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.
Who built the dome of the cathedral of Florence?
Brunelleschi
What Italian ciry became a leading cultural city?
Florence under Medici’s rule
Humanism
Emphasis on human worth and ability; glorifying man instead of God
Meaning of renaissance
rebirth
“it is much safer to be feared than loved”
Prine promoted it
Machiavelli
Most versatile man of the renaissance
Leonard Davinci
Savinarola
Dominican monk preaches and accuses corruot pope of bad things; ends up dying
What ceiling depicts the story of the creation?
Sistine Chapel
Renaissance peiple praised the wonders of whose achievement?
human
Humanists
study liberal arts
The Prince promoted
“it’s much safer to be feared than loved” Machaivelli
Wrote Praise of Folly
Erasmus
What was Praise of Folly about
pointing out the follies of Church
Renaissance artists differed from medieval artists in that?
Renaissance: not religious, paid by patron
Medieval: paid by church (patrons), and religious
Where was the Venetian love if money depicted?
Art
The Renaissance emphasis in secular weakened moral restraints making the need for?
reform
Some positives of Renaissance.
- People started questioning what the church was telling them
- Movable type print
- Education for everyone
- Importance for independence
Negatives of Renaissance?
Humanism; corrupt pope
