What is the literal meaning of the term "Renaissance"?
Rebirth
City - State
Why was the Medici family important to the growth of the Renaissance?
They supported the arts and education as patrons
Machine with movable type that mass produced books and spread ideas
Printing Press
The change in the mid 1500s of looking to future of science.
Scientific Revolution
What is the goal of the Renaissance?
Revive ancient Greek and Roman culture
Focus on human potential and achievements
Humanism
What were Renaissance writers writing for?
Self expression and humanist values (portray subjects in a worldly way and in all of their individuality)
A force keeps planets in orbit around the sun
Law of Gravity
This person argued that the center of the universe is the Earth
Ptolemy
Where did the Renaissance begin?
Italy
Renaissance Man and Woman
Man: "Universal", charming, witty, well educated, musically inclined, strong wrestler, rider, or swordsman
Woman: Knows the classics, charming, doesn't seek fame, inspires art (doesn't create it), married with children
Machiavelli says a ruler should be...
FEARED - safer
In heliocentric theory, this is seen as the center of the universe
Sun
Who said, "I think, therefore I am"?
When was the Renaissance?
14th-17th century
After Middle Ages
Overlaps with Age of Exploration
Everyday language spoken by ordinary people of an area
Vernacular
What kind of journey does Dante take in Divine Comedy?
A journey through afterlife (Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven)
Guided by the spirit, Virgil
Someone who believes something different from religious teachings
Heretic
Who discovered that the planets do not orbit in perfect circles?
Kepler
What factors led to the Renaissance (3)?
Patrons
Worldly Pleasures
Interest in the Classics
System used to create the illusion of space and distance on a flat surface
Perspective (perception of depth)
Characteristics of Renaissance art...
Focus on humanism and naturalism
This person feared backlash and persecution so he did not release his discoveries until the last year of his life
Copernicus
Who completed the first accurate and detailed study of the human body
Vesalius