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Italian Renaissance
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Northern Renaissance
The Medicis
Fun Facts
100
What does the term "Renaissance" mean?
What is Rebirth
100
Writing in this, rather than in Latin, allowed more people to read and understand the works of Renaissance authors.
What is the vernacular
100
In which countries did the Northern Renaissance primarily take place (name two)
Where is England, France, Germany, Flanders (Netherlands)
100
What was the primary political unit in Italy during the Renaissance? (Think ancient Greece)
What is the city-state
100
Which artist and inventor filled his sketchbook with plans for a flying machine?
Who was Leonardo da Vinci
200
What are two reasons that the Renaissance started in Italy?
What are growth of cities and wealth from trade
200
Which author is known as the "father of Renaissance humanism"?
Who was Petrarch
200
Name two influential artists of the Northern Renaissance
Who was Jan van Eyck, Albrecht Durer, Hans Holbein, Pieter Brugel
200
Which city-state was ruled by the Medici family, a prominent banking family?
What is Florence
200
This painting shows a noble woman, but her emotions are puzzling. Is she smiling or is she frowning?
What is the Mona Lisa
300
Name three Renaissance artists from the "High Renaissance"
Who are Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael
300
Which author was heavily influenced by the Black Death, wrote off-color stories, and is most famous for writing the Decameron?
Who is Boccaccio
300
How were Italian humanists different than Northern humanists?
What is Italian humanists focused on reviving classical languages (Greek and Latin), Northern humanists focused on reforming the Catholic church.
300
What was someone who supported artists by spending large sums of money on their works?
What are patrons
300
This Renaissance painter was famous for his madonnas, or images of Mary and baby Jesus
Who is Raphael
400
The cultural and artistic center of the Italian Renaissance was
What is Florence
400
Which Renaissance author wrote the Prince, a book which taught rulers how to take and hold power?
Who is Machiavelli
400
Name two Northern humanists
Who are Thomas More and Desiderius Erasmus
400
Which Medici family member became a strong patron of the arts and solidified Florence as the artistic center of the Italian Renaissance?
Who was Lorenzo de Medici
400
The technique that Renaissance painters used to create the illusion of 3D on a 2D surface is called this
What is perspective
500
Which Italian Renaissance sculptor made the famous "David" sculpture that is located in Florence?
Who is Michelangelo
500
Which early Renaissance author wrote "The Courtier," a book which taught people how to appear and act in court settings?
Who was Baldassarre Castiglione
500
Which Renaissance author, poet, and playwright was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, and performed at the Globe Theater?
Who was William Shakespeare
500
Who was Lorenzo de Medici's grandfather?
Who was Cosimo de Medici
500
Renaissance society in Italy was largely worldly. What is another word for "worldly" in this sense
What is secular