General
what does the term Renaissance mean?
Re-birth
Who invented the bicycle?
Who sketched the Vitruvian Man?
Leonardo di Vinci
was Humanism an:
a)political movement
b)an intellectual movement
c)an economic movement
b) an intellectual movement.
It was the study of worldly subjects like history, poetry, grammar and philosophy instead of religious subjects.
Why did it take longer for the Renaissance to reach northern countries in Europe?
The Black Plague
Where did the Renaissance start and why?
Italy. Traders and Merchants became rich and powerful and spent money to support the arts.
Machiavelli argued that.....
rulers should use whatever means necessary to achieve their goals. The ends justifies the means.
Was David anatomically correct? Explain
His head and hands were larger because it was intended to be placed on a roof and viewed from below.
true or false
Humanists believed that education should stimulate peoples creative powers.
true
Guternberg's printing press was the first of it's kind to have ___________.
moveable metal type.
to draw using linear perspective you must start with a....
vanishing point
He was a sculptor, engineer, painter, architect and poet (not da Vinci)
Michelangelo
Raphael's Sistine Madonna is an example of how Renaissance painters showed__________ in their work.
human emotions
Renaissance Man
Before the Renaissance and Gutenberg's printing press books were____________ and ______________.
expensive and rare
Renaissance artist got inspiration for their art from what time period?
Ancient Greece and Rome
What did Petrarch make?
Poetry, among which he wrote 366 poems about his love to Laura.
the Mona Lisa uses this Renaissance artistic technique...
Linear Perspective
Realism
Does Humanism still exist today?
Yes
The fact that MANY more books were made allowed for.......
-more people to be litterate
-ideas to spread
Where are the Medici from?
Florence
He was a painted who was inspired by Michelangelo.
Raphael.
The Last Supper by da Vinci does show a religious scene, what makes it different from religious paintings of the Medieval period?
The focus is on beauty, depth and perspective, and realism, not the religious message.
Instead of living life focused on the afterlife (Heaven & Hell), Humanists focused on____________.
"Here and Now"
What about the Plague delayed the move North of the Renaissance?
-People traveled less
-people recovering from death toll (about 50% of population)
-feudal system crashed, people trying to figure out what next?