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SALT history 7
TEST Chap.2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what was the Renaissance man's favorite subject? | Man |
| Define humanism | the emphasis on man and his abilities |
| Define humanities | subjects that were taught during the Renaissance that covered human interests and experiences |
| name the 6 humanities that were taught | literature; philosophy; art; history; grammar; speech |
| What was the goal of Renaissance education | to make the student a well-rounded person, educated and interested in many fields |
| Where was Johannes Gutenberg from and what did he invent | he was from Germany and he invented the printing press |
| What was the first volume Gutenberg printed | The Bible |
| what geographical land form is Italy | a peninsula |
| name the 3 seas that surround Italy | Adriatic, Ionian, Tyrrhenian (which are all part of the Mediterranean Sea) |
| what mountain range gives Italy its "backbone" in the peninsula? | Appenine range |
| why haven't the Alps in the north protected Italy form invasions? | there are several mountain passes through which numerous conquerors have come |
| Who was Michelangelo? | a famous artist and sculptor. He sculpted "David" and painted the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel |
| what did the Renaissance artist have to be good at to give their paintings depth? | mathematics - this helped them to paint far away objects smaller than nearby objects. |
| define perspective | when the artist figured out mathematically what size objects should be and at what angle they should be placed to make subject appear more real |
| define shading | when artists paint nearer objects lighter and farther objects darker to make them appear rounded - they used this to add dimension and make it more life-like |
| define anatomy | the study of how bones and muscles work together - the Renaissance artist would study this so they could make their subjects appear more real |
| who was the most well known Renaissance artist | Leonardo da Vinci |
| what is Da Vinci's most famous painting, which critics consider his best work? | the Mona Lisa |
| what were patrons | wealthy nobles and merchants who supported artists by hiring them to produce art to decorate their homes and record their doings |
| what was the Inquisition | a Church appointed tribunal founded to suppress heresy. If you didn't repent, you were killed! |
| define heretics | people who disagreed with the Catholic church or held other doctrines |
| Define vernacular | a native language that is spoken by the people of an area: such as Italian spoken in Italy; English spoken in England; German spoken in Germany |
| in what 2 ways did vernacular writing benefit Europe? | it helped divide Europe into ethnic groups or nations and it gave people a national spirit |
| what are ethnic groups? | people with a common heritage |
| Who was Dante | a famous vernacular writer who wrote The Divine Comedy |
| Who was Chaucer | a famous vernacular writer who wrote Canterbury Tales |
| Who was Petrarch | a famous vernacular writer who spread ideas of humanism ***He was known as the Father of Humanism |
| Who was Shakespeare | the greatest English writer of the Renaissance famous for writing Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet and Julius Caesar |
| what is the Vatican | the pope's residence |
| What and when was the Great Schism (also known as the Papal Schism) | 1378-1418 when the church fought over which two men should be pope.This divided the church during this time. |
| After the schism, what type of men became popes? | worldly men who were more interested in art, culture, and pleasure than the affairs of God |
| was the Roman Catholic church in favor of reviving education and the arts | yes, they used the artists to make their churches more elaborate |
| what are offices | church services where the monks sang and chanted eight times a day for worship and prayer |
| what was the Renaissance | a period of renewed interest in classical Greek and Rome, from about 1400 to 1600 AD |
| what does Renaissance mean | "rebirth" |
| What is relief sculpture | a sculpture that was attached to a flat surface, such as the wall of a cathedral or a castle ***but many Renaissance sculptors preferred to make freestanding statues. |
| During the Renaissance, corruption in the clergy was so common that the church needed more money - why? | They wanted bigger and fancier cathedrals and they lived an expensive lifestyle with enormous banquets and entertainment |
| why did medieval music have to be taught by memory | because a musical notation, or note, system was not developed until the eleventh century |
| Know the difference between Medieval time and the Renaissance? | read pages 22 - 25 for review |
| which style of architecture was rejected during the Renaissance | Gothic because they thought they were old fashioned. They preferred the style of the Greeks and Romans with rounded arches, columns and domes. |
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