Question | Answer |
Who was Francesco Petrarch? | -Italian Humanist from Florence
-Helped make classical writings known
-wrote Sonnets to Laura |
Who was Leonardo da Vinci? | -scientist, engineer, painter, musician, anatomy, botany, etc.
-The Last Supper
-Mona Lisa |
Who was Michelangelo? | -sculptor, engineer, painter, architect, poet
-Pieta, Statue of David, ceiling of Sistine Chapel
-designed domes |
Who was Rafael? | -blended Christian and classical styles
-School of Athens, the Madonna |
Who was Baldassare Castilogne? | -wrote Book of the Courtier
-described well-rounded, educated, multi-skilled people got invited to court |
Who was Niccolo Machiavelli? | -wrote The Prince |
Who was Francesco Petrarch? | -Italian Humanist from Florence
-Helped make classical writings known
-wrote Sonnets to Laura |
Who was Leonardo da Vinci? | -scientist, engineer, painter, musician, anatomy, botany, etc.
-The Last Supper
-Mona Lisa |
Who was Michelangelo? | -sculptor, engineer, painter, architect, poet
-Pieta, Statue of David, ceiling of Sistine Chapel
-designed domes |
Who was Rafael? | -blended Christian and classical styles
-School of Athens, the Madonna |
Who was Baldassare Castilogne? | -wrote Book of the Courtier
-described well-rounded, educated, multi-skilled people got invited to court |
Who was Niccolo Machiavelli? | -wrote The Prince (tells the truth about power)
-some disliked what he stood for but in reality he was being honest about how ppl get powerful
-"it is safer for a leader to be feared than to be loved." |
Define Patron. | supporter of the arts |
Humanism (Italy) | -wordy subjects rather than religious
-here and now
-education |
What were some humanities? | grammar, poetry, history (Greece and Rome), rhetoric, and Latin |
What were artists trying to make their art like? | REALISTIC |
Why was Italy the birthplace of the Renaissance? | -wealthy merchant class
-had many wealthy patrons to support and further the arts
-better survived the Middle Ages
-center of the Roman Empire |