Famous Figures
He painted the Mona Lisa
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?
Renaissance artists used this technique to make their painting look 3D?
What is perspective?
What is Humansim
This Renaissance author wrote the Prince, a book about political power
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli
The Renaissance began in this country
What is Italy?
He painted the ceiling of the Sistien Chapel
Who is Michelangelo?
This Italian City was the center of Renassiance art and culture
What is Florence?
This term means "rebirth" and refers to renewed interest in classical ideas
What is the Renaissance?
The author of this book wanted to teach people about manners
Who is Galeteo
This city was home to the powerful Medici family
What is Florence?
This Renassaince Patron challenged women norms of the time
Who is Isabella d’Este
Classical art from these two ancient civilizations inspired the Renassiance art
What is Greece and Rome?
a way of painting that creates smooth changes between different areas of color and shading in a picture
What is Sfumato?
This book advices people to be "Gentle, modest, and resvered"
The courtier
The Renaissance spread North to countries like this one
What is Germany
What is Netherlands
What is Flanders
This Italian poet admired the classical teachings and values of Ancient Greeks and Romans
Who is Petrarch
Wealthy people who supported artists were called this
Who are patrons?
known as the "Renaissance Man" for his many talents in science, art, and invention
Leonardo Da Vinci
Literature during the Renaissance was influenced by stories from here
What is classical mythology or ancient texts?
Country Isabella de Este governed
What is Mantua
This scientist improved the telescope and supported the heliocentric theory
Who is Galileo Galilei?
Michelangelo sculpted this famous statue of biblical hero.
a style of painting in which the artist first applies a layer of plaster onto a wall and then paints directly on the wet plaster
What is Fresco
some historians think this book was written with the Borgia family in mind
What is The Prince
What is Vatican City.