The Renaissance got its name for an interest in what two things?
What is classical art and learning?
100
In Medieval Art what did an artist do to show the most important figure in the painting?
What is make the figure look bigger?
100
This pope was born into the Medici family and supported the arts and education.
Who is Pope Leo X
100
This monarch was a protestant that was tolerant of Catholics. She decided not to marry to keep her power and ultimately led England to gaining more power and colonies.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
100
This was a book was written by Machiavelli about politics and government. This book served as advice for a ruler and separated the ideas about government from religion.
What is The Prince.
200
Crafts people, merchants and what other group of people became important during the economy of the Renaissance?
What is bankers?
200
There are many difference among the art work produced during the Medieval Ages and the Renaissance, however art from both periods typically depicted what type of figures and scenes?
What is religious figures and scenes?
200
The Medici family is mainly known for their association with the Italian ________. This period of time was inspired by an interest in classical art and learning.
What is the Italian Renaissance
200
This person had many talents, including the areas of music, art, architecture, science and engineering. He has been remembered as a true renaissance man, although he is most known for a particular painting.
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?
200
This word is used to describe things that relate to earthly life rather than to religious or spiritual matters.
What is secular?
300
Humanists tried to balance religious faith with the belief in the potential of _______?
What is Humans?
300
During the Medieval Ages artwork usually looked unrealistic with flat one color backgrounds and stiff figures. Unlike the medieval artists, Renaissance artists were able to portray more realistic depictions due to their understanding of what?
What is Perspective?
300
The Medici family spent lots of money in what Italian city? This city went on to be known as an art center and the cradle of the Renaissance.
What is Florence?
300
This Renaissance thinker is best remembered for his heliocentric theory. His theory challenged church teachings that stated that the Earth was the center of the universe and instead insisted that the Sun was at the center of the universe.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
300
This was the name given to the Americas by Europeans. Europeans did not know about the Americans until the voyages of Christopher Columbus.
What is the New World?
400
Due to the growth of trade and this there was a flowering of culture in Italy during the Renaissance.
What is the growth of trade and commerce?
400
During the middle ages most artists remained nameless, however during the Renaissance individuals started to be credited for their work. Who was the famous Renaissance man that painted the Mona Lisa?
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?
400
The Medici family produced how many popes?
What is four popes?
400
This individual is considered to be one of the most famous writers of all time. His understanding of human emotions and use of universal themes such as love, jealousy, power and fear are still relateable to people today.
Who is William Shakespeare?
400
In 1588 the English navy defeated this mighty Spanish fleet that tried to attack England.
What is the Spanish Armada?
500
Unlike the economy of the middle ages where people used trade to buy and sell goods, during the Renaissance people started to use this for trade instead.
What is coin money?
500
It wasn't until the Renaissance that artists began painting ordinary people. In the powerpoint comparing Medieval Art and Renaissance Art Ms. Berta displayed a painting that showed a common person eating a specific food, what was that food? *Hint the title of of the painting was "The ____ Eater"*
What is Bean/Beans?
500
Under the Medici popes the Catholic Church was under attack for the teaching of false doctrine. One false teaching was that people could pay to go to heaven, which is also referred to as the selling of what?
What is the selling of indulgences/salvation?
500
This man was a well known poet and is considered the founder of the Italian Renaissance and Humanism.
Who is Francessco Petrarch?
500
This man drastically improved printing methods by inventing a printing press that used moveable type around 1450 CE.