Causes/effects of the Renaissance
Led to the deaths of about a third of European population.
Black Death
What does renaissance mean?
rebirth
who was a wealthy family of bankers from Florence who patronized artists and humanists?
Medici family
What were the wealthy that sponsored art and literature called?
Patrons
What happened in 476 AD?
fall of Roman Empire
Cause of the Renaissance where people brought knowledge back to Italy from Turkey
Fall of Constantinople
What City is considered the Epicenter of the Italian Renaissance?
Florence
Who wrote 'Romeo and Juliet'?
Shakespeare
This person was known as the Father of Humanism
Petrarch
Which ancient civilization(s) did many Renaissance thinkers and artists take inspiration from?
Greeks and Romans
Who were patrons?
People who paid for artists to be educated on art and to make art.
When was the Renaissance?
1350-1550
Who sculpted the statue of David?
Michelangelo
Technique to make shading on a painting
Sfumato
made books cheaper and more available
Printing press
What important organization in the Middle Ages was criticized and lost influence during the Black Death ?
Catholic Church
How did the printing press influence the Renaissance?
It helped spread the ideas.
What famous scientists proved Copernicus' theory correct?
Kepler and Galileo
An artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface
perspective
Place these events in chronological order
Renaissance
Black Death
Fall of Rome
Fall of Rome
Black Death
Renaissance
Name one big trade city in Italy
Florence, Milan, Venice, etc.
What doctor dissected bodies and taught at university?
Vesalius
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Da vinci
What is writing a book in the country's native language called?
Vernacular
What is depth on a painting?
Objects look like they are in the distance