Renaissance Art
Renaissance
Renaissance People
Renaissance Vocab
Renaissance Basics
100
A period of rebirth and creativity in art, writing, and thought from about 1400 to 1600 C.E, beginning in Italy and eventually spreading throughout Europe.
Renaissance
100
What does the word renaissance literally mean?
rebirth
100
What were the wealthy people that sponsored art and literature called?
Patrons
100
What does vernacular mean?
The language of ordinary people
100
Which century did the renaissance begin
The renaissance began in the 14th century
200
Name at least 2 artists are from the Renaissance Art Period
Raphael, Michaelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci.....
200
Humanism, which was intellectually what The Renaissance was based on, was all about __________.
the value of human beings and their capacities
200
Who painted the School of Athens?
Raphael
200
An artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface.
perspective
200
what was the main philosophy in the renaissance
the main philosophy was humanism
300
Who painted the Sistine Chapel and sculpted the David?
Michelangelo
300
What was the impact of the invention of the printing press? (name at least 2)
It helped spread Renaissance ideas and people became more literate
300
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo Davinci
300
An intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements
humanism
300
who was the major family of the Italian Renaissance movement
The Medici family
400
Explain perspective in terms of art...
Making images look 3D on a 2D surface
400
The Renaissance started because ______ ended.
The Black Plague or
Fall of Constantinople
400
Famous writer inspired by the Renaissance who lived in England. He wrote many famous plays that are still studied to this day.
William Shakespeare
400
Definition: Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters
secular
400
What is the name of the church in Rome that was painted by Michelangelo?
Sistine Chapel
500
Name the 4 ninja turtles...
Rafael, Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo
500
Which city was the center for the Renaissance?
Florence Italy
500
Who invented the printing press?
C. Johannes Guttenberg
500
A belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief
rationalism
500
Who was the monarch in England during the Renaissance?
Queen Elizabeth I