The Renaissance
This Italian City-State is often considered the birthplace of the Renaissance
What is Florence?
This technique, used by Renaissance painters, created depth and perspective
What is Linear Perspective?
This European explorer was the first to reach India by sailing around Africa
Who is Vasco de Gama?
This economic theory claimed that a nation's wealth depended on its supply of gold and silver
What is Mercantilism?
What is a Praise of Folly
This family was a major patron of the arts in Florence
Who is the Medici Family?
What is the term for wealthy individuals or institutions who supported artists financially?
What are Patrons?
This treaty, signed in 1494, divided new lands between Spain and Portugal
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
This financial innovation, primarily used by the English and the Dutch, helped fund European exploration and trade
What are Joint-Stock Companies?
What is the critiquing of greed and corruption of society; a depiction of the perfect, ideal society/utopia?
This Renaissance ideal emphasized the potential of humans to achieve excellence
What is Humanism?
Who painted the School of Athens?
Who is Raphael?
This system forced Indigenous Americans to work for Spanish colonists
What was the Encomienda System?
This rising class grew wealthy through trade during the Renaissance
What is the merchant class (middle class)?
How did the Printing Press, invented in 1455, impact the spread of Renaissance ideas?
What is the spread of literacy, ideas, and humanist thoughts more widely?
This Italian author wrote The Prince, a political treatise in power and statecraft
Who is Niccoló Machiavelli?
Northern Renaissance paintings and sculptures differed greatly from traditional Renaissance paintings because they showed this instead of biblical and mythological figures
What is the depiction of everyday life?
Name the three motives for overseas Exploration by Europeans
What is Gold, Glory, God?
What caused the widespread inflation of 16th century Europe?
What is the influx of silver from the New World (Price Revolution)?
This author wrote Oration on the Dignity of Man, arguing that humans have unlimited potential
Who is Pico della Mirandola?
Name one Northern Renaissance artist
Who is Albrecht Durer
Jan Van Eyck
This architectural style revived classic domes, columns, and symmetry
What is Greco-Roman Style?
This royal couple of Spain sponsored Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage to the Americas
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?
This term describes the early form of capitalism that emerged from trade and banking
What is the Commercial Revolution?
This author wrote The Book of the Courtier, which defined the ideal behavior for a Renaissance man or woman
Who is Baldassare Castiglione?