Category 1: Vocabulary
: A wealthy banking family who ruled Florence and supported the arts.
Who were the Medici Family?
Who painted The Last Supper?
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
The famous portrait painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
What is the Mona Lisa?
T/F – Renaissance society was focused only on religion.
False
Italian city that became a powerful center of trade during the Crusades.
What is Venice?
Intellectual movement focused on human achievements and potential.
What is Humanism?
Who wrote The Prince about gaining and keeping power?
Who is Niccolò Machiavelli?
Educated, charming woman expected to inspire art but not create it.
What is a Renaissance Woman?
T/F – Donatello revived classical forms in sculpture.
True
Italian city known for manufacturing and warfare.
What is Milan?
A technique that shows three dimensions on a flat surface.
What is perspective?
Renaissance artist who revived classical forms in sculpture.
Who is Donatello?
Ideal person skilled in many fields, such as art, politics, and combat.
What is a Renaissance Man?
Explain how the Black Death affected the rise of the Renaissance.
Population decline → higher wages → economic growth → cultural rebirth
Italian city known for banking and finance.
What is Florence?
Book by Baldassare Castiglione on how to become a “universal” person.
What is the Courtier?
Ruler of Florence in 1469, sometimes called “Lorenzo the Magnificent.”
Who is Lorenzo de Medici?
Raphael’s favorite subject in his artwork.
What is the Madonna and child?
How did patrons like the Church and wealthy families help the Renaissance?
| They funded artists, encouraged learning, and supported cultural growth.
Italian city in southern Italy, major kingdom ruled by monarchs.
What is Naples?
: Worldly rather than spiritual; enjoying life’s pleasures.
What is Secular?
Painter best known for works of the Madonna and child.
Who is Raphael?
The Italian city-state known as the birthplace of the Renaissance.
What is Florence?
What effect did reduced population in Italy have on workers and trade?
| Workers demanded higher wages, merchants invested in art & ideas.
City that was the heart of the Catholic Church and papal authority.
What is Rome?