Introduction to the Renaissance
The period of time from the 1300s to the 1600s in which people rediscovered and appreciated Greek and Roman works. This followed the Middle Ages.
What is the Renaissance?
Their location was a main reason for its leading role in the changes that occurred during the Renaissance.
What is Italy's?
He is the main character in The Divine Comedy, and the poem’s main theme is life after death.
Who is Dante?
A city-state in northern Italy that was the center of the Renaissance.
What is Florence?
This type of art celebrated human ideas and ability.
What is Renaissance?
This is where the ideas of the Renaissance began in the 1300s.
What is Italy?
Italy is surrounded by this body of water on three sides.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The Divine Comedy is about this topic.
What is religion?
Italy was divided into this number of city-states.
What is five?
One of the most famous paintings in the world by Leonardo da Vinci that used chiaroscuro.
What is the Mona Lisa?
He invented the printing press in Germany, which allowed for books to be printed in a faster manner.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
Also, the middle class became interested in art and literature, especially the classics from Greek and this type of history.
What is Roman?
Dante wrote about a journey from hell to heaven, and he wrote about her the love of his life, who was his inspiration.
Who is Beatrice?
A rich and powerful family in Florence that supported the rebirth of beauty in Italy.
What is the Medici Family?
He was a famous Renaissance painter who modeled his portraits after the Mona Lisa.
Who is Raphael?
Recognize the full worth of.
What is Appreciate?
This was one of the best means of transportation in the 14th and 15th centuries.
What is sailing?
This stressed the importance of focusing on human beings instead of just focusing on God.
What is Humanism?
A school that taught Greek and Roman ideas about art in Florence.
What is the Platonic Academy?
David: a masterpiece of Renaissance art by this artist, stands 17 feet tall, and is based on David from the Bible.
Who is Michelangelo?
A person’s principles or standards of behavior; one’s judgment of what is important in life.
What is Value?
According to, resembling, or denoting the system of feudalism.
What is feudal?
Cause (something) to conform to a standard.
What is standardize?
An abundance of valuable possessions or money.
What is wealth?
Representing familiar things in a way that is accurate or true to life.
What is realistic?