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renaissance
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the Renaissance | Meaning Rebirth reviva of ancient roman and greek ideas |
| why did the renaissance begin in italy? | Italy'sancient rome ruins,Italy central location, fall of Constatinople, Wealthy patrons, city states competed for status, higly educated people |
| perspective | a three dimensional appearance in painting |
| sfumato | used to add shading to paintings |
| advances in paint prouduction | linseed oil as a medium provided slower drying time |
| realism | features such as muscle, veins,hair and wrinkle enchancing the lifelikes quality of the artwork |
| frescos | painting were created on wet plaster |
| romanesque architecture | domed roofs rounded window/arches-st peters basiliica colums |
| the printing press | mid-1400s gutenberg invented the moveable type printing press |
| impact of the printing press | cheaper book leading to increased literacy use of vernacular languages spread of ideias decline in the influence of the catholic church increase in the popularity of literature and writes such as william shakespeare |
| galileo galilei | contributed to science with the law of falling bodies invention of the telescope advancement in astronomy |
| advances in medicine | the sudy of anatomy dissected bodies challeging old medical idea improved technique for amputations discovered the circulation of blood |
| leonardo da vinco | born in 1452 renaissance man due to this excetional skills/painter mona lisa iventor mathematician physicist |
| leonardos notebook | detailed sketches of human anatomy contained desings for groundbreaking machines incluinding the tank submarine he wrote in the mirror writing |
| William shakespeare | an english poet playwrigh and actor was born in 1564 famous plays like king lear macbeth opened his on theater calles the globe in london |