Known as "The Magnificent" for his patronage of the arts
Who is Lorenzo de Medici
100
Cities Like Venice and Genoa were in a good spot as a sea-faring merchants during the Renaissance period due to what series of wars they helped ferry troops and supplies back and forth?
What are the Crusades
100
What city did the Medici family control?
What is Florence
100
Who commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
The Catholic Church
100
Machiavelli's book on politics and how to be an effective administrator
What is "The Prince"
200
Genoese Sailor and Explore commissioned by the Spanish Royal family to find a trade route to Asia
Who is Christopher Columbus
200
Who did the Venetians Trade with, contributing to their vast wealth and power as a major power in the region?
Who are the Ottomans
200
Which Renaissance man did Lorenzo de Medici adopt into his family?
Who is Michelangelo Buonarroti
200
Michelangelo's "La Pieta" depicts what figures/ What emotion?
What is Mary, Mother of Jesus and Jesus' dead body. It is suppose to depict sadness and loss
200
English Humanist and politician- Called for Utopian Society And an Ideal Society- all are educated, all are peaceful. Later Killed by King Henry VIII for not supporting the King's attempt to break away from the catholic Church
Who is Thomas More
300
Polish Doctor, Lawyer, and Astronomer- came up with the theory of the Heliocentric Solar System
Who is Nicholas Copernicus
300
Scholars fled to Italy; bringing science, math, art, literature when what empire collapsed in 1453?
What is the Byzantine Empire
300
Which Medici built the family empire? He bankrolled the campaign of the pirate Baldassare Cossa and helped finance the completion the dome of the Cathedral in Florence
Who is Cosimo de Medici
300
"School of Athens" promotes the philosophies of which two Greek thinkers?
Who are Aristotle and Plato
300
Invention that made books cheaper and more available
What is the Printing Press
400
Humanist Artist and Inventor who studied Cadavers and made accurate drawings of the Human body
Who is Leonardo da Vinci
400
Region in Central Italy controlled by the Catholic Church, the "Throne" of the Catholic church
What are the Papal States
400
Rival family who tried to have Lorenzo killed in the Cathedral of Florence in 1478, succeeded in killing his brother
Who is the Pazzi Family
400
What did Humanist painters study to make their art life-like?
What is Anatomy
400
Famous English poet and writer, wrote Macbeth and Hamlet
Who is Shakespeare
500
Persecuted by the Catholic Church for studying the Solar System and proving Copernicus' theories accurate. Made Telescopes, came up with theories of gravity
Who is Galileo
500
Italy during the middle ages did not have strong nobles and kings to control the land, what group were largely in power which helped increase social mobility , trade, and movement of ideas?
What are merchants
500
What is the Catholic friar Savonarola known for?
Enemy of the Medicis and Humanist artists, claimed their were sinful. Led a movement to destroy Humanist art and literature.
500
Who painted the Mona Lisa
Who is Leonardo da Vinci
500
Spanish Writer- Wrote the first successful Novel- Don Quixote mocking chivalry and knights are dumb and useless figures in modern Renaissance society