Renaissance
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| what does the word renaissance mean | rebirth
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| why the renaissance began in Italy | The ruins of the Roman Empire lay scattered throughout Italy. These reminded the Italians of the achievements of the ancient Romans and they wanted to learn more about there culture
the Italians language was based on latin. There where interested in anci
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| who was Lorenzo de Medici / Lorenzo the magnificent | he was the grandson of Cosmo de Medici. he was also a patron
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| what was perspective | it was to give the painting depth
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| what was anatomy | the study of the human body
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| what was Sfumato | this involved the blurring of the lines in paintings using soft shadows
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| what were Fresceos | paintings on the walls
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| what did medieval artists use to bind there paintings | egg whites
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| what did renaissance artists use to bind there paintings | oils
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| what did medieval artists paint on | they painted on wooden panels and used alot of gold paint
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| what did renaissance artists paint on | they painted on canvas
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| what type of paint did medieval artists use | gold and other dark colours
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| what type of paint did renaissance artists use | red yellow blue
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| what was the first free standing nude statue since ancient times | Donatello's David
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| what material was used to make statues | marble,gold,wood and bronze
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| who was the greatest sculptor and what was he famous for | Michelangelo and he was famous for the Pieta and David
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| The renaissance architects copied the ancient Roman architects by using | columns,domes and round towers
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| who was the most famous architect of the renaissance and what was he famous for | Brunelleschi and he was famous for the dome of Florence cathedral
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| who wrote the four books of architecture | Andrea Palladio
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| where was Leonardo da Vinci born and when | he was born in Vinci near Florence in 1452
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| where did Leonardo da Vinci die and when | he died in France in 1519
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| who was Leonardo da Vinci main Patrons | Duke of Milan/Lorenzo de Medici/Pope x/Francis
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| what where his main works | The Mona Lisa / The Last Supper / The Virgin on the Rocks / Virgin and child with St Anne / Portrait of an Unknown Women
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| where was Albrecht Durer born and when | he was born in Nuremberg in Germany in 1471
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| where did he die and when | he died in Nuremberg in Germany in 1528
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| what is he famous for | he is famous for his paintings,woodcuts,engravings and love of nature
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| who was his main Patrons | Frederick the Wise / Emperor Maximilian / Emperor Charles V
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| what where his main works | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse /Knight,Death and the devil / St.Jerome in His Study /A Young Hare / Self portraits / The Four Holy Men
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| what was Humanism | it was where writers moved from religious themes to looking at human life
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| what was vernacular | it was where writers wrote in there own Languague and not Latin
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| name one renaissance writer | William Shakespeare
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| why was the printing press a very important invention | it made large numbers of inexpensive books available.more people where able to read and write.it encouraged the spread of ideas.the work of great writer became widely know.it also encouraged writer to use there own language as more people could read
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| what did the polish priest Nicholas Copernicus believe | he believed that the earth travelled around the sun
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| what did Galileo prove | he proved that the objects dropped at the same speed regardless of the weight
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| what did William Harvey prove | he proved that blood circulated around the body pumped by the heart
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| what book did Andreas Vesalius write | on human fabric of the human body
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