These scholars believed in the importance of individuals and less concerned with heaven.
What are humanists?
100
Considered by many to be the best playwright in English history.
Who is Shakespeare?
200
The Renaissance began here.
What is Itly?
200
Artists carefully studied these elements in their work. (name 3)
What is perspective, shade and color, realistic structure of the human body, emotion, Greek and Roman art, science, and math?
200
This invention increased the number of books available and and helped the spread of ideas.
What is the printing press?
200
This term refers to the art and literature of ancient Rome and Greek.
What is classical?
200
Renaissance writers studied these manuscripts to learn their style of writing.
What is Greek and Roman?
300
Scholars looked to these these two ancient cultures for ideas.
What is Rome and Greece?
300
Michelangelo's artwork on this ceiling made him famous.
What is the Sistine Chapel?
300
Architects such as Brunelleschi,designed this structure for cathedrals.
What is a dome?
300
During the 1300 and 1400's the power of these leaders declined.
What are popes?
300
Not since the days of ancient Greece had so many of these been written.
What are plays?
400
The Italian City-states became wealthy from this.
What is trade?
400
El Greco was known for painting figures with very long bodies and was from this country.
What is Spain?
400
These were greatly improved and most large towns and cities had one whose ringing began to order people's lives.
What is a clock?
400
This country didn't trust the scholars and had many charged with heresy.
What is Spain?
400
This Shakespearean play has been made into a movie and has remained popular.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
500
The Renaissance spread in these two directions
What is west and north?
500
These people often painted backgrounds, hands, or costumes for the artist.
What is apprentice?
500
The blast furnace heated iron so hot, it could be poured into molds instead of being hammered into this shape. These objects made in the furnace were in demand by generals of the armies.
What is cannons and cannon balls.
500
This female leader encouraged the the theater, poetry, and music in her country.
Who is Elizabeth I
500
Cervantes wrote this story about a comical knight.