The Renaissance Begins
the Renaissance got started in what country in Europe?
Italy
the Mona Lisa was painted by?
Leonardo Da Vinci
This woman ruled England for 40 years and never married.
Queen Elizabeth I
the printing press
A deadly disease that came to Europe and killed millions before the Renaissance was called what?
the Black Death/the Bubonic Plague
Middle Ages art was ALWAYS about this topic. Renaissance art only covered this topic SOMETIMES
religion/Christianity
Donatello is most known for doing what? Michelangelo did some of these too.
Sculptures
This man wrote many famous plays such as Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare
Johann Kepler, the astronomer, discovered what about planets?
oval/elliptical orbit
Black Death Doctors wore masks with long beaks for what reason?
Stuffed with flowers and herbs because they thought that the bad smells were getting them sick.
The word Renaissance means what in French?
Rebirth
the Sistine Chapel
created calculus, discovered gravity
What are two ways the printing press changed Europe?
books were cheaper, neater, more available
What are two characteristics of Renaissance art (as compared to Medieval art)?
Renaissance art was more realistic, less religious, more detailed, more colors, 3D, had perspective
Middle Ages art was very flat, plain, religious, and unrealistic
The new way of thinking in the Renaissance where people people focused on themselves and their achievements was called?
Humanism
the School of Athens is a famous painting by?
Raphael
this scientist studied the human body and did dissections
Andreas Vesalius
What are two scientific "tools" or "instruments" that were invented during the Renaissance?
telescope, microscope, barometer, thermometer
The Renaissance is called a return to "classical" ideas. Who are the "classics"?
the ancient Greeks and Romans
The THREE areas of the world that the Italians of Europe traded with during the Renaissance were what?
China, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe
What are FOUR inventions that Da Vinci had planned/sketched out in his notebooks?
helicopter, diving suit, bridge (turning), giant crossbow, machine gun, a tank, parachute, robotic knight, flying machine, self propelled cart
Miguel Cervantes is most known for his famous novel called?
Don Quixote
Evangelista Torricelli is best known for his invention of what?
the barometer
Italy had city-states during the Renaissance that were often controlled by rich families. What was the name of the family that controlled Florence, Italy?
the Medici