Patrons & Places
Humanism and Thought
Art & Style
Vocabulary & Context
100
This was the main role of ruling families, such as the Medici, in the Renaissance
What is giving financial support (patronage) to artists, poets, scientists, and scholars?
100
A focus on worldly subjects rather than religious topics
What is secularism
100
This word describes Renaissance paintings and sculptures compared to earlier works.
What is realistic?
100
This was a crucial development that allowed more people access to knowledge because books were written in the spoken language.
What is writing in the vernacular?
200
This Italian city-state was in the best location to benefit from Mediterranean trade routes.
What is Venice?
200
This is the term for an ideal society, which Sir Thomas More wrote about.
What is Utopia?
200
Realistic depictions of human forms and the use of perspective are features of this art style.
What is Renaissance Art?
200
This artistic technique created the illusion of depth and three dimensions on a flat surface, making Renaissance art more realistic.
What is Perspective?
300
This family were the chief patrons of the arts in Florence, providing necessary funding for the Renaissance
Who are the Medici family?
300
This Renaissance thinker is the father of humanism
Who is Petrarch?
300
This famous Raphael painting perfectly represents humanist ideals by celebrating classical philosophers and learning.
What is The School of Athens?
300
The name of this painting
What is the School of Athens
400
This patron of art helped fund religious art such as the Sistine Chapel's ceiling.
What is the Church supported Renaissance artists by hiring them to beautify churches
400
The core humanist themes that best summarize the characteristics of Shakespeare’s work.
Human emotion, flaws, and secularism?
400
flat dimensions and a lack of perspective, often characterizes works of art from this period.
What is the Medieval Period?
400
This time period, which followed the medieval era, is represented by the rebirth of classical antiquity.
What is the Renaissance?
500
Renaissance thinkers' renewed interest in ancient Rome made this country the ideal starting point.
What is Italy/the center of the Roman Empire?
500
This is the significant difference between Renaissance and medieval thought.
What is the shift to humanism instead of religious studies?
500
This feature makes Renaissance art similar to Medieval art, even though their styles are different
What is the depiction of spiritual or religious themes?
500
This Renaissance thinker proposed the idea that it is more important for a leader to be feared than to be loved.
Who was Machiavelli?