The Renaissance Begins
The Northern Renaissance
Humanism
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
French word for "rebirth"
What is the Renaissance?
100
refers to cultural changes in what is today Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Germany
What is the Northern Renaissance?
100
a new way of understanding the world
What is humanism?
100
a renewal or rebirth of interest in Greek and Roman arts
What is the Renaissance?
100
the opposite of southern Europe
Where did the Renaissance spread to?
200
between 1350 and 1650
When did the Renaissance occur?
200
replaced water-based paints
What are oils?
200
father of the Italian Renaissance humanism
Who is Petrarch?
200
belief in the worth of the individual and that reason is a path to knowledge
What is humanism?
200
Created by Johannes Gutenberg
What is the printing press?
300
birthplace of the Renaissance
What is Italy?
300
a woodcut about four fierce riders who announce the end of the world
What is "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse"?
300
were curious about biology, medicine, and astronomy
What are humanist scholars?
300
the practice of conducting negotiations between countries
What is diplomacy?
300
attracted artists, sculptors, writers, and architects with its wealth and central location, laid on the banks of the Arno River in central Italy (city)
What is the city of Florence?
400
becoming more interested in worldly ideas and events, not just religious ones.
What is secular?
400
blended Italian Renaissance methods and medieval German traditions
Who is Albrecht Durer?
400
a leading Renaissance scientist who was also a great artist, cut open dead bodies to learn more about the human body
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
400
the limits between which something can change or differ
What is range?
400
poet who expressed his love for a woman who died from the Black Death
Who is Petrarch?
500
word that means having to do with a town or city
What is urban?
500
was skilled in using oils, known for "The Arnolfini Portrait"
Who is Jan van Eyck?
500
things that spread humanist ideas
What did war, trade, travel, and the printing press spread?
500
a way of drawing to show the relationship of objects in a drawing to give the look of depth or distance
What is perspective?
500
Complete the sentence: "In the ____, the merchant, Marco Polo, his father, and his uncle left their home in Venice and traveled to China."
What is the 1270s?