families where sons and daughters of nobles and rich merchants married each other became the upper-class of city states.
What families became the upper-class of the city states?
200
Humanism gave importance to an individual and human society. It also encouraged people to be active in their cities and to develop their talents.
What did humanism do to human society and an individual?
200
Chiaroscuro is a technique used by artists to make their paintings more realistic. It used light and shadows instead of stiff outlines to separate objects.
What is chiaroscuro?
200
The Northern Renaissance took place in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Germany.
Where did the Northern Renaissance take place?
300
When people became secular, they became interested in worldly ideas and events.
When people became secular, what did that mean?
300
A ruler with absolute power was a dictator.
Who was a ruler who had absolute power?
300
Francesco Petrarch studied Roman writers and wrote biographies of famous Romans.
What did Francesco Petrarch do?
300
The golden age of Italian Renaissance painting was from 1490 to 1520.
What was the time period of the golden age of Italian Renaissance painting?
300
Jan van Eyck's best known painting is The Arnolfini Portrait.
What is Jan van Eyck's best known painting?
400
The Renaissance lasted from 1350 to 1650.
What was the time period of the Renaissance?
400
The Duke officially ran the city.
What was the job of the Duke?
400
Gutenberg's printing press helped spread humanist ideas by making books printed by machine instead of handwritten.
How did Gutenberg's printing press help spread humanist ideas?
400
Leonardo da Vinci is known for creating Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
What two paintings is da Vinci known for creating?
400
Shakespeare's plays were about loyalty, family, friendship, or justice.
What were William Shakespeare's plays about?
500
People became more confident about the future as the Black Death ended.
When did people become more confident about the future?
500
The Medici family controlled the Florence government for many years.
What family controlled the government in Florence for many years?
500
Leonardo da Vinci was a leading scientist, artist, inventor, and engineer.
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
500
The most celebrated female artist was Artemisia Gentileschi, and she painted major historical and religious scenes.
Who was the most celebrated female artist in the Renaissance, and what did she paint?
500
The cost of admission was one or two cents. Wealthy people sat under a roof or covering. Poor people stood in a large open area.
What was the cost of admission to a play, and where did certain groups of people sit?