The Renaissance Begins
Why is the era from 1350 to 1550 in Europe called the Renaissance?
Because there was a rebirth of interest in art and learning.
How did the Medici family became so wealthy?
Because they were the owners of a lot of banks. They had branch banks as far away as London.
Explain the beliefs of humanists during the Renaissance
It was based on the values of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Humanists wanted a balance between faith and reason.
What did Dante Alighieri?
The Divine Comedy
What did Jan van Eyck?
Was a master of oil painting
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Write the reasons why the Renaissance started in Italy
Italy had been the center of the Roman Empire
By the 1300s, Italy's cities had become very wealthy
A third reason was because the region was still divided into many small city-states
Explain the reasons no ruler was able to unite Italy into a single kingdom
The Roman Catholic Church did everything it could to stop the rise of a powerful kingdom in Italy. Church leaders were afraid that if a strong ruler united Italy, that ruler would be able to control the pope and the Church.
The city-states that developed in Italy were about equal in strength
The most important reason the city-states stayed independent was because they became very wealthy.
Explain the artistic technique of perspective and what was the method developed during the Northern Renaissance and what was the goal/objective of that method?
The artistic technique of perspective makes a drawing or painting look three-dimensional.
And the method developed during the Northern Renaissance was the oil painting, Northern artists wanted their works to have a greater realism, but they used different methods.
What did Chaucer?
The Canterbury Tales
What did Albrech Dûrer?
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Which were the important Renaissance cities?
Florence, Venice, Genoa, Milan, and Rome
Who was Marco Polo and Niccolo Machiavelli?
Marco Polo was a merchant from the city of Venice and thanks to his stories, people's interest in China increased and wanted to buy goods from there. (Extra Points: Thanks to him the game of Marco Polo was created)
Nico was a diplomat in Florence who tried to explain how a ruler can maintain power. He said rulers should do whatever is necessary to keep power and protect their city, including killing and lying.
How did Petrarch contribute to the preservation of Roman Knowledge?
He studied Roman writers, and wrote biographies of famous Romans, and libraries were built to keep his manuscripts.
What did Leonardo da Vinci?
Flying Machine. ...
Helicopter
Parachute. …
The Last Supper
Mona Lisa
What William Shakespeare?
Romeo & Juliet
Hamlet
Macbeth
How did Florence became so wealthy?
Florence become wealthy by trading cloth & banking
How were Italian city-states run? And what is diplomacy?
Italian city-states run by one powerful man who ran the government and to deal with the other states around them, the Italians developed diplomacy. Diplomacy is the art of negotiating or making deals with other countries.
With your own words explain the difference between Medieval and Renaissance Art and write the example.
Renaissance art tries to show people as they would appear in real life. It also tries to show people’s emotions.
What did Raphael Sanzio?
Madonnas
School of Athens
Why did banking become so important in Florence?
With goods coming to Italy from around the world, merchants needed to know the value of coins from different countries.
Explain how an urban noble and the difference between old nobles?
Urban nobles lived in cities and were active in trade, banking, and public life; unlike old nobles. (Old nobles' wealth was based on the amount of land a person owned).
What was the importance of the printing press on Renaissance society?
It made it possible for more books to be created, faster, with more books, more people learned how to read.
What did Michelangelo Bounarroti?
The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
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