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Renaissance
1st Year His
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Period of Renaissance | 1400-1600 |
| Renaissance means.. | rebirth |
| Renaissance began in.. | Italy |
| Patrons | Rich people who paid artists to create beautiful pieces of art. |
| Constantinople | The place where Greeks fled from. They brought ideas from Greece. |
| Medici Family | Wealthy Patron Family from Florence. Owned the Medici bank. |
| Cosimo de Medici | Head of the Medici bank. Had the Medici library, paid for the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore |
| Lorenzo de Medici | Cosimo's grandson. Lorenzo sponsored many famous artists. Nicknamed Lorenzo The Magnificent. |
| Giorgio Vasari | Italian artist who wrote a book of biographies of famous artists |
| Subjects | Painting subjects changed from religious to family portraits |
| Anatomy | the interior make up of a person or plant. Painters began to study it. |
| Perspective | making people look three dimensional. Giving more depth. |
| Frescoe | Painting on wet plaster |
| Free standing sculpture | figures that were attached to anything |
| Leonardo de Vinci | painter and creator born in Florence 1452 |
| Baptism of Christ | Leonardo worked on this as an apprentice with Verrochico. He painted an angel that was better than his masters. |
| The Last Supper | One of Leonardo's most famous painting |
| Mona Lisa | One of Leonardo's most famous paintings |
| Dissection | Leonardo opened up bodies to examine and sketch muscles etc |
| Stufmato | making |
| Michaelangelo | Sculptor and painter born in Caprese 1475 |
| The Pieta | Michelangelo's most famous piece |
| Statue of David | A tall sculpture based on the story of David and Goliath |
| Sistine Chapel | Michelangelo's ceiling painting commissioned by Pope Julius II. |
| St Peter's Basilicia | Michelangelo finished this piece of architecture. |
| Raphael | Painter born in Umbria 1483 |
| The School of Athens | Raphael's most famous painting |
| Rembrant | Born Netherlands 1631 |
| The Night Watch | Rembrant's painting |
| Albrecht Durer | German artists known for engravings and woodcuts. |
| Printing Press | Designed by John Gutenberg, It created a movable type frame, which duplicated copies. |
| Venacular | everyday language of the people. The Bible was printed in the vernacular so people could read it. |
| Shakespeare | Writer of the Renaissance. Born 1564. |
| Comedy of Errors | A play written by Shakespeare |
| The Globe | The theatre which housed Shakespeare's plays |
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