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ITALIA
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE REN
Yup, they wrote,painted or sculpted it
FANTASTICO!
GO NORTH,YOUNG MAN!
100
Un-united, Italy was broken up into these powerful regions.
What is city-state?
100
The word "Renaissance" means
What is rebirth?
100
Sistine Chapel
Who is Michelangelo
100
Hey! I can read my own bible now, because this man invented the printing press!
Who is Guttenberg?
100
This man wrote about "Utopia" about an imaginary land where greed, corruption, and war were weeded out.
Who is Thomas More
200
Powerful rulers of the city-state of Florence, this family was known for mystery and intrigue and later, corruption
Who are the Medici's?
200
A Renaissance woman was to marry well, be loyal and obey her husband and this.
What is birth boys?
200
I painted the Mona Lisa. P.S. I am the perfect Renaissance man
Who is Leonardo Di Vinci?
200
Hey! Because of humanism, I can read! And.... I can read lots of books because they are now written in my language! Those books are written in the....
What is the vernacular
200
My paintings were found in many of Hitler's homes.
Who is Albrecht Durer?
300
Medici family business
What is banking?
300
The idea that people were able to do many things, live well and focus on themselves and not necessarily on all things church related.
What is humanism?
300
Angry that Italy wasn't united, I wrote a work that taught the Princes of Italy how to gain and keep political power.
Who is Machiavelli?
300
Hey! I'm a merchant and I'm part of a new class of people!
What is middle class?
300
One of my most famous paintings is of the "Praying Hands"
Who is Albrecht Duer
400
Famous Medici Pope
Who is Leo X?
400
Non-religious
What is secular?
400
"The Divine Comedy"
Who is Dante?
400
Hey! I coined the phrase "dark ages"
Who is Petrarch?
400
You've probably read some of my works in school. I wrote many plays for Queen Elizabeth I on heroism and honor.
Who is William Shakespear?
500
People of the Italian Renaissance were said to revive the cultures of what 2 ancient civilizations?
What is Greece and Rome?
500
"Duke of Milan"
Who is Francesco Sforsa?
500
This person wrote a story about travelers to the shrine of St. Thomas of Beckett
Who is Chaucer?
500
Hey! I wrote the scandalous book about the Pope called "The Praise of Folly"
Who is Erasmus?
500
Paintings in the Northern Renaissance were not frescos, but instead painted with this, on canvas.
What is oil?