CHAPTER 11 TEST (others) Flashcards
Reasons why Italy led Renaissance.
continued to trade instead of feudalism, controlled Mediterranean trade, wealthy because of trade.
Most famous patrons were members of what family?
Lorenzo de Medici
Florentine writers’ study of the classics stirred a rebirth of?
learning
Birthplace of the renaissance?
Italy
Consequences of the movable type printing press?
Shaped Europe and led to other great inventions.
What are frescoes?
painting on wet plaster
Boticelli
Added movement to painting by use of bold lines; religious outlook later.
Which three Renaissance artists exemplify high renaissance?
Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo.
Secular age of renaissance led to?
humanism
Josquin
Music composer; bridge between meieval and moden music.
Palestrina
master of polyphonic music;
lots of melody music
Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Conpetition
Contest to design doors of baptisty; Ghibetti won and Brunelleschi turned to architecture instead
Lute
most popular instrument; pear shaped guitar
Renaissance music was
secular
Distortios found in Michelangelo’s Pieta:
made Christ’s after-crucifiction body unblemished; Mary’s gigantic and looks to young to have a son 32.