Key Terms
This system of belief centres around humans and their welfare, as well as their individual values.
What is humanism?
Before the Renaissance, most people believed this was more important than worrying about daily life.
What is preparing for the afterlife?
Merchants used their wealth to do this, which helped to spread Renaissance ideas.
What is support the arts?
This artistic technique was used to show depth and three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.
What is perspective?
During the Renaissance, this medieval institution began to break down.
What is feudalism?
This word describes the sense of safety, comfort, health and happiness that a person has in their life.
What is quality of life?
Humanists still kept their religious faith, but they felt that they deserved a higher quality of life on Earth. They enriched their minds with this.
What is literature and science?
Renaissance ideas spread more quickly once this war ended in 1453.
What is the Hundred Years War?
These became more popular during the Renaissance because humanism emphasized the importance of the individual.
What are portraits?
During the Renaissance, this social class emerged as a result of the growth of trade and manufacturing.
What is the middle class?
This is an economic system where individuals own businesses and can make a profit.
What is capitalism?
According to humanism, people can achieve great things through this.
What is learning?
Along with war, this was a significant factor that prevented the spread of Renaissance ideas.
What is religion?
This Flemish painter invented oil painting.
Who is Jan van Eyck?
During the Renaissance, society was becoming more secular and citizens were beginning to focus more on this.
What is life on Earth?
This word describes something that is non-religious.
What is secular?
This humanist advocated religious tolerance and was executed by King Henry VIII for his refusal to denounce the Roman Catholic Church.
Who is Sir Thomas More?
The rapid spread of Renaissance ideas was made possible thanks to this invention by Johannes Gutenberg.
What is the printing press?
During the Renaissance, artists began depicting a more personal reflection of how they saw the world and gained more freedom over this.
What is their subject matter and the style of their creations?
Renaissance families often arranged marriages for their children for these reasons.
What are financial and political alliances?
This is an opinion that is against the beliefs of a religion.
What is heresy?
This humanist argued against the Roman Catholic Church's involvement in worldly concerns, but defended the Church itself and believed that the role of the Church was to teach and support faith.
Who is Erasmus?
This famous family supported many artists and gained their fortune from running banks in Venice.
Who are the Medici?
This Italian sculptor and painter painted one of the world’s greatest frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and also sculpted the famous statue of David.
Who is Michelangelo?
The Renaissance saw a rise in this type of economic system, which was based on trade, money, and profits.
What is a capitalist society?