6th - SS Chapter 24 Study Guide Flashcards
What is a sonnet?
A poem of fourteen lines with a fixed rhyming pattern.
Which three cultures influenced the Renaissance?
Egyptian, Greek and Roman cultures
Which artist’s greatest work was The Last Judgement?
Michelangelo
Which work of literature is an example of a picaresque?
Don Quixote
What were patrons?
Someone who gives money or support to a person or group
What is engraving?
An art form in which an artist etches a design on a metal plate with a needle and acid.
What is the meaning of mercantile and how did the mercantile middle class form?
- Related to commerce or trade
2. With the increase in trade merchants became wealthy
Why did Church officials begin to censor certain published works during the Renaissance?
To prevent people from reading the criticism of the Church
Why was Dante Alighieri’s work, The Divine Comedy, significant?
Because it was written in Italian, the vernacular, rather than Latin
What are three changes that Gutenberg ‘s printing press brought to the world?
- The spread of ideas
- The spread of literacy
- The rise of censorship
What is humanism?
A cultural movement of the Renaissance based on the study of classical works.
What is satire?
Work of literature that makes fun of its subject, often mocking vice or folly
Why was Italy a better place for commercial growth than other medieval European countries?
Their location near the Mediterranean Sea allowed them to serve as a natural crossroads between Europe and the Middle East.
How did wealthy merchants and bankers help to promote learning and the arts?
By becoming patrons
What was the first major work of Spanish literature?
Don Quixote
Why did Renaissance architect Leon Alberti refer to architecture as a ‘social art’?
The architecture should blend beauty and usefulness for the improvement of society
Was Religion part of the secular art?
No
Who was a Renaissance reformer who used satire to criticize the Church leaders?
Desiderius Erasmus
How did Renaissance literature differ from medieval literature?
More books were written in the vernacular
Describe a Renaissance painting.
Realistic and about the living world
The city in Thomas More’s book that was governed by reason was called?
Utopia
What theme did most medieval art deal with?
Religious themes
When did feudalism grow weak?
With the growth of trade and industry
Why did peasants and nobles move from manors to towns?
In order to find opportunities to gain wealth
Why was Italy the birthplace of the Renaissance?
Because feudalism was not as strongly developed as II was in other countries
