Vocab
Period of "rebirth" and creativity that followed Europe's Middle Ages
What is the Renaissance?
Known for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Who is Michelangelo?
A prominent trade route that connected Europe and Asia
What is the Silk Road?
English Renaissance writer and playwright who was considered to be the greatest English writer of all time
Who is William Shakespeare?
When the Middle Ages ended this body began to lose power
What is the church?
A method of showing a 3d scene on a flat surface so that it looks real
What is perspective?
Invented the printing press that used movable type
Who is Johann Gutenberg?
Main port cities for spices and other luxuries from Asia to come. One was also where glass was produced.
What are Genoa and Venice?
Wrote the Divine Comedy & elevated the language of Italian by writing in the vernacular
Who is Dante Alighieri?
Wealthy people who financially support artist
What is a patron?
The study of history, literature, public speaking, and art that led to a new way of thinking in Europe
What is humanism?
Wealthy banker whose actions help bring about the Renaissance
Italian city that specialized in weapons and silk
What is Milan?
Wrote the Prince and advocated that it was better for a leader to be feared rather than loved
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli?
The first printed book in the Latin language
What is the Bible?
Common language of the people
What is vernacular?
Sculptor, painter, architect, inventor, engineer, town planner, and map maker. Painted the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
Major banking and trade center where wealthy leaders used their money to promote arts and build impressive buildings
What is Florence?
An Italian poet who wrote about human behavior, classical thought, Christian teachings, and developed a form of sonnets
Who is Petrarch?
An effect on the people that happened as a result of the printing press
What is an increase in literacy and spread of new ideas?
Study of the human body that allowed for advances in medicine
What is anatomy?
Created a design for a huge dome for a cathedral in Florence
Who is Brunelleschi?
Artists helped to spread the Renaissance when they fled from war to this place
What is Northern Europe?
A trader who wrote about his travels to Asia prompting Europeans to demand goods from there
Marco Polo
The 2 ways that classical writes became available to Renaissance scholars
What are through Monk preserving literatures in monasteries and scholars fleeing the Turks