Literature
Describe how the Italian Renaissance began?
The Renaissance Italians sought to return to the writings of the ancient Greeks and Romans by reviving the old works of literature and art.
How did Giotto change the art of painting.
He tried to make the people and things in his paintings appear real.
The father of Humanism
Petrarch
How did Humanism enter into the Renaissance?
Emphasis was placed upon man rather than upon God.
How did Leonardo da Vinci personify the idea of renaissance man?
Displayed talent in all fields a master painter, sculptor, inventor, and engineer.
First of pros in modern language.
Boccaccio
Name the book of last importance produced in the Italian Renaissance.
The Prince .
Who may have been the greatest artist of the renaissance, perhaps of all time?
Michelango
People used to support the arts
Patrons
Who wrote The Prince.
Nicolo Machiavelli
List some of Michelango's accomplishments.
Paintings on the ceilings and walls of the Sistine chapel, statues David and Moses, architectural plans for buildings in Rome and Florence, and many excellent sonnets and poems on a varieties of subjects.
Raphael
Known for his beautiful use of color
Describe the quality of art before the Renaissance.
Most paintings were flat, lacking a sense of depth or perspective; and people or things did not appear natural.
Subjects such as history grammar rhetoric and poetry.
Humanities
What was Leonardo da Vincis best known work?
Mona Lisa