Renaissance Thinking
What belief says humans have the ability to learn and improve the world?
Humanism
What technique did Renaissance artists use to create depth in paintings?
Perspective
Who invented the printing press in Europe?
Johannes Gutenberg
During the Renaissance, cities grew because of what major economic activity?
Trade
What famous Renaissance figure was an artist, inventor, and scientist?
Leonardo da Vinci
During the Renaissance, people focused more on life on Earth or the afterlife?
Life on Earth
Renaissance art focused more on realistic people or symbolic figures?
Realistic people
What did the printing press allow people to produce faster?
Books
Wealthy families who paid artists and scholars were called what?
Patrons
What powerful banking family supported many Renaissance artists in Florence?
The Medici family
Renaissance thinkers believed knowledge should come from observation or tradition?
Observation
Renaissance artists often studied what to make their drawings more accurate?
The human body
Why did the printing press help education spread?
Books became cheaper and easier to produce
Why did the Renaissance create new careers?
Education and knowledge expanded
What invention helped spread Renaissance ideas across Europe?
The printing press
What did Renaissance thinkers believe humans should do with knowledge?
Learn, explore, and improve society
Renaissance art showed more emotion and realism because artists studied what?
Nature and human anatomy
What was one major effect of the printing press on society?
Ideas spread quickly
How did Renaissance society differ from medieval society?
People had more opportunities and social mobility
What word describes the Renaissance interest in classical Greek and Roman knowledge?
Revival (or rebirth)
How was Renaissance thinking different from medieval thinking?
It focused more on human potential, learning, and questioning ideas.
Why did Renaissance art become more realistic?
Artists studied nature, anatomy, and perspective.
Why was the printing press more powerful than a single invention like a weapon?
Because it spreads knowledge and ideas to many people.
Why did the Renaissance begin in cities instead of rural villages?
Cities had trade, wealth, education, and new ideas.
What does the word Renaissance mean?
Rebirth (or revival of learning and culture)