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WHI Unit12 Test
Renaissance Test Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dark Ages | Time period in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire through the beginning of the Renaissance |
| RCC | Dark Ages Western European church that dominated |
| Crusades | 200 year religious war started by RCC, but allowed Western Europeans to rediscover Greek and Roman styles and ideas |
| Florence | Italian city-state where the Renaissance began |
| Rebirth | Renaissance mean a - |
| Medici Family | wealthiest patrons of Florence during the Renaissance |
| Usury | interest charged on loans |
| Bankers | The Medici Family made lots of money through their business of- |
| Realism | artistic style of proportional characters, looks real because artists studied what they were recreating |
| Emotional | artistic style of showing feelings |
| Geometry | looked three-dimensional, and showed symmetry |
| Secular | done in a Greek/Roman “worldly” style, this does not mean anti-Christian or religious. It means that it looks different from Middle Age art |
| Humanism | Celebration of individuals talents and a focus on all people |
| Fresco | tyle of painting where paint is applied to wet plaster, when done correctly the paint and plaster dry together and become a durable work of art |
| Michelangelo | Artist: Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel- Fresco Painting |
| Michelangelo | Artist: The Statue of “David”- Marble Sculpture |
| da Vinci | Artist: Mona Lisa- Portrait Fresco Painting |
| da Vinci | Artist: The Last Supper- Fresco Painting |
| Petrarch | Wrote poetry (sonnets) |
| Machiavelli | Wrote “The Prince”- book that would define Absolute Power for European monarchs until the 1700’s. |
| Sir Thomas More | Book “Utopia” - Ideas on a perfect society |
| Erasmus | Book “In Praise of Folly” -Criticized the Roman Catholic Church’s power |
| William Shakespeare | English writer, wrote plates, essays, sonnets, poetry |
| Printing Press | Developed by Gutenberg Made books more affordable Allowed for ideas to spread Reading and writing became more common among all Europeans Literacy spread |
| Jan van Eyck | Northern Renaissance Artist, Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and Wife |
| Albrecht Dürer | German Renaissance artist, woodcut engravings "The Apocalypse" |
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