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Renaissance Vocabu
6th grade Renaissance ch 28, 29 & 30
Question | Answer |
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EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE | 1300 to 1600s C.E. period of "rebirth" of interest in art and learning from classical times (classical - antient Greece and Rome) - Renaissance came about as a result of increased trade with the East |
CRUSADERS | |
VENICE | |
MONARCHS | a king or a queen |
CONQUESTS | |
RENAISSANCE | "rebirth" |
HUMANISM | way of thinking that sought to balance religious faith with an emphasis on individual dignity and an interest in nature and human society |
PERSPECTIVE | the appearance of distance or depth on a flat surface, as in a painting |
CLASSICAL ART | 500 BCE to 500 CE - showed importance of leaders and gods, valued balance and harmony, lifelike, nude or draped in toga, active or in-motion bodies, calm faces, heroic or daily life, little background |
MEDIEVAL ART | 500 to 1300 CE - taught religion showing Jesus, saints, etc. , important figures were larger than others, figures were stiff with little movement, fully dressed, serious faces, 2 dimensional, bright colors on solid background usually gold |
RENAISSANCE ART | 1300 to 1600 - show importance of people and nature not just religion, interest in nature, 3-D, lifelike, knowledge of anatomy, active or moving, nude or clothed, real people doing daily tasks, expressions on faces, colors/light, balanced, perspective |
PATRON | a person who supports the arts or other activities by supplying money for them |
CITY-STATE | an independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory |
REPUBLIC | a form of government in which people elect representatives to rule in their name |
HUMANITIES | areas of study that focus on human life and culture, such as history, literature, and ethics |
HOIST | a mechanical device used to lift people or heavy objects |
SECULAR | relating to earthly life rather than to religion or spiritual matters |
CIRCULATION | movement of blood through the body |
CHAPEL | |
PROPORTION | |
ENGRAVING | |
WOODCUT | |
AXIS | |
DISSECT | |
NEW WORLD | |
SUBJECT | |
PLAYWRIGHT | |
ARMADA | |
COMEDY | |
TRAGEDY | |
SATIRE |