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Origins of the Renaissance
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Art
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Birthplace of the Renaissance

Italy

100

Renaissance means what in French/.

Rebirth

100
Became wealthy from making and trading cloth and banking.
What is Florence?
100

Way of thinking that focuses on humans as individuals instead of spiritual influence.

What is humanism?

100
He painted the Mona Lisa and Last Supper
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
200

Opposite of religious 

Secular

200
By trading with Europeans, Chinese, and Arabs
How did Italian city-states grow wealthy?
200

Machiavelli wrote what famous book

The Prince

200
Philosophies and teachings on which humanism was based on.
Who were Greeks and Romans?
200
He painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Who is Michelangelo?
200

Sculpted the statue of David

Micaelangelo

200
Italian merchant who traveled to China and visited the court of Kublai Khan then wrote a book about his adventure.
What is Marco Polo?
200
FAMILY OF BANKERS WHO GAINED WEALTH AND POWER IN FLORENCE ITALY DURING THE RENAISSANCE.
Who were the Medici family?
200
Humanist scholar who wrote biographies on famous Romans.
Who is Francesco Petrarch?
200
Technique using light and shadows instead of stiff lines to separate objects.
What is chiaroscuro?
300

Way of thinking that focuses on people as individuals instead of spiritual influence.

Humanism

300
Event that caused devastation to Europe and led to the desire to renew culture and beautify cities.
What is the Black Death?
300

Wrote the Divine Comedy

Dante

300

Term for everyday language

Vernacular

300
Painting on fresh wet plaster with watercolor paint.
What is fresco?
400

Humanism focused its renewed interests in what two things

Greek and Roman classics

400

Birthplace of Italian Renaissance

Florence

400

First thing printed on the printing press?

Bible

400

This was a story of a country gentleman who searches for adventure in life. It looks at the difference between what people hope life can be and what life actually is like and it was written by who

Don Quixote and Cervantes

400

Raphael Sanzios most famous painting

School of Athens