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Renaissance 1.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the Renaissance? | means "rebirth" in French from 1300-1600 and it brought great changes to Europe |
| Why does the Renaissance matter? | it is considered the beginning of modern history and it was a period of intellectual and cultural achievements when people questioned the status quo |
| What is the Renaissance's impact? | it had an emphasis on human potential and curiosity and learning and is had great intellectual discoveries and cultural contributions |
| Humanism | an intellectual movement where people studied Greek and Roman culture |
| Petrach | A Florentine Renaissance humanist, poet and scholar |
| Humanities | the study of subjects such as grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and history |
| Florence | a city in Italy that became the center for the Renaissance |
| patron | a financial supporter of the arts |
| perspective | a form of drawing that makes distant objects smaller than those closer, appears 3-D |
| Leonardo da Vinchi | Renaissance artist talented in the areas of anatomy, optics, music, architecture, and engineering |
| Michelangelo | Renaissance artist, sculptor, engineer, painter, architect, and poet |
| Raphael | Renaissance artist (painter) |
| Castiglione | Renaissance writer who wrote a guidebook on manners, skills, learning and virtues that members of the court should have |
| Machiavelli | Renaissance writer who wrote a guide for rulers on how to gain and maintain power, "The Prince" |
| What were 3 main characteristics of the Renaissance? | A new worldview based on human experience, an emphasis on education and humanism, and a spirit of adventure and curiosity |
| Renaissance | rebirth-a rebirth of art and learning; a period of time when changes in many areas such as political, social, economic, and cultural occured |
| How did the city-state structure encourage the Renaissance? | City-states were competitive, encouraging innovative ideas; wealthy rulers of the city-states were patrons to artists; cities had greater concentrations of artists and scholars, and trade was well established |
| Why was Italy a favorable setting for the Renaissance? | It was a crossroads of trade and had been the center of the classical world |
| How did Renaissance artists differ from Medieval artists in their treatment of religious themes? | Religious figures were shown realistically in a more natural setting and they included classical themes such as a Greek or Roman background |
| How did Renaissance writings express realism? | Writers focused of the human experience in the world around them (real world events) |
| Why does Machiavelli believe that it is better for a prince to be feared than loved? | He says that people's love is fickle and untrustworthy but their fear can be counted on at all times |
| Is Machiavelli's description of an ideal prince consistent with that of Castiglione's courtier? | They are not because Castiglione's courtier is well mannered not arrogant and always attuned to those around hime but Machiavelli's prince is only concerned with his power. |
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