THE MIDDLE AGES
This animal-based material was used to make the pages of medieval books.
What is parchment (made from cow hide)?
Leonardo wrote in this unusual way
What is backwards? (Mirror script)
Michelangelo studied this to make his figures realistic.
What is anatomy?
Who did Raphael learn from in Florence?
Who are Leonardo and Michelangelo?
This intellectual movement defined the Renaissance.
What is humanism?
This was the main way the plague spread across Europe.
What are trade routes?
The Vitruvian Man drawing connects the human body to what fields of study?
What are mathematics/geometry?
Michelangelo was supported early in his career by this powerful Florentine.
Who was Lorenzo de' Medici? Il Magnifico.
Raphael went to Rome to work for who?
The Pope (Julius II)
This powerful family supported many humanists and artists.
Who are the Medici?
The black death was carried by these animals and the parasites on them.
What are fleas and rats?
This term describes someone skilled in many different areas.
What is a Renaissance Man?
Michelangelo’s David was originally meant to be placed on this type of building.
What is the Duomo (Cathedral)?
These are three of the mediums Raphael excelled in.
What is painting, architecture, and tapestry design?
This technique, codified in the Renaissance creates the illusion of depth on a flat surface.
What is linear perspective
Petrarch believed the Middle Ages were “dark” because of this perceived loss.
What is classical (Greek and Roman) learning?
This made the Mona Lisa more famous than before.
What is its theft in 1911 from the Louvre?
Michelangelo’s David was placed in a public space to represent this idea.
What is civic pride / power of Florence?
Raphael ran a large workshop. What does this suggest about how he worked?
He collaborated, managed others, and produced many works at once.
Explain why Florence became the center of the Renaissance.
What is great wealth (from trade and banking), powerful patrons like the Medici, a strong interest in humanism, and support for artists and intellectuals?
Explain why it is a misnomer to call the Middle Ages the “Dark Ages.”
Because it was not a time of ignorance or decline—there were major developments like the rise of universities, creation of art and literature, growth of Christianity, and formation of modern European states.
Leonardo da Vinci described himself as a “disciple of experience.” What does this mean about how he learned and understood the world?
He believed knowledge comes from observation and experience, not just books—he studied nature, the human body, and the world directly.
How does Michelangelo’s David reflect Renaissance ideas?
Realistic anatomy, ideal human form, influence of classical art, focus on human potential.
The role did Raphael take on for the city of Rome
Humanists studied these five subjects.
What is grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history, or moral philosophy?