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Renaissance SG
Renaissance Review Flashcards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is a patron? | A wealthy person who gives money in support of the arts |
| Who is Machiavelli? | Wrote The Prince - a modern treatise on government. Stated "the ends justify the means" |
| Who is Leonardo da Vinci? | Painter who painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper |
| Who is Michelangelo? | Painter/Sculptor - created the David and painted the Sistine Chapel |
| Who is Petrarch? | Father of Humanism. Scholar and poet who wrote many sonnets to a woman named Laura |
| Who is Gutenberg? | Invented a moveable type printing press |
| Who is Erasmus? | Author who wrote The Praise of Folly which criticized the Church |
| Who is Sir Thomas Moore? | Author who wrote Utopia about an ideal society |
| What were the economic effects of the Crusades? | Increased demand for Middle Eastern goods, stimulated production of goods to trade in Middle Eastern markets, encouraged the use of credit and banking |
| What is usury? | Policy of charging interest on loans |
| What is credit? | Buy now, pay later |
| What 3 Italian cities were very wealthy? | Florence, Venice, and Genoa |
| Why were the Italian city-states so wealthy? | Had access to trade routes connecting Europe and the Middle East, served as trading centers |
| What does "The ends justify the means" mean? | Machiavellian idea that it doesn't matter how you get there as long as you accomplish your final goal |
| What is Humanism? | Movement celebrating the individual, a return to the study of Greek and Roman literature and culture |
| Where was the Northern Renaissance centered? | Northern Europe - Flanders |
| How did the Italian Renaissance spread to Northern Europe? | Traveling artists and ideas |
| What new economic conditions were increasing trade? | Usury, letters of credit, new accounting and bookkeeping practices |
| How was Italy divided politically during the Renaissance? | Independent city-states |
| What was the Medici family known for? | Banking |
| Medieval art was focused on what? | The Church and salvation |
| Renaissance art was focused on what? | Individuals and worldly matters, along with Christianity |
| Who is Castiglione? | Wrote The Courtier - a handbook on how to be a Renaissance Man |
| Who is Shakespeare? | English playwright who wrote about the human condition in both tragedies and comedies |
| Who is Giotto di Bondone? | Painter of frescos of human figures that show depth and emotion |
| Who is Ghiberti? | Carved the doors to the Florence Baptistry |
| Who is Brunelleschi? | Designed the dome of the Cathedral of Florence - the 1st dome since antiquity |
| Who is Donatello? | Sculpted the first freestanding nude statue David |
| Who is Masaccio? | Considered the Father of modern painting - developed the technique of perspective |
| Who is Raphael? | Painter known for "The School of Athens" and many Madonnas |
| Who is Durer? | Known for woodcuts and engravings |
| Who is Han Hobein? | Famous for his portraits, including "Henry VIII" |
| Who is Van Eyck? | Known for his paintings using vivid color and detail such as "The Marriage Portrait" |
| Who is Peter Bruegel? | Known for his paintings of weddings, festivals, and detailed peasant life |
| What is classicism? | A return to the ideals of Greece and Rome in intellectual thought, art, and architecture |
| What is secularism? | Interest in the non-religious world and enjoyment of worldly pleasures |
| Where was the Italian Renaissance centered? | Florence |
| Where was the Northern Renaissance centered? | Flanders |
| How was the Northern Renaissance different from the Italian Renaissance? | Saw a fusion between Christianity and humanism |
| Which book became an instant best seller after the invention of the printing press? | The Bible |
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