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Literally, this means "rebirth".
What is Renaissance?
100
An early realist painter. That's all you need to know.
Who was Giotto?
100
Mountain passes and rivers, the printing press and this helped ideas to spread northward from Italy.
What is the growth of trade and wealth?
100
The actions of these made Renaissance drama dramatically different from Greek and Roman drama.
What are humans?
100
Two strategies you should complete at home BEFORE you take any big test.
What is get a good night's sleep and eat a good breakfast?
200
These scholars based their studies on classical Greek and Roman literature.
Who were humanists?
200
This famous Italian Renaissance artist, inventor, and scientist used science to make paintings more realistic.
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
200
This technique helped Johannes Gutenberg become (perhaps) the most influential spreader of ideas in human history.
What is printing with movable type?
200
William Shakespeare did this, beginning a tradition that continues today in the theatrical representations of literary works.
What is dramatized known stories?
200
You would use the "cross it out" strategy to do this.
What is eliminate distractors?
300
This writer felt that power and success should be the focus of any ruler's pursuit.
Who was Niccolo Machiavelli?
300
This author wrote "The Book of the Courtier", which is a book of manners. Please tell me his name. Thank you.
Who was Baldassare Castiglione?
300
Many of these workers became unemployed because of the invention of the printing press.
Who were scribes?
300
Realistic depictions of humans are what these artists are known for.
Who were the van Eyck brothers?
300
This technique can help you to break down extended response questions into parts to answer separately.
What is "Box-it" (baby)?
400
This powerful Italian family contributed to the Italian Renaissance by becoming patrons of the arts.
What is the Medici family?
400
This poet and teacher believed that the best way to learn was by studying classical (Greek and Roman) writers.
Who was Francesco Petrarch?
400
This humanist writer was influenced by Italian humanists, leading him to study and criticize the Christian Church.
Who was Erasmus?
400
Unlike Italian Renaissance painters, Brueghel preferred to show this in his artwork.
What is everyday village life?
400
The first thing you should do on any reading test.
What is read the questions first?
500
This technique allows artists to show depth on a flat canvas.
What is perspective?
500
This artist painted frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and helped to design St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
Who was Michelangelo?
500
The meaning of "utopia" as Thomas More saw it.
What is an "ideal society"?
500
A chief contrast between Northern art and Italian art is this.
What is the depiction of more realistic humans?
500
The scent of this has been shown to decrease fatigue and increase alertness, leading to more reasoned responses on test questions.
What is mint?