Terms
Interest
A fee that borrowers pay for the use of someone else’s money.
Creator of the Printing Press.
Johannes Gutenberg
A Painter from Florence. He showed respect for people and painted everyone.
Sandro Botticelli
A politician and poet. He wrote in Italian, unlike others who wrote in Latin. His famous work was the Divine Comedy.
Dante Alighieri
The trade route that when from China to the Mediterranean Sea. It reopened in 1200 when the Mongols took over China.
Silk Road
Signoria
A single rich merchant family who controlled the government.
A Dutch priest that believed that humans had free will and they choose their path that leads to salvation.
Desiderius Erasmus
He was a sculptor, painter, architect, inventor and engineer. He studied anatomy and dissected corpses to see how bones and muscles worked. He also painted the Mona Lisa.
Leonardo da Vinci
A writer and politician. He wrote The Prince, which gave leaders advice on how to rule.
Niccolo Machiavelli
The four major cities in Italy that became trading centers.
Florence, Genoa, Milan, Venice
Renaissance means this
Rebirth
He wanted Florence to be the most beautiful city in the world. He paid architects to design many of the buildings. He also valued education.
Cosimo de Medici
He painted scenes of classical myths and colorful scenes of Church teachings.
Titian
An Italian poet. He believed that God set humans at the center of the world. He thought classical thought and church teachings were connected and could exist together.
Petrarch
Because of these, people were able to able to bring back the knowledge they learned to their home countries.
Universities
Humanities
The subjects that people began to study besides religion. They studied history, literature, public speaking and art.
He traveled all over Asia. When he returned to Europe, he wrote a book about his journey. This book made people curious about Asia and everything it had to offer.
Marco Polo
An Italian Painter and Architect, he was commissioned to paint portraits, devotional subjects, and the Pope’s private rooms. He also painted The School of Athens.
Raphael
A Spanish writer. He wrote Don Quixote, which poked fun at romantic tales of the Middle Ages. It was a story about an old man who decides to become a knight.
Miguel de Cervantes
The first book ever printed.
Bible
Perspective
A method of showing a three-dimensional scene on a flat surface so that it looks real
An English writer who wrote more than 30 comedies, tragedies and histories. People enjoyed the beauty of his language and his understanding of humanity.
William Shakespeare
An Italian Sculptor. He revolutionized sculpture both through his inventive treatment of imagery, and his mastery of a range of materials.
Donatello
A French writer, doctor and priest. He wrote Gargantua and Pantagruel, that mocked the values of the Middle Ages.
Francois Rabelais
An Italian artist. He designed buildings, wrote poetry, carved sculptures and painted. He painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and carved the statue of David.
Michelangelo