This is a period known for its artistic and literary achievements in Euriope - from the late fourteenth to the early seventeenth centruies - inspired by a new interest in the classics.
The Renaissance
Who painted "the school of athens"?
Raphael
Who was the Florentine sculptor who studied classical art and created a bronze statue of David?
Donatello
Which book did fifteenth-century inventor Johannes Gutenberg print on his printing press?
The Bible
An important intellectual movement of the Renaissance
Humanism
Raphael
Which Italian architect, inspired by classical Greece and Rome, designed and completed the dome of all domes?
Brunelleschi
This period of art made figures look flat and unrealistic.
Medieval
Who was known as the father of Italian Renaissance? and Humanism.
Petrarch
The ultimate renaissance man
da Vinci
Who painted The Last Supper, which depicted the last meal Jesus shared with his disciples?
da Vinci
These Italian Renaissance regions were indepdently ruled cities and the land around them. Many were also republics.
Italian Renaissance city-states
The local spoken language
Vernacular Language
Author of "The Prince"
Machiavelli
He painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome with nearly 350 human figures in a variety of Biblical scenes.
Michelangelo
Many of these religious leaders commissioned artists to create stunning paintings and frescoes.
Popes
Humanism was based on the study of what?
Classics, such as literature of ancient Greece and Rome
Wrote the "divine comedy"
Dante
Which name has been given to the Renaissance artist Raphael
The Prince of Painters
The Renaissance began in this country because it had been the center of the Roman Empire and teh ancient ruins reminded people of Rome's greatness. It was also central location for trade and commerce.
Italy