Renaissance Art
These three artists were from the Renaissance Art Period.
A. Picasso, Pollock, and Edgar Degas
B. Raphael, Michaelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci
C. Frida Kahlo, Claude Monet, and Rembrandt
Who were Raphael, Michaelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci?
This invention helped the spread of literacy
What is the printing press?
English playwright of late Renaissance who wrote comedies, tragedies, and histories.
Who was William Shakespeare?
The meaning of the French word, renaissance.
What is rebirth?
TEAM QUESTION: The century in which the renaissance began
What is the 14th century?
The artist who painted the Sistine Chapel.
Who was Michaelangelo?
TEAM QUESTION: Renewed interest in these cultures was characteristic of the Renaissance?
What is Greek and Roman?
The quintessential Renaissance Man; he was a painter, sculptor, scientist, engineer, and inventor
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
A support of the arts (typically with money).
What is a Patron?
Philosophy that emphasized individual thought and achievement.
What is Humanism?
TEAM QUESTION: The architect of the famous dome in Florence.
Who was Brunelleschi?
What is Florence, Italy?
Wrote The Prince, also coined the phrase "ends justify the means."
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli?
An intellectual movement in which thinkers focused on human potential and achievements
What is humanism?
The family who became the major patrons of the Renaissance in Italy
What was The Medici family?
Raphael blended Renaissance and classical figures in this painting?
What is "The School of Athens"?
The ways in which the ideas of the Renaissance spread.
What are merchants, soldiers, scholars, etc.
The Father of Humanism
Who is Petrach?
An artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface.
What is perspective?
Group that gained power while feudalism died out.
Who are Kings?