| Question | Answer |
| what does renaissance mean | Rebirth |
| what is humanism | the idea that humans should be at the centre of everything and we should think about the world in terms of the lives people live |
| what was the cause(s) of the renaissance | The ruins of the Roman Empire
The fall of Constantinople
Wealth from trade
New idea from trade
Competition between Italian states
Patrons |
| what significant changes occurred in painting | Themes
Materials and Colours
Perspective
People |
| sfumato | blurring/smudging lines and colours to
soften textures and create a smoky effect |
| Fresco | painting done on fresh plaster that was wet |
| Egg tempera | egg yolk mixed with powder to paint |
| Leonardo Da Vinci | Famous painter/inventor from the renaissance |
| Two Leonardo Da Vinci paintings | Mona Lisa,
The Virgin Of The Rocks |
| Michelangelo
Buonarroti | Famous painter/sculptor who painted the
ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and created
the Pietà and David |
| Two Michelangelo works | The Pieta,
The Statue Of David |
| Printing press | individual metal letters into a frame to form
words, coated in ink and pressed the frame |
| who created the printing press | Johannes Gutenburg |
| The effects of the printing press | More people learned to read and write
People read more and were introduced to new ideas
Fiction became more popular
The control of the catholic church over learning declined
the use of latin declined as writers wrote in vernacular |
| Vernacular | Language as spoken by people in their native country |
| William
Shakespeare | Famous writer/poet from the Renaissance; |
| Some Shakespeare works | famous for The Merchant of Venice, Romeo
and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello |
| Sonnet | developed by Shakespeare - 14-line
rhyming poem form popular during the
Renaissance |
| William Harvey | discovered that the heart pumps blood
around the body |
| Andreas
Vesalius | began the first drawings of the human body |
| astronomy | the study of planets and stars |
| Nicolaus
Copernicus | discovered the Earth rotated the sun |
| Galileo Galilei | discovered that the world was not flat and
the law of falling objects |
| law of falling
objects | everything falls to the ground at the same
speed regardless of weight |
| heresy | knowingly holding a view that went against
the official teachings of the Catholic Church |
| Inquisition | Church court |
